Becker's Healthcare November 12, 2018
In less than a year, more than 100 hospitals and clinics have joined Apple’s health records project.
Early in 2018, the iPhone maker released plans to integrate patient health records — including allergies, immunizations and lab results — into its Health app as part of the iOS 11.3 beta rollout. The program launched in January at 12 hospitals, including leading providers like Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger and Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Apple has said its vision for the health records feature is to provide patients with a central place to view medical data from multiple hospitals and clinics, along with enabling patients to share their medical information with caregivers as needed. “We’ve worked closely with the health community to create an...