Healthcare Technology - Products and Platform

The technology to make healthcare more personal.

Apps on iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch and Mac are capable of helping medical professionals deliver personalised care. Our powerful hardware is built to keep up with the demands of healthcare organisations to make work faster and more efficient. And intuitive apps provide easy access to critical health information, so healthcare teams have all the resources they need to make the best decisions for their patients.

Deliver better care
with powerful tools.

Apple products are designed to make healthcare more human. Our software is powerful and easy for both medical professionals and patients to use. We’ve built our devices to protect patient data and be accessible for everyone. And we’ve streamlined the way health data is collected and devices are deployed.

An intuitive, familiar interface.

Our products are built on a platform that people are already familiar with. Doctors can view important lab results on iPhone and iPad, and radiology images on powerful Mac computers. Nurses can send and receive secure communications and ensure patient safety when administering medications. And with apps on iPhone and iPad, patients can learn more about their conditions or treatment.

Powerful and versatile hardware.

Healthcare providers can use Apple devices to do a variety of tasks anywhere in the hospital. The high-resolution Retina displays on iPhone and iPad and the powerful processing of Mac allow doctors to view a patient’s imaging studies directly on their devices. The built-in iPhone and iPad cameras work with third-party apps to let nurses securely photograph a patient’s wound during treatment and store it in the patient’s record. And medical researchers can use the advanced sensors in iPhone and iPad to track movement, take measurements and record data for studies.

Safe and secure by design.

Secure software requires a foundation of security built into hardware. Face ID and Touch ID allow healthcare providers to use biometric authentication to instantly access iPhone, iPad and Mac. Healthcare app developers also have the ability to leverage biometric authentication for the apps they develop.

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Accessible by design.

Our devices are designed to be used by everyone. Apple products come with powerful assistive features like Switch Control, which can help users operate their devices with minimal touch, and Live Listen, which lets users turn their iPhone or iPad into a remote microphone for their Made for iPhone hearing aids.

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Streamlined health data.

The Health app on iPhone and iPad makes it easy for people to track their health information in a central and secure place. Your patients can receive valuable insights into their health with advanced trend analysis for metrics like heart rate, as well as access to standardised mental health assessments. They can also use HealthKit-enabled apps and third-party health accessories, like blood pressure cuffs, to contribute data to the Health app.

Learn how patients can use the Health app

Use HealthKit to build your apps

Read how the Health app protects privacy (PDF)

Easy to deploy.

We’ve simplified the setup process so you can configure devices automatically and buy and distribute apps seamlessly. With Apple Business Manager, you can enable zero-touch deployment and remotely manage account settings, apps and configurations on every iPad, iPhone and Mac. So there’s no need for the IT department to physically access each device to complete setup.

Learn about Apple Business Manager

Deploying iPad to patients (PDF)

Deploying iPhone for nursing care (PDF)

Healthcare Success Stories

Innovative health systems from around the world.

Apple products and platforms are changing the way care teams work together, how they connect with patients, and where they’re taking groundbreaking medical research.

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Technology that
makes healthcare more human.

UMC Utrecht,
Utrecht, Netherlands

Surgeons access vital medical imaging with ease on Mac.

Powering innovative medicine.

UMC Utrecht,
Utrecht, Netherlands

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12KEmployees
230KYearly patients
5.7KApple devices deployed

UMC Utrecht is one of the largest university medical centres in the Netherlands. The public hospital treats some of the most complex cases in Holland, seeing more than 230,000 patients from across the country each year.

Healthcare workers at UMC Utrecht strive to give the best possible care to their patients. And they use Mac, iPhone and iPad to help enhance productivity so they can deliver on this promise at scale. They offer Mac to their clinicians as part of a device choice programme, nurses receive an iPhone to support them through their day and patients are given an iPad to access hospital services during their stay.

Clinicians are able to choose their devices and 85% choose Mac because of its intuitive operating system, built-in security features, outstanding performance and compatibility with the software they use every day — including Microsoft 365. Mac is also lightweight and power-efficient allowing physicians to access patient records all day on a single charge.*

UMC Utrecht’s Mac IT team of two can easily deploy and manage the entire fleet of 2,500 devices — saving time and money. Senior Engineer Henk Codfried says, “I love the security features which makes it easy for us to manage all our devices centrally. We also have seen fewer support tickets overall with our Mac users.”

Apple devices have also transformed the patient experience and improved efficiency for care teams, so they can spend more time at the bedside. UMC Utrecht is one of the first hospitals in Europe to give nurses their own iPhone. With instant access to apps, nurses have up-to-date information on treatments and tools to connect with patients and care teams. And with ward patients receiving an iPad during their stay, they can order meals, watch their favourite shows and even make informed choices about their medical care and procedures. Not only does this help patients feel more at ease, but it frees up nurses’ time so they can focus on other vital parts of their role.

* Battery life varies by use and configuration.

Discover how UMC Utrecht
uses Mac, iPhone and iPad to transform healthcare for patients across the Netherlands.

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Improve the delivery of care with apps.

The App Store features over 40,000 apps that are changing the world of healthcare. Medical professionals can use apps to provide faster, more personalised care in the hospital. Patients can manage their health outside the hospital with HealthKit-enabled apps. And ResearchKit-enabled apps make it easier for medical researchers to gather robust and meaningful data from larger, more varied populations.

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Apple Vision Pro in healthcare.

Apple Vision Pro seamlessly blends digital content with the physical world, transforming the way you learn and practise medicine.

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Productivity and collaboration.

Apple Vision Pro creates an infinite canvas for apps that scale beyond the boundaries of traditional medical displays to enhance everyday work and bring new ways to collaborate. Clinicians can use medical imaging apps and work across specialties to make tumour board reviews more productive.

Surgical planning and training.

Surgeons can now use Apple Vision Pro to plan and visualise procedures in immersive 3D settings to help achieve the best patient outcomes anytime and anywhere. And healthcare professionals can get hands-on training and education that bring real-world scenarios to life, equipping them with invaluable practical experience.

Behavioural health and wellness.

Mental health and well-being are fundamental to overall health. Apple Vision Pro lets users experience personalised therapy in a safe, private virtual space. And it can turn their surroundings into a relaxing environment for a fully immersive guided meditation session.

Volume purchasing.

Find, buy and distribute apps and books for everyone in your healthcare organisation.

Learn more about Apple Business Manager

Custom app purchasing.

You can work with developers to get existing apps customised for your specific needs. They are distributed to your healthcare organisation privately through Apple Business Manager.

Build apps for better healthcare.

Create custom apps that tap into Apple hardware and features. Use powerful developer tools like Swift and our open source frameworks ResearchKit and CareKit.

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Develop native apps with
a powerful SDK.

Apple provides everything you need to develop apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac. It comes with tools and resources that help you take advantage of features like Core Location to conduct research on the effect of location and air quality on asthma, and tap into services like push notifications to alert doctors and nurses of patient updates. With the iOS and iPadOS SDK, you can customise apps to streamline hospital operations and help your staff work more efficiently.

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Build customised apps with Swift.

Swift is a free and open source programming language that makes code easier to read and write, while giving developers the efficiency and power they need. Developers can use it to create richer, more reliable app experiences that improve patient care.

Learn how to create apps with Swift

Personalise care with CareKit.

CareKit is an open source framework that can be used to create personal care apps. Patients can use CareKit apps to manage their medical conditions and share information directly with their doctors and care teams.

Learn about CareKit

Turn every iPhone into
a lab with ResearchKit.

ResearchKit makes it easier for researchers to conduct medical studies. The open source framework allows researchers to quickly build apps that utilise the advanced sensors in iPhone and Apple Watch. Participants around the world can use the apps to generate data for researchers to study. So far, ResearchKit has been used to study conditions like Parkinson’s disease, autism, epilepsy, diabetes and more.

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Learn about the Investigator Support Programme.

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