Apple partners with leading healthcare providers for holistic health app

Called HealthKit, Apple's new service pushes quantifying yourself to the next level and ties steps taken and hours slept to real, actionable medical data. With the HealthKit system Apple will offer iPhone owners a virtual space where all types of quantified data – from eating, to sleep patterns and calories burned – in one place so that it can be displayed and analyzed together. Apple promises that the system is focused on improving communication between doctors and patients and giving people more control of their health and lifestyle choices.