I'm sure Apple is aware of the mess of regulations they would encounter if they advertised the Health app and HealthKit to be a hub for all of your medical data. Not only would the connections between your iDevice and a hospital potentially fall under scrutiny by a variety of health-related state and federal agencies, but the complete iOS to iCloud connection and what it sends and receives would probably start getting heavy analysis and would need to prove to bureaucracies precisely what Apple and third party vendors do and do not transmit.
There be bureaucratic dragons.
Agreed with the other commenters here, although I do appreciate the original blog post for pointing out concrete examples of backwards technology use in health care. It is a good reminder that pretty much every industry (perhaps outside of tech companies with tech customers interoperating with each other) has major dysfunction and underutilization of current technologies.
There be bureaucratic dragons.
Agreed with the other commenters here, although I do appreciate the original blog post for pointing out concrete examples of backwards technology use in health care. It is a good reminder that pretty much every industry (perhaps outside of tech companies with tech customers interoperating with each other) has major dysfunction and underutilization of current technologies.