Apple Moves Into Electronic Medical Records
Source：Market Watch
From：Taiwan Trade Center Chicago
Update Time：2019/01/22
Tech giant Apple is currently in negotiations with the US Department of Veterans Affairs or VA to provide electronic health records for military veterans. The goal of such a partnership would be to simplify a patient’s hospital visit with portable electronic health records. For apple the benefits would also include being able to reach millions of new users through the proposed platform. According to the plans currently being discussed, Apple would create unique software tools that would allow the VA’s over 9 million currently enrolled veterans to transfer their health records to their iPhones. Apple would also provide engineering support the VA. Apple had already announced it’s plans to introduce electronic records of this nature in January 2018, but VA officials are hesitant to approve the program. The VA is concerned that such a program would expose veterans’ data. Apple and other tech companies are eager to find a way into the $3.2 trillion US health care market. Another data firm, Alphabet, has been introduced a rival electronic health records service for the UK’s NHS. Electronic health records show all the signs of being the future for the health care industry, an early adoption of electronic health records by the VA would be a huge step in that direction.
Source ：Market Watch
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/apple-could-provide-veterans-with-access-to-electronic-medical-records-2018-11-20