Beginning CareKit Development

This book offers readers a fantastic introduction into creating CareKit based applications using the Swift language. It starts with the basics and provides a step-by-step guide to learning all aspects of creating a CareKit iOS application that could serve as the basis for a patient care plan.

Beginning Carekit Development introduces the key modules and concepts of CareKit starting off by installing and building the open source framework. Developers will then dive deeper, learning how to implement their own care plan by example. The book will present an illness and complete care plan utilizing all the key modules. Readers will then be able to fully use CareKit to develop health care plans. This is the future of patient care and health tracking apps that put patients in control of their day to day care. Throughout the book, app developers, hardware manufacturers, and health care professionals will get tips and suggestions that showhow to use and talk about this exciting new technology. The CareKit framework has the simple interface and the secure functionality that will change existing markets.Beginning Carekit Development is the guide to the new world of CareKit.

Auteur

Chris Baxter has vast experience in creating mobile apps including multiple apps for healthcare as well as the lead iOS engineer and architect on over 50 apps in other industries. He has over 25 years experience in software development, and has been working with iOS since it s first publication in 2008 . He is also the founder and Director of a mobile consultancy based in the UK.

Contenu

Chapter 1. Getting Started.- Chapter 2. CareKit Hello World.- Chapter 3. Care Plan Store.- Chapter 4. Building the Care Card.- Chapter 5. Symptom and Measurement Tracking.- Chapter 6. Insights.- Chapter 7. Connect.- Chapter 8. Extending CareKit Apps.- Chapter 9. Enhancing CareKit Apps.- Appendix. Resources.