Tim Cook teases new Apple healthcare-focused services

Tim Cook says Apple plans to launch new health-related services afterwards this year.

In an sectional interview on Jan eighth with CNBC'due south Mad Money, Cook said Apple tree has been working on these new services "for multiple years."

In Baronial 2018, CNBC reported that Apple had hired more than than forty people to work at AC Wellness, the company's health clinic. The dispensary is a separate subsidiary of Apple simply is dedicated to Apple employees based in Santa Clara County, Calif.

Apple hired on health providers, technologists, simply not doctors. CNBC reported that most of these hires were nutritionists, exercise specialists and nurse practitioners.

"I believe, if yous zoom out into the future, and you look back, and you lot ask the question, 'What was Apple tree's greatest contribution to mankind?' It volition be about wellness," Cook said during the interview.

He added that the latest electrocardiogram-equipped (ECG) Apple Watch Series 4 is "democratizing" health care. The dedicated ECG app is the offset of its kind in a consumer wear and is expected to be released later this year, according to Apple. Though a Canadian release is nonetheless in the process as Apple tree is working with Wellness Canada to bring the functionality to the Canadian market.

In a September 2018 tweet, Health Canada said that it has non yet received a medical device awarding for the Apple Watch Series iv with this health feature.

iOS 12's latest characteristic called Screen Time, which was introduced at the 2018 WWDC developers' conference, focuses on digital health.

"We are taking what has been with the institution and empowering the individual to manage their health. And we're just at the front end of this," Melt said in the interview. "Simply I do remember, looking dorsum, in the future, yous will answer that question: Apple's near important contribution to mankind has been in wellness."

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Source: CNBC