How Apple could disrupt healthcare

For a nearly a decade, healthcare providers in the U.S. struggled to meet the demands of U.S. government requirements for electronic medical records. Those requirements were designed to get doctors, hospitals and other entities away from paper records – promising in return that the change would simplify healthcare workflows, allow disparate providers to exchange patient data, provide deeper understanding about patients as a result of more connected and searchable data, and empower users to take charge of their care by electronically accessing and sharing relevant information.