MedCity News September 6, 2021
Apple has integrated with 700 providers for its health records app. But it faces a similar challenge to other health records projects that have failed in the past: patient uptake.
Three years ago, Apple launched a new feature for people to pull in their health records with much fanfare — and some skepticism.
The company made its big debut not long after Microsoft and Google had shuttered their own personal record efforts. Apple brought in healthcare executives who touted the tool, claiming it would be a move toward “patient empowerment,” even as industry analysts were pointing out the limitations of building such a tool on an operating system used by less than half of the U.S. population.
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