Apple hires Stanford MD who developed HealthKit-enabled diabetes monitoring system

Last year, Rajiv Kumar, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford (Calif.) University, created a diabetes monitoring system for patients using Apple’s HealthKit. Now Apple has recruited Dr. Kumar, who joins Apple’s health team, reports Fast Company.

Dr. Kumar leveraged Apple’s HealthKit application to enable patients to aggregate their health data and share it with caregivers. A continuous glucose monitor connects to HealthKit via Bluetooth to share data. HealthKit then is connected to a patient’s medical record and records the information there.

Christopher Dawes, CEO of Lucile Packard’s, confirmed to Fast Company Dr. Kumar’s new appointment with Apple. “We can’t compete with companies like Apple, Google and Facebook when they really want one of our own,” he told Fast Company, adding Dr. Kumar will remain part-time at the hospital.

Apple hires Stanford MD who developed HealthKit-enabled diabetes monitoring system

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