The layout behind the Apple Watch: Accelerating the Development of Medical Applications

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AppleWatch, applewatch, in addition to triggering the issue of whether wearable devices in the industry can become the next wave of killer applications,Appleto develop medical applications through wearable devices, the current wearable devices are mostly only able to provide simple sports fitness applications, for the high threshold of the medical field is still not caught, but through Apple watchbehind the layout of the international medical applications can still be seenthis article reference address:observed apple in the past in the development of new state of hardware products, all equipped with innovative application service platform, and the development of soft and hard integrationof service model.In terms of apple Watch's hardware specifications alone, although all parties have a good evaluation, but overall, with the other watch types on the market, the difference is still limited, the more special part is only the inner contact with the skin surface photosensing, the use of high measurement accuracy of the green LED photovolume technology, the current main application is related to motion-related measurement recordsEstimate sturdy health management functions such as mood and stress changes in the futureStrictly speaking, the Apple Watch is not currently available as a medical-grade hardware product by hardware specificationsbut if you jump off the hardware specifications and look at Apple's layout before the Apple Watch is launched, it can be seen that Apple has been working in the medical field for many years, although at this stage only generic consumer electronic terminal products such as apple Watch or iPhone into the field of health management, but this time with the Apple Watch published at the same time medical research application ReearchKit, but can be seen apple through the exclusive app app into the medical field of strategic attemptsReearchKit is a suite of apples in collaboration with 12 research institutions, including leading medical academics and research institutions such as Oxford University and Stanford University, and has launched five applications for breast cancer, diabetes, Parkinson's disease, asthma and cardiovascular diseasethere are several characteristics of the five diseases currently prioritized for import: 1For chronic diseases requiring long-term follow-up care, the living environment and living habits will affect the worsening of the disease, the patient's self-management and tracking is particularly important;Medical Institute can develop dedicated applications through ReearchKit, and through the Apple iTune/App Store to attract potential research cases, one can be used by Apple ReearchKit to address privacy and personal security concerns, and then with the Apple Watch or iPhone terminals can instantly and proactively collect personal or life information of users involved in medical researchthrough the combination of Apple Watch, iPhone and ReearchKit, users of the research program will be able to more easily and independently record the relevant physiological data, not only addressing some of the medical research constraints of medical institutions, but also to enable Apple to establish a partnership with the medical establishmentobserved apple in the past in the development of new state of hardware products, all equipped with innovative application service platform, and the development of soft and hard integration of service models, such as the launch of the iPod, the simultaneous development of iTune service platform, so that Apple to create a new business model for digital music, iPhone with the App Store, providing third-party software developers to develop applications platform, and subvert the traditional mobile phone operating modelAt the time of the launch of the Apple Watch, the focus may be on product specifications, design, complementary capabilities with mobile phones, etc., but looking at Apple's strategic attempts, I am afraid, not only to position the Apple Watch in complementary products with the iPhone, but may be Apple to take advantage of another opportunity to enter into the industry integration, in the current development dynamics, with the medical industry's deep integration, may be one of its development directionshas joined the design team since Apple announced that it will launch apple Watch wearables, including DrMichael O'Reilly, chief medical officer of Maimo, a well-known non-invasive in vitro oxygen detection device, and DrStephen HFriend, co-founder and co-founder and chairman of Sage Bionetwork, a non-profit biomedical research organization, and DrDan Medical, ceo of Medical Technology InnovationAlthough apple Watch has not yet been directly imported into medical applications, through foreign partnerships such as ReearchKit, it will add a lot of imagination to apple Watch and Apple's future medical applicationsApple's practice of developing app apps through ReearchKit, coupled with the co-authorship of the prestigious medical institution, may provide an opportunity to make patients more willing to provide their own information on their own initiative, thereby enabling more effective monitoring of their illnesses and to assistprofessionals in accelerating the development of solutionsThis off-the-job partnership is expected to effectively increase patient engagement and even provide personal information about specific diseases for research through wearable devices such as the Apple Watchmost of the electronics industry interested in entering the medical field, mostly limited to sports fitness management projects, it is difficult to cross the real medical fieldApple's approach to medical research, in the form of wearable devices, addresses the challenges faced in the study of diseases and new drugs, especially the difficulty of obtaining effective samples in clinical studies, and apple's approach to solving medical research problems and providing assistance is expected to help the electronics industry, such as Apple, gain the trust of medical research institutions and increase the willingness to collaborate in the futureFor medical institutions, patients and electronics industry, there is an opportunity to create a win-win situation, this development model is worthy of other interested in the development of cross-cutting integration of the electronics industry to further explore, reference