Pulse+IT's weekly round-up of international health IT news for the week ending September 15: Big tech not interested in EMRs, Apple ups research reach, health data privacy, maternal mortality tools, NLP and documentation burden, drones deliver in remote Canada, US DoD extends Cerner roll-out, Boots offering GP video consults in store, Android on FHIR
Google and others ‘not interested in electronic patient record market’
Digital Health News ~ Owen Hughes ~ 12/09/2019
“Quite frankly I think it’s too late because across world, everyone is invested heavily in their EMR systems – both in the cost of equipment and training of people who use them.”
Apple announces three new Apple Watch health studies with big-name partners
MobiHealthNews ~ Dave Muoio ~ 10/09/2019
Amidst the unveiling of its newest consumer smartphones, tablets and smartwatches, the tech company said it will begin enrolling consumers into its hearing, cardiovascular and women's health studies later this year through an upcoming app.
