Apple launches feature for iOS 11.3 allowing customers to view medical records
Smartphone giant Apple has debuted a new feature on its health app that allows US customers to view their medical records on their iPhone.
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Apple Health app ‘used as evidence in murder trial’
The Apple Health app has reportedly been used as evidence during a murder trial in Germany, with police suggesting it shows the suspect dragging his victim down a riverbank and climbing back up.
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Apple Watch to now include heart rate alerts
In Cupertino, California yesterday Apple made a slew of product announcements that significantly evolve and add to the digital health capabilities of its platform and devices.
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Could Apple be working on its own glucose monitoring technology?
Apple CEO Tim Cook was spotted wearing a glucose monitoring device attached to his Apple Watch, monitoring how his blood sugar responds to food and exercise.
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Project launched to create artificial intelligence virtual GP
A research partnership has been given £250,000 to create a GP avatar that can help with minor ailments and alleviate pressures on GP practices.
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Discount Apple Watch offered for health data
A private insurer is offering UK customers super cheap Apple Watches with its policies but there’s a catch (or two).
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Brexit hits IT costs for NHS
Mobile and app news in brief
This month’s round-up of mobile and app news includes an announcement from Apple that it is expanding its health initiatives with a new tool called CareKit, due to launch in April.
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Ade Memoire: feeling appathetic
In one of his occasional columns, Adrian Byrne, Southampton’s director of IT and chair of the Health CIO Network, considers the gap between the hype and reality of health apps; and the work that will need to be done to close it.
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Mobile health and apps news in brief
This month’s round-up of apps and mobile developments includes new apps to support parents, a cookery app that measures brain function and GPS tracking for dementia patients
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