Becker's Healthcare February 21, 2018
Apple’s move into patient health records “portends great things for consumers,” despite a similar — and unsuccessful — initiative Google launched a decade ago, according to an op-ed Aneesh Chopra, former U.S. chief technology officer, and Dr. Shafiq Rab, CIO of Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center, published in Wired.
Apple unveiled plans to integrate patient health records into its Health app in late January. In the latest iOS 11.3 beta, iPhone Health apps will include a “Health Records” section that enables patients to organize medical information, such as immunizations and lab results, from various institutions.
To develop this project, Apple is working with EHR vendors like Epic, Cerner and athenahealth to better integrate records with the iPhone. The goal, according...
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