Apple Health App on trial here
Apple has developed, in its latest software IOS 8.02, the capacity to link your personal health data held on your mobile devices ( iPhone and iPad ) using Apple’s Health app to your medical record held on our EMIS practice computer system. This might mean any data you record, such as blood pressure readings, blood glucose measurements, lung function test results or answers to health questionnaires can be uploaded direct into your files - straight from the measuring devices themselves - and integrated with the information we hold to produce a more complete picture of your health. As we open up more of your records for you to view, your experience of healthcare will become more interactive and participatory, to give you greater understanding and control over your health. A good article in PC Magazine explaining the uses and benefits of this can seen here . We are trialling this in North West London before it rolls out nationally. There are obviously many practical and techn