Apple buys Gliimpse, the startup founded by a former employee – EconomyUp

  The expansion of the road to Apple appears to have a precise address: health and wellness. The growth ambitions in the field healthcare for the Cupertino company are confirmed by the recent acquisition of Gliimpse, startup of Silicon Valley specialized in the management and sharing of personal medical data of American patients. The acquisition news was released recently by the specialized site Fast Company , although it is an operation which ended at the beginning of 2016. Terms were not disclosed by Apple, on the contrary request for further information by Fast Company, from the Apple responded with a terse official note: “ from time to time Apple buys smaller technology companies, and generally does not discuss about issues related to their plans future . ” So much.

Founded in 2013 by entrepreneurs Anil Sethi and Karthik Hariharan , Gliimpse has developed a platform that allows the user to collect, customize and share data about their health in a sort of virtual medical record. Sethi is a serial entrepreneur who over the past decade has often been struggling with startup related to the world of health, after which in 2000 he listed his company Sequoia Software . In his past experience as a well engineer their systems to Apple, around the late 80′s.

 As often happens buonaparte of innovative startups, even Gliimpse came from a personal need. As told on his LinkedIn profile, Sethi had to assist the sick sister to cancer, personally testing the difficulties for the chronically ill in acquiring and managing data related to personal health, “when I resort from patient to health care – writes Sathi – I leave behind me a trail of continuous medical information. Yet, even today, they are unable to access or share this information in a simple and fast. ” From here came the idea of ​​creating Gliimpse.

 Apple already in the past had shown interest in the digital health, just think of the creation of services such as HealhtKit , CareKit and ResearchKit , that allow patients, doctors and researchers access to valuable health information through the use of a range of mobile devices. Today Apple’s effort against the industry seems to go even deeper, with the acquisition of Gliimpse fact Cupertino opens a new frontier in relation to patients suffering from serious diseases such as cancer and diabetes.

 That said, it seems to be still not entirely clear how Apple will decide to implement within its ecosystem of Gliimpse services. It is not excluded who may moreover exploit the potential of Apple Watch. Certainly it is unlikely that this acquisition by the company of Tim Cook will lead Apple Health Technology under the purview of Federal Regulations. The same company’s CEO has repeatedly argued that the more business that sees in this sector are in an unregulated market. ( F.M. )

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