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Standards(English)

About Various Standards

Apple Healthkit

Apple HealthKit is a healthcare application framework, developed by Apple, that enables users to manage their health information centrally. HealthKit collects health data from the user’s devices, such as the iPhone and Apple Watch, and consolidates it in one location.
With HealthKit, users can monitor and manage a variety of health information, including exercise volume, sleep patterns, heart rate, and meal content.
Additionally, HealthKit can integrate with other healthcare apps, providing users with a more comprehensive management of their health information. For instance, users can import data collected from a specific fitness app into HealthKit, thereby gaining a more detailed understanding of their health status.

Google Health Connect

Google Health Connect is a comprehensive platform designed to manage health and fitness data on Android-equipped smartphones.
It automatically gathers data from various health and fitness apps, providing a central hub for managing this information. Users can easily access data such as step count, sleep duration, heart rate, blood pressure, and weight all in one place.
Moreover, the collected data can be shared with other health and fitness apps. This cross-app utilization of data enables more effective health management, as it provides a broader and more detailed view of the user’s health status.

Open mHealth

Open mHealth is a non-profit organization dedicated to standardizing mobile health (mHealth) data. The organization’s primary goal is to eliminate the fragmentation of health data, thereby improving its compatibility and availability.
Open mHealth offers an open architecture and a shared data format. This approach enables developers to integrate and analyze data from a variety of sources. As a result, patients, healthcare providers, and researchers can access more comprehensive and personalized health information.
Specifically, the Open mHealth framework facilitates the central management and analysis of health data from diverse sources, including wearable devices and mobile apps.

Finnish PHR

In Finland, a PHR service known as “Kanta” is provided to all citizens. This service is operated by the Finnish Social Security Institution, Kela.
Through the Kanta service, patients can access their medical records online. Additionally, healthcare professionals such as doctors and pharmacists can also access this information. This shared access allows healthcare providers to gain a more detailed understanding of a patient’s health status, enabling them to develop more effective treatment plans.
Furthermore, the Kanta service allows patients to manage their health information and share it with healthcare providers as needed. This empowers patients with a better understanding of their health status, enabling them to make informed medical decisions.

Positioning of Each Standard

The positioning of each standard is as follows:

Standards like HealthKit and Health Connect are designed for smartphones and wearable devices that gather user health information. Open mHealth is a standard aimed at collecting health information that can be sourced from HealthKit, Health Connect, wearable devices, and smartphone apps. Finnish PHR and the PGHD outlined in this implementation guide are positioned to handle the integration of health data from smartphones, wearable devices, and other sources, with treatment information from electronic medical records.

About the Items Handled in This Implementation Guide

In this implementation guide, items are defined to encompass the health information utilized in each standard.