Mayo Clinic rebrands app, adds HealthKit functionality to give patients more control
Mayo Clinic -- yes, the same Mayo Clinic that helped Apple create the user-friendly Health app -- has updated its own app with HealthKit functionality. The app, which was rebranded as simply "Mayo Clinic" from its previous name "Patient," has been refreshed and now offers patients and even greater amount of control over their personal health information.
As before, Mayo Clinic patients can use the app to create appointments, view reports, and track changes in their health, but iOS 8's HealthKit now allows users to pass health information back and forth with Apple's Health app. As with any app that features HealthKit integration, users will be able to decide what specific information is shared between Mayo Clinic and Health.
This is a big step towards an inevitable future where patients are in control of their entire health history and are able to access it at any time. The challenge, of course, is in keeping it all safe.
[via VentureBeat]
