Eight things we learned about HealthKit from Duke, Oschner

Duke University and Oschner Health System in Louisiana are two of the first hospitals to integrate with Apple HealthKit via Epic.  Here’s eight takeaways from a confence.
1) Patients and doctors are clamoring for patient-generated data 
2) The Epic integration is a one-way pipe 
HealthKit3) The current set of data fields is just the beginning
4) Apple can’t access patients’ data
5) HealthKit is already reimbursable by CMS
6) Hospitals don’t want to leave Android users out
7) Apple’s glucose goof hasn’t shaken doctors’ confidence
8) HealthKit has big implications for medical research
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