The Mayo Clinic on Monday debuted support for the Apple Health records feature on iOS devices, allowing the facility’s patients to add their medical records to the Health app.
The Health Records feature offers an aggregate platform for a patient’s health data, with more than 700 institutions and 12,000 care locations now offering support for Health Records in the United States, Canada, and the UK.
Mayo Clinic patients who have a Patient Services Account can access that data through the Health app using their Patient Services username and password. The feature is opt-in and available as an option for Mayo Clinic patients with an iPhone.
“There are more ways than ever for patients to be actively engaged in their health care, and smartphone apps can be helpful for accessing records and tracking daily fitness and diet,” says Steve Ommen, M.D., medical director of Experience Products for Mayo Clinic’s Center for Digital Health. “We want patients who are interested in these apps to be able to use them securely and enhance their health care at Mayo Clinic.”
The Health Records data is downloaded onto an iOS device using an encrypted connection, with the data stored on the user’s device and encrypted with a passcode to ensure everything is kept private. Health Records data is not available to Apple.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via MacRumors and support.apple.com