Apple Inc. took a big step toward turning its smartwatch into a medical device, adding new heart-monitoring and fall-detection applications that doctors say could help detect serious medical conditions but also trigger false alarms and unnecessary medical care. The new additions, which Apple revealed Wednesday, are a prominent example of Silicon Valley’s moves into medical monitoring. Yet the technology’s risks suggest the challenges of broadening access to tests and data that have been limited to doctors.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 12, 2018 22:49 UTC