“Apple is reportedly in talks with the US Department of Veterans Affairs to provide veterans access to electronic medical records on the iPhone, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Such a deal could help Apple make significant progress in its attempts to partner with more medical institutions and turn its mobile operating system into a repository for the storing and sharing of health data.”
“The company first began discussing the plan with the agency last year, per emails seen by the WSJ, and it’s unclear how the project has since progressed. However, it appears that Apple could be tapped to migrate medical records for as many as 9 million US veterans to dedicated…” Read the full article here.
Source: Apple might help bring veterans’ medical records into the modern era – By Nick Statt, November 20, 2018. THE VERGE.
