Apple Getting Traction with Its App to Access EHR Records with iPhones

I have previously commented on the Apple plans to provide access by consumers to their hospital EHR data via iPhones was well as other Big Tech initiatives in healthcare (see:Apple Has Plans to Copy EHR Records to iPhones and Apple Watches;What Are the Consequences of Big Tech Entering the Healthcare Market?). In this latter note, I had this to say:Many of Big Tech's initiatives in the healthcare market in the past have failed or been disappointing....There is no question that the equity deals will continue....We all know that healthcare organizations are sitting on a mountain of data but the leadership has little understanding about how to capitalize on this advantage. They certainly know enough to lobby against patients' access to it...However, hospital executives need the expertise of Silicon Valley in order to pursue clinical analytics projects involving big data and deep learning.Despite some past failures of Big Tech projects in healthcare, I am sure that they will continue. Most hospitals lack the expertise to capitalize on the mountain of valuable data that they control. With regard to the Apple EHR/iPhone project, recent articles suggest some momentum has been achieved in terms of having hospitals participate (see:Apple ’s Health app can now display medical records from 39 health systems). Below is an excerpt from the article:Apple iPhone users at more than 100 hospitals and clinics in the US can now access parts of their medical records through the Health ...
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