Becker's Healthcare June 16, 2021
Apple’s healthcare-related initiatives have struggled to gain traction, partially due to staff departures, The Wall Street Journal reported June 16.
Apple has considered several ways to make a splash in healthcare, but many of the initiatives have stalled, according to the report.
One such initiative was a subscription-based primary care healthcare service with Apple-employed physicians and its own clinics, an idea conceived in 2016 when Apple was trying to figure out how data collected from its Apple Watch users could be used to improve healthcare, according to the Journal.
According to documents obtained by the Journal, Apple thought that if it could prove the combination of its device, software and primary care service could improve health and lower...
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