When it comes to medical records, experts see the potential for Apple to succeed where others have failed

Fierce Healthcare February 5, 2018
Evan Sweeney

Experts see room for Apple to succeed where Microsoft and Google couldn’t when it comes to medical records

Company’s like Microsoft and Google have tried and failed to improve patient access to health data, but experts say Apple’s attempt could finally do what other consumer tech giants could not.

One big reason Apple could succeed in its medical records venture is because it is tapping into an open interface and using standardized frameworks for data exchange, Ken Mandl, M.D., who directs the Computational Health Informatics Program at Boston Children’s Hospital wrote in an op-ed for CNBC.

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