TechCrunch reports that with assistance from top medical institutions like UCSF, Johns Hopkins and Stanford School of Medicine, this health application can help people track treatment progress, and communicate it to their doctor or family.

Meant to monitor symptoms and keep a track of the medication schedule, its other use cases include sharing photos of a wound or quantifying range of motion by using the iPhone's accelerometer and gyroscope.

CareKit is “empowering people to take a more active role in their care,” said Apple COO Jeff Williams.

The first app created with CareKit will be suited for people with Parkinson's; however Apple says that this tool has a variety of potential applications. They expect it to be used for post-surgery progress, physical therapy, diabetes management, mental health, pregnancy and more.

The CareKit framework offers core modules that includes a Care Card for displaying care plans, a Symptom and Measurement Tracker for monitoring symptoms and tracking objective measurements, Insights for surfacing health tips and visualizing trends, and Connect to engage care teams and family members as partners in your health journey. CareKit is localized to many languages for use world wide.