The key with how Apple will succeed in this space is the partnerships (distribution) with Mayo Clinic, Epic et al. Mayo is a very forward thinking institute and has already partnered with many startups to expose their data in various forms to explore opportunities.

Many hospitals in the bay area run Epic so pushing data to your Epic EHR to help your GP with better decision making is a step in the right direction. The integration between PAMF hospitals that run Epic and how that data easily flows to my GP is already awesome. Sending additional data points should empower my GP to make smarter and better decisions related to my health.

Only last week my GP was wearing Google Glass. The adoption will happen fast. Now is the right time for this sort of tech adoption.

Wonder when Allscripts will come into the game.. hmm...

Nice move Apple! Now make the data flow the other way so it's a truly open EHR system and allow devs to build apps on top of it. Powerful!