Wall Street Journal January 24, 2018
Tripp Mickle

Update to operating system for iPhones and iPads to include a new ‘Health Records’ feature.

With its leap into the electronic health-records field, Apple Inc. is trying to solve a problem that has vexed tech companies for years: simplifying disparate networks of medical information and putting more data into the hands of consumers.

Apple on Wednesday said an update to its operating system for iPhones and iPads this spring will include a new “Health Records” feature that will import and store medical information covering allergies, conditions, immunizations, lab results, medications, procedures and vitals.

A dozen hospitals are participating, including Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles and Penn Medicine in Philadelphia.

The effort to securely simplify and democratize...

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