Becker's Healthcare December 31, 2020
Laura Dyrda

Apple remains largely focused on developing consumer-facing applications in healthcare, and the company’s Health Records app stands to gain from the interoperability rules going into effect next year.

In 2020, Apple signed several partnerships to assist in the COVID-19 response while continuing to study how the Apple Watch can help with early identification of heart issues. Here are nine things to know about Apple’s moves in healthcare in the last year:

1. In December, Apple CEO Tom Cook was a guest on the Outside podcast, where he discussed the company’s healthcare strategy. He said health and wellness will be the company’s biggest contribution to society. For now, Apple remains focused on the wearables and consumer health, including the atrial fibrillation...

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Topics: Apps, Digital Health, EMR / EHR, Health IT, HIE (Interoperability), mHealth, Technology
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