WILL APPLE DISRUPT HEALTHCARE? (Orthopedics This Week)
Rajiv Leventhal, Managing Editor of Healthcare Informatics, wrote this week that Apple may succeed where Google and IBM have so far failed—namely in building a category killer business in healthcare data collection and analytics.
Said Leventhal this week; “It was fascinating to read a CNBC (http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/14/apple-iphone-medical-record-integration-plans.html) article from June 14 on how Apple is looking to bring all of a patient’s health information together via its flagship product—the iPhone. The article, from tech reporter Christina Farr, has several layers to it that many in the health IT space would likely find captivating, but the core takeaway is that Apple is in talks with a multitude of healthcare stakeholders with eyes on turning your iPhone into a centralized bank for medical information.”
Farr reported, “CNBC has learned that a secretive team within Apple's growing health unit has been in talks with developers, hospitals and other industry groups about bringing clinical data, such as detailed lab results and allergy lists, to the iPhone, according to a half-dozen people familiar with the team. And from ...
