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The new Digital Health model : Disruption, Engagement, Integration and Trust

Lloyd Price

For example, in Singapore, the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) system was rolled out in 2011. It allows patient healthcare records to be shared across the entire healthcare system. Currently, all community hospitals, 56 community healthcare providers and close to 40% of GP clinics have access to NEHR.14

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

This summer, Apple opened Health Records API to health IT innovators to enable them to create apps that utilize the data. The company's work in healthcare has spanned cloud computing, cybersecurity and precision medicine. Google started a health-records initiative in 2008, but shut it down by 2011, citing poor adoption.