According to CNBC, Apple plans to revolutionize the healthcare market by making all your medical data available directly on the phone. Thanks to this digital health record, it will be possible to transmit your personal information to doctors or hospitals. A project already considered by Google and Microsoft who had tried to get into the e-health market, but the project was unsuccessful.
Facilitate the transmission of information between doctors, clinics, hospitals …
Since the iOS 8 update on the iPhone, it is possible to fill in all of your medical data on the Health application, already installed on the phone at the time of purchase. Thanks to the application, it is possible to observe the number of steps taken in a day, the heart rate, the body temperature, the weight, the height etc … According to the CNBC news site, Apple would like go even further. Once all the data is stored on his phone, the user will only have to choose the data he wants to send to the healthcare professional who takes care of him, in just a few seconds. The doctor can then transmit instructions to the patient, all from the platform.
Such a merger between digital technology and the healthcare sector would perhaps provide a solution to the interoperability crisis. This is the difficulty encountered by patients in sharing and transmitting their information with doctors, through digital tools. Thanks to this “iTunes of health”, the exchange will be greatly facilitated.
CNBC also reveals that to carry out its project, the Apple company has already made contact with hospitals, healthcare manufacturers and application developers.
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