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Today, in this article, we wear you how to control iOS 16 Health data sharing. A feature called “Health Sharing” allows you to securely share specific health data from your Health app with loved ones, caregivers and healthcare professionals. You can exchange data with up to five people simultaneously with this function.
You are fully responsible for the data you choose to share and can always choose not to. The people you share your data with will be notified when changes relevant to your health occur. The production of a huge volume of data around the world each year is a result of the improvement of the information technology infrastructure and the widespread use of mobile phones.
Various sources, including people, public and private health systems, and health researchers, are producing data pertinent to medicine and public health. This data is becoming more digitized and is essential for creating new health interventions, especially those that leverage AI and machine learning to improve health outcomes. Health Sharing keeps you in full control of your data, while allowing people who care about their health to better monitor it, even from a distance. We have mentioned below the steps to manage health data sharing in iOS 16.
Steps to Manage iOS 16 Health Data Sharing
Step 1: open the Health application
Step 2: tap on sharing icon at the bottom of the screen
Step 3: Choose ask someone to Share
Step 4: Choose whether to invite them via email, message or so on
Step 5: send the invitation
Enable sharing of your health data
Step 1: open the Health application
Step 2: tap on sharing bottom row icon
Step 3: Choose Share with someone
Step 4: Enter the name of who you want to share
Step 5: If their name appears in the list, tap to select them
Step 6: Accept the app’s suggestions or manually choose what you want to share
Step 7: keep pressing Next to cycle through possible sharing topics
Step 8: Check the final page, “Here’s what you’ve chosen to Share”
Step 9: When you’re satisfied, tap Share
Disable sharing of your health data
Step 1: Open the Health app
Step 2: tap on sharing at the bottom of the screen
Step 3: Under Are you sharing withtap the name of the person you want to remove
Step 4: Scroll down through the health data summary to stop sharing in the background
Final Words
We hope you like our article on how to manage iOS 16 Health data sharing. Apple created the Health app as a safe place to save important health data and as a tool to collect vital health measurements to learn more about your health. You can now share your health data in the Health app with your family or medical professionals thanks to the release of iOS 15. This makes using the Health app to access better medical support simpler than ever.