Apple Watch

Apple Watch

Apple Watch is able to show ones daily movements   such as walking, doing exercising and standing. Apple watch has health apps which have   Research Kit and care kit. The Apple Watch has health oriented features which promotes health of an individual .This gadget has   a sensor that can track the steps and the heart rate of the person wearing it.  This gadget is empowering the doctors and health researchers in transforming how people think about health. IPhone has apps created with Research Kit that produce medical insight and new discoveries at high pace .With introduction of Care Kit which is aimed at promoting personal care.CareKit provides one with a framework that helps one to manage his or her own well being on daily basis. The research Kit is a software having framework of apps that make it easy for the medical researchers collect robust and meat data. Care Kit software is also an application that enables you to better understands and manage ones medical conditions.

Apple watch has several apps that promotes health and are of great advantage to the user .C tracker app in the apple watch use combination of health metric which include activity levels, survey on symptoms and heart rate .C tracker app in the watch gives those involved in research an insight into how the   dangerous Hepatitis C virus and current medication affecting peoples’ lives. This promotes health of the wearer and the society in general.

The apple watch has mole map per app ,using this app we are able take photos and track their mole over time to see how they are change .After collecting image from tens of thousands participants the medical researchers are hoping to create an algorithm that can screen for melanomas in their early stage.

Diabetes is a serious killer disease in the world. Apple watch through use of gluroscope and accelerometer in measuring the movement medical compliance and self report of food intake .GlucoSucess application in apple watch is assisting the medical research in studying the relationship between glucose level and activity  diet and treatment .Overall results shows that support for growing belief some which are more responsive exercise to them and others.

Sleep Health app help us to identify connection that occurs between sleep and habits with conditions such as heart rate, diabetes COPD and depression. Health is improved by use of sensor in the apple watch, the sleep Health test daytime alertness and also is measuring the data against self reported sleep patterns and the sleeping quality. Through use of these apps on apple watch an individual can be in a situation of improving his or her health status.

This gadget has Stop COPD application which is currently used to learn about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and helps in identifying risky factors by measuring health data like physical activity ,heart rate sleeping pattern to see their impact on persons respiratory symptoms .Through use of this app the researchers in the field of medicine are also using PPD app to carry out investigation on genetic predisposition for post partum depression .This is achieved by using an iPhone, it enables cosset for a DNA sample collection and makes the process  more easy than it was before when this technology was not there.

Asthma is a disease that is causing death of many people in the society. Apple watch through use of GPS in iPhone has this health app that makes an individual to be able to better manage their heath conditions through providing a real time quality .This is because the study tracks patterns of personal level shows that those in medical research are hoping to come up with new ways of personalizing treatments. Apple watch has concussion tracking app it monitors the patients for a period of six weeks after a head injury. This can be achieved when the doctors track heart rate pattern and recording the cognitive and physical functions the medical research is to better understand long term health consequences of concussion.

Activity app in the watch is providing a snapshots of all day activities, with stand this device can sense when you are standing or moving, stand ring close when you are up for at least a minute in a   day .Apple watch also suggests a goal every week for how many active calories to burn depending on one’s recent history, by adjusting it up or down till it feels just right the ring close after meeting the daily goal.   Exercise rings telling you everything you need to know .the goal close every ring in each day. This watch accurately measures ones movement by choosing an exercise in the workout app turns it on appropriate sensors then picking the metrics you prefer. It   gives us report that is detailed of how far one has  gone in  time and how many calories he or she has burned. Curentlypeople with this watch   use the app, its screen prompts one    to fill in a   form with sex, age, weight and height .This helps one to monitor health. At personal activity level. An individual can be able to estimate his or her activity calorie expenditure for the day to be. (Terry ,2016)The watch therefore suggests a goal for one which he or she  can accept or adjust it to a level he  prefers. Using this watch can track my personal activity through the day by tapping the icon or actually put an icon on ones Watch screen and track it from there. This is achieved when one easily looks on his watches screen.

Despite the fact that the smart watch  is helpful in promoting health in the society it has got some disadvantages as well .Currently not all people will be able to purchase this gadget ,Apple Watch’s price is way higher than we  expect to pay this limits the number of individuals who will benefit from the watch. In addition apple watch    is dependent on iPhone and this is another challenge too. Leaving aside the high Apple Watch price, without an iPhone, you can only check the time. If you have already owned an iPhone, this means that the people without iPhone cannot benefit from the apple watch.

Reference

Terry, N. (2016). Will the Internet of Health Things Disrupt Healthcare?.Available at SSRN.

Kagen, S. L. (2016). Remote Monitoring of Patients: Two New Smartphone App Symptom Severity Tests for Asthma and Allergic Rhinitis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 137(2), AB185.