Apple Inc. (AAPL) is in discussions with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide portable electronic health records to military veterans, a partnership that would simplify patients’ hospital visits and allow the technology giant to tap millions of new customers, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Apple Inc. is holding parleys with the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide portable electronic health records to military veterans. This partnership would simplify patients’ hospital visits and allow the technology giant to tap millions of new customers. Apple would create special software tools which will allow the Veterans Affairs’ estimated 9 million veterans to enrol in the system giving them the ability to transfer their electronic health records to the iPhone platform.