Siemens Healthineers, the medical arm of the German engineering and technology conglomerate, has teamed up with Israeli start-up Healthy.io to allow patients to test their urine at home by using a smartphone camera that scans a dipstick and sends the results to their doctor.

Healthy.io’s founder and CEO Yonatan Adiri was selected as one of the 50 most influential people in healthcare by TIME magazine.

The alliance is the latest partnership between medtech firms and technology companies aimed at helping patients monitor their own health, as well as lowering the costs of managing chronic diseases.

Urine testing is the world’s second-most frequently conducted diagnostic test. Regular testing is needed to monitor kidney function in patients with chronic kidney disease, as well as to detect potential signs of diabetes.

Last summer. the Food and Drug Administration granted Class 2 approval to Healthy.io’s Dip.io, a urinalysis kit that includes an mHealth app and dipstick. Through a smartphone camera, the app’s AI software can detect 10 different healthcare conditions, including certain infections, pregnancy issues and chronic conditions, and instantly stores that data in the cloud for care providers.

Class II approval is granted to devices that have direct health implications and require a medium level of supervision. This is one of the first devices reportedly approved by the FDA that is designed for use with optical equipment designed by a third party.

Under the new global partnership Healthy.io will use urinalysis tests from Siemens Healthineers in dipkits that are sent to patients at home. Patients urinate on the dipstick and scan it using their smartphone camera, which uses computer vision and machine learning to ensure the results can be read. The results are then sent via an app to the patient’s medical record for a doctor to assess.

“This alliance expands our capabilities to improve patient experience by conducting testing in their home,” said Christoph Pedain from Siemens Healthineers’ Point of Care Diagnostics business.

Yonatan Adiri, founder and chief executive officer of Healthy.io said the technology was like a “medical selfie” that would improve patient outcomes through more frequent testing.

The mobile health platform is currently being tested at Pennsylvania’s Geisinger health system in a partnership with the National Kidney Foundation.

A number of technology companies including Apple, Samsung Electronics and Google are working on health-related applications for wearable devices and smartphones. Last month, Apple said its new watch can take an electrocardiogram and detect heart problems.

Orthopaedics company Zimmer Biomet is also testing a new app with Apple which would allow patients due to have hip or knee replacements to funnel basic health data from their Apple watches to their surgeons.