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by daemonk 4527 days ago
My problem with these health monitoring systems is similar to the problem the FDA had with 23andMe. It's one thing to collect data and present them in an easy to accessible way. But it is another to attempt to give out medical advice based on the data. How far are you planning on taking the data in terms of interpretation?
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That's a great question. At this stage we are certainly not interested in becoming overtly "prescriptive" in any way. Our first focus is on providing a cool utility to avid health trackers to aggregate data from their apps and gadgets in one place.
I think the best call in most of these is to make it easy to interface with your doctor over. Might mean exposing yourself to more regulations, but seems like what would lead to the best outcomes.