An Unhealthy Lack Of Standards

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Bob

apple-healthkitThe reality of healthcare interoperabilty is going mainstream: Apple Launches HealthKit To Share Vital Stats With Nike, Mayo Clinic:

The problem Apple will run into: No one agrees on how to measure even very simple health metrics, ...

TL;DR:  iOS 7.1 to iOS 8.0 API Differences (search for 'HealthKit' on the page).

UPDATE (8/18/14);  Apple - iOS 8 - Health

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