Modern Healthcare January 24, 2018
Apple is diving deeper into healthcare with a new feature that aims to boost interoperability by letting some iPhone users aggregate parts of their medical records.
With an update to its Health app, Apple will enable a single view of a patient’s medical records from a handful of health systems, including Geisinger Health System, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Rush University Medical Center and UC San Diego Health. Patients of those systems can begin accessing the beta version of the feature Thursday, with wider access coming with the release of iOS 11.3 this spring.
The health data exchange is facilitated through Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, or FHIR, a set of standards for moving data. Healthcare technology leaders have long hoped FHIR would...
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