Into the mobile health sector? iwatch or for health tracking devices

It is reported that Apple has talked to the FDA about mobile medical applications and is recruiting sports psychologists. From the news, foreign media said today that the company's rumored wearable products are likely to be a generic health-tracking device rather than a smart watch. The following is the main article: if Apple does introduce a wearable device, it may not be appropriate to name the product "iwatch" because it may not be a watch. From recent reports, Apple seems to be doing its best to develop health and movement tracking for its rumored wearable device. The Apple website has also recently revealed a recruitment exercise physiologist, which will be responsible for designing and testing movement tracking (which includes calorie consumption, metabolic rate, cardiovascular health and "Other important physiological measurements") techniques, as well as user research. The recruitment was removed after being found, but 9to5mac's Mark Gulman (Mark Gurman) intercepted the figure beforehand. Guelman said last week that the physiologist and associated sensors and health experts are expected to contribute to the Healthbook health applications of the IOS8 system. Apple has embedded the motion tracking function in the iphone5s via the M7 motion coprocessor, while Healthbook will serve as software for Apple's motion tracking hardware. The New York Times reported that Apple had met with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discuss mobile medical applications. If Apple is actually developing applications that involve health issues, it should be reasonable, after all, that federal regulations on the collection, storage and sharing of health information are fairly stringent. Companies like Apple are not going to rush into industries like health care. Apple may have realized that smart watches cannot replicate the main features of smartphones in the short term. Today's smart watches can be broadly divided into two categories: communications equipment such as Pebble, Samsung Galaxy Gear, and health tracking devices such as Qualcomm Toq, FitBit, and Nike FuelBand. From the current news, Apple seems to be focused on the latter category of products. The health care sector in the United States has reached $2.8 trillion trillion, including insurance, pharmaceuticals, doctors and hospital fees. The time has come for technicians to argue that low-cost, information-centric solutions "subvert" the health-care industry, but so far most of the relevant attempts have been frustrated, mainly because of the strict federal regulations and the reluctance of vested interests to make changes. Three challenges fully functional smart watch technology is not mature enough, so Apple is difficult to create a smartphone and wearable health tracker device. Therefore, Apple has to distinguish between the key points. First, it needs to uphold the principles of software and hardware design that makes it the most profitable computer company in the world. That might mean using an arc display to show Apple's unique temperament. It must also mean bringing enough power to the device to collect relevant data and provide simple and intuitivefunction. That means the minimum device is equipped with Bluetooth, GPS, a derivative version of the M7 motion processor (most likely some kind of ARM cortex processor) and an accelerometer. Battery endurance will be critical, as are wireless charging technologies. Second, Apple needs to provide developers with a platform for development, as it does with iOS in smartphones and tablet worlds. Apple may launch several collaborative applications for its wearable health equipment, such as Nike Apps (Apple CEO Tim Cook is a member of the board of Nike) and applications like Runkeeper, the first tracking app for App Store apps. If Apple provides a development platform for its health-tracking device-as it does for the iphone-it would be a great boost to the attractiveness of the product. The third challenge that the company faces may be the most difficult: the U.S. medical system makes Apple's health devices the preferred source of health surveillance. Imagine a doctor prescribing a health tracker to monitor cardiovascular health, and then all the relevant information is returned directly to the doctor's computer. Implementing the idea means Apple has to negotiate with the FDA. Apple is not rushing to launch wearable products like Samsung and Sony. It has always been pragmatic and gradual, and may eventually produce products that are not just consumer-level sports trackers, but also a life-partner device that keeps people healthy. Translator: Le bang Baidu news and technical cooperation with NetEase manuscripts, reproduced please indicate the source.