Apple’s new health app will allow iOS 10 users to register as organ donors
While consumer use of smartphones for health purposes booms, Apple will soon update its iPhone app to encourage organ and tissue donations.
Twenty-two people in the U.S die each day waiting for an organ donation. Leaders at Apple hope to reduce that number—or at the least increase awareness—with an updated health app rolled out with iOS 10 this fall.
ABCNews.com reported this week:
Furthering the company’s quest to make the iPhone a valuable tool when it comes to taking charge of one’s health, users will be able to sign up with a few taps before their registrations are sent to the National Donate Life Registry. Apple’s Medical ID can be accessed from a locked iPhone screen, allowing first responders to gain valuable information about a person in the event of an emergency, including contacts, blood type, medical conditions and allergies.
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