At WWDC this month, Apple announced new health sharing features that allow users to share their health records and patient-generated data with family, caregivers, or their healthcare provider. On today's HIMSSCast, Michael Abrams, managing partner at Numerof & Associates, joins host Jonah Comstock to discuss the news and how it fits in the larger context of the healthcare system.

Talking points:

Context for Apple’s latest health records announcement
The impact of the new Apple capabilities
How Apple is set up against the competition
Apple’s ecosystem play
Are patients ready to own and control their health data?
Are physicians ready for patient-generated health data?
Injecting coaches and other stakeholders to fill the data usage gap
Wellness, prevention, and systemic incentives
Do tech companies see value-based care on the horizon?
The rise of the "payvider"
Technology and the bottom line

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Unpacking Apple's new health records news — with Michael Abrams