Apple’s Fight Over Watch Patents Could Slow Its Health Ambitions

Hi, it’s Mark in LA. Apple’s patent headache may be bad news for fans of the Watch’s health features. But before we get to that ...

As a longtime Apple watcher, I’ve covered the company’s decade-long journey into health care with much interest. Its first major feature was heart rate monitoring in the Apple Watch. Since then it’s expanded to features like a mobile EKG machine built into the watch and access to patient hospital records on the iPhone and iPad.