Apple Must February 27, 2023
Jonny Evans

Apple’s VP Health, Sumbul Desai spoke with Hindu Businessline while she was at the BioAsia 2023 conference in Mumbai. Here’s what we learned:

Desai thinks we’re at the beginning of the journey for digital health. Where we are now is change management: “You have to change the behavior of physicians and then you have to change the patients’ and customers’ behaviour,” she said.

In other words, what Apple is focused on at present is giving people the relevant health information they need to make better decisions.

This is the root of the company’s big idea for healthcare, at least right now, and certainly with Apple Watch.

Privacy remains critical

Desai told Businessline:

“For example, the heart...

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