CNBC June 20, 2020
Christina Farr

Key Points

– Apple has made strides in health care, but it could do a lot more.

– The company’s CEO Tim Cook is hoping health will be its “greatest contribution to mankind.”

– Doctors, developers and other experts weighed in on what they’d like to see Apple do next.

Apple has grand ambitions to move into the health care field. The company’s CEO Tim Cook once referred to health as the company’s “greatest contribution to mankind.”

In the last five years or so, the company has built up a big internal team staffed with doctors, health coaches, and engineers. It has developed health-focused software and hardware, and even started medical clinics for its own employees.

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