Apple’s CareKit apps get enhanced security option – Mashable (Jan 11, 2017)

From the beginning, Apple has been extremely careful with its HealthKit developer tools, making some really granular choices about how data is shared (my favorite example is that developers can’t even query whether or not there is insulin data, because its presence would suggest diabetes). Now, CareKit is getting end-to-end encryption for better HIPAA compliance, through a partnership between Apple and a third party (here’s the official Apple announcement). We’re going to see lots more partnership work by Apple to solve some of the thornier problems relating to both HIPAA and FDA compliance as it gets deeper into healthcare.

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