When will Apple's iDoctor app come out?

Question

Imagine if Apple created a blood pressure monitor, eye exam device, sugar level monitor, and whole sorts of devices that you can connect to your iPhone, and an app called iDoctor would evaluate the results on the device, eliminating the need to go to your primary doctor for preliminary tests. They can even use the iPhone camera to diagnose some diseases (obviously you would need a specialist to confirm this), but wouldn't this add more value to Apple as a company?Sure, they would have to lobby hard in Congress to overcome the American Medical Association (AMA), but I think Apple could pull this off.

paulcole · Accepted Answer

> When will Apple's iDoctor app come out?You mean the app you just imagined yourself? Hard to say.

nullindividual · Answer

Why would they need to overcome the AMA? The AMA has no input on drugs or medical devices. That is the domain of the FDA.
Apple would need to go through the same rigorous submission process that any medical device manufacture would need to go through.
Nothing else you mentioned is new or novel.

hgyjnbdet · Answer

You should ask The Dropout how she went about it.Personally I wouldn't want over priced medical devices.

bobinator606 · Answer

check out the contactless vital sign sensors from NorbertHealth.com that has SpO2, BP, PRV, temp, etc.

When will Apple's iDoctor app come out?

> When will Apple's iDoctor app come out?
You mean the app you just imagined yourself? Hard to say.

Why would they need to overcome the AMA? The AMA has no input on drugs or medical devices. That is the domain of the FDA.
Apple would need to go through the same rigorous submission process that any medical device manufacture would need to go through.
Nothing else you mentioned is new or novel.

You should ask The Dropout how she went about it.
Personally I wouldn't want over priced medical devices.

check out the contactless vital sign sensors from NorbertHealth.com that has SpO2, BP, PRV, temp, etc.

When will Apple's iDoctor app come out?

> When will Apple's iDoctor app come out?You mean the app you just imagined yourself? Hard to say.

Why would they need to overcome the AMA? The AMA has no input on drugs or medical devices. That is the domain of the FDA.Apple would need to go through the same rigorous submission process that any medical device manufacture would need to go through.Nothing else you mentioned is new or novel.

You should ask The Dropout how she went about it.Personally I wouldn't want over priced medical devices.

check out the contactless vital sign sensors from NorbertHealth.com that has SpO2, BP, PRV, temp, etc.

> When will Apple's iDoctor app come out?
You mean the app you just imagined yourself? Hard to say.

Why would they need to overcome the AMA? The AMA has no input on drugs or medical devices. That is the domain of the FDA.
Apple would need to go through the same rigorous submission process that any medical device manufacture would need to go through.
Nothing else you mentioned is new or novel.

You should ask The Dropout how she went about it.
Personally I wouldn't want over priced medical devices.