Becker's Healthcare June 28, 2021
Hannah Mitchell

From new features on its Apple Watch to launching electronic record sharing initiatives, Apple has deepened its healthcare presence since last June.

Here are the tech giant’s moves in healthcare in the last year:

June 22, 2020: Apple unveiled a feature for its Apple Watch that will help users wash their hands.

July 14, 2020: The White House’s American Workforce Policy Advisory Board rolled out an ad campaign to encourage jobless Americans, as the pandemic has caused the nation’s unemployed population to increase by 12 million since February.

July 31, 2020: Google updated its COVID-19 contact tracing framework, developed in partnership with Apple, to accommodate user privacy concerns.

Aug. 3, 2020: UCLA deployed Apple’s technology to launch a three-year study...

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