Apple conquering hospitals

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Of the 23 hospitals contacted by the site, 14 have already adopted the HealthKit pilot program, or would be in talks to join. As a reminder, this service acts as a common database bringing together different patient information, such as weight, blood pressure or heart rate. Patients suffering from chronic ailments, such as hypertension or diabetes, would be particularly affected by this program, allowing doctors to detect a possible problem at the first sign.

This new system could also help hospitals to avoid repeat admissions, which now result in penalties since the new directives of the American government.

We imagine that this field should be entitled to all the attention of Apple in the coming months, the health market in the United States indeed represents un total budget of $ 3 trillion, and IDC Health researchers estimate that by 2018, 70% of health organizations will have started invest in new technologies, including applications, wearables, remote monitoring and virtual care.

The Apple would have already taken a good step ahead of Google and Samsung, also in full effort to offer their solutions to American hospitals. Apple would have hired for this " an incredible team " experts in the fields of health and sport, part of whom would be responsible for conducting discussions with the various health organizations.

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