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Mayo Clinic patient data can now be added to Health Records on iOS devices

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 […]

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AliveCor concludes studies with May clinic, finds KardiaBand device could be paired with Apple Watch to help detect high potassium levels

AliveCor’s FDA-approved KardiaBand EKG reader could be used with the Apple Watch to detect high levels of potassium in the bloodstream. The company, which cooperated with the Mayo Clinic for two studies, noted that the KardiaBand device could be used to detect both high levels of potassium as well as atrial fibrillation. For the potassium […]

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Suppliers hint at iWatch components, Apple’s interest in the wearable biometric device field

There may be some more concrete proof as to an iWatch this October. Per Nikkei Asian Review, Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, announced the company’s entry into health-monitoring services at the annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on Thursday. Over at its Worldwide Developers Conference event, Apple said that this autumn bring […]