Accessing Health Records with HealthKit

Posted by Den on June 18, 2018 · 3 mins read

Accessing Health Records with HealthKit

WWDC 2018

Accessing Health Records with HealthKit

WWDC 2018

New Sample Types

HKClinicalTypeIdentifier
HKClinicalRecord
HKSource (Provenance)

Authorization and Access

Authorization View (new)
Authorization Steps
Controlling Timing
Required Types

FHIR (health data)

Argonaut Project
FHIR
HKFHIRResource

Protecting User Privacy

  • Clinical data can be extremely sensitive
  • Users expect privacy to be built-in
  • Privacy is about people
  • Establish a relationship of trust
  • Data proportional to use case