https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/04/apple-is-giving-medical-researchers-and-app-developers-new-ways-to-prevent-diseases.html > Apple said on Monday that its new health records service, which lets patients store personal medical data on their phone, will soon be open to app developers and researchers. > Consumers who choose to make their encrypted data available to third-party apps, will share that information with developers working on tools like medication tracking, disease management, nutrition planning and medical research. Any data that's shared will require a user's permission and does not flow through Apple's servers, the company said.