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These Baltimore-area hospitals are among the first sites for Apple’s move into medical records

Johns Hopkins and Medstar Health are among the dozen initial sites for the update to the iPhone's health app that includes medical records.

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. (Photo via hopkinsmedicine.org)

Apple made a big announcement this week in the health space, saying that it would add an iPhone feature allowing users to see medical records.
As the New York Times reported,  it’s a significant play in the health space:

The feature is to become part of Apple’s popular Health app. It will enable users to transfer clinical data — like cholesterol levels and lists of medications prescribed by their doctors — directly from their medical providers to their iPhones, potentially streamlining how Americans gain access to some health information.

The new feature isn’t rolling out to everyone yet, but a pair of local hospital systems will be involved in the pilot, which is the iOS 11.3 beta. Johns Hopkins Medicine and MedStar Health are among the dozen hospitals to try it out.

“Streamlining information sharing between patients and their caregivers can go a long way towards making the patient experience a positive one,” Stephanie Reel, Chief Information Officer at Johns Hopkins Medicine, said in a statement. “This is why we are excited about working with Apple to make accessing secure medical records from an iPhone as simple for a patient as checking email.”

Patients of each hospital involved in the beta will have access to the feature.

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