Apple is scaling back HealthHabit project, may lead to layoffs

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Apple is scaling back a key health project that grew out of its care clinics, and some workers could lose their jobs

Apple is scaling back a key health initiative and some employees could lose their jobs.Apple took over the clinics from a partner in 2018 to test new ideas in primary care and wearables.

Health Habit is part of Apple Health, an organization of several hundred engineers, program managers, data scientists, designers, and physicians that oversee Apple's clinics, consumer features such as the heart rate and fitness tools, and secretive digital health bets.HealthHabit could continue with fewer staff and features or be completely shut down, one person said.

Jeff Williams, Apple's chief operating officer, speaks about the then-new Apple Watch Series 4 at a product launch event in Cupertino, California, in 2018.Williams oversees a team that runs the health division that includes Apple VPs Dr. Sumbul Desai, the head of care delivery and regulatory; Myra Haggerty, who leads algorithms; and Eugene Kim, the head of watch hardware.

 

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