Apple is poised to enter health care in these 7 ways:
- clinical trial partnership with Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
- precision medicine initiative with Scripps Translational Science Institute
- partnered with IBM, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic on cognitive computing platform called Watson Health Cloud
- offering tailored data analytics services to clinicians
- bought a health care tech firm to advance interoperability by aggregating health data into a single digital patient record
- build up healthcare credentials with Apple’s HealthKit, ResearchKit and CareKit platforms
- patent application pending for a new wearable device that can accurately measure electrocardiographic information across different areas of the body
- two new health apps for Apple devices — AirStrip and 3D4Medical
- AirStrip allows doctors to check appointment schedules on an Apple Watch and get feedback on patients’ diagnoses
- 3D4Medical’s large portfolio of 3D anatomical images, doctors can help patients visualize injuries and other medical conditions.
Regulations will protect the health care data on the device, in transit, and in storage from disclosures and from ransomware.