The API roll-out is an update to the personal health record debut Apple made in January.
The company has quickly found partners for the initiative. In April, Apple said it partnered with 40 health systems to contribute medical records to the Health Records feature, up from the initial 12 health systems the company announced in January. The PHR feature uses the FHIR data-sharing standard.
When consumers choose to share their health record data with trusted apps, the data flows directly from Apple’s Health Kit to the third-party app and is not sent to Apple’s servers.
Still, despite all the hype, the question regarding PHRs remains: Will consumers use it?
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