Patients can sync their medical records, including lab results, radiological imaging, clinical notes and appointments, thanks to an app from Mayo Clinic and Apple. Patients’ medical records can be viewed side by side with their fitness and nutrition data in Apple Health, making personalized health management even easier. 

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An animation-based education app helps health care professionals communicate with patients about anatomy, conditions and treatments. Called Orthopedic Patient Education, the app from 3D4Medical covers a variety of conditions, such as joint diseases and disorders, as well as physiology. A consultation feature allows clinicians to pause and then draw on any animation with the pen tool to highlight and annotate specific images within an animation. These images can then be sent to patients via email.

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An app encourages people to set health goals and make changes to live a healthier and happier life. Stanford Medicine’s My Action Planner app lets patients update their progress daily. At the end of the week, they can self-evaluate progress toward the goals. The app tallies self-evaluations and gives graphic reports on how well a patient does over time. Patients can use the app on their own or as part of a treatment plan guided by a clinician.