Apple, Quest Diagnostics partner on in-app lab orders

Want bloodwork? There’s an app for that.

Later this year, Apple users in some US states will be able to buy and schedule a blood draw and biometric readings from laboratory testing company Quest Diagnostics on the Health app, Apple announced at an event earlier this month.

Quest will offer a panel that tests for 50+ biomarkers for $119, the companies shared in separate press releases. Users were already able to store lab test results in the Health app, but it didn’t previously have in-app lab purchasing or scheduling.Quest has also partnered with wearable fitness-tracking brand Whoop since Sept. 30, 2025, to allow users to schedule labs on Whoop’s app.

These are just two examples of a growing number of collaborations between tech and medical companies.

Partnerships like these can help tech companies engage users, Hal Wolf, president and CEO of nonprofit membership organization the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, told us. Technology can help healthcare organizations reach more patients despite a shrinking healthcare workforce, Wolf added. The World Health Organization projects a shortage of 11 million healthcare workers by 2030, largely in low- and middle-income countries.

Meeting demand. These partnerships also coincide with more demand for direct-to-consumer health services.

“This integration will help bridge the gap between clinical and consumer health and serve the growing interest in preventive health and wellness,” Richard Adams, SVP and general manager of consumer at Quest, said in a Sept. 9 press release.

A survey published in October 2025 by professional services firm PwC found that about 70% of consumers use health technology like wearables, health apps, or portals each month to monitor their health. Those consumers also said they will likely start using newer tools like genomic screening within five years.

About 65% of consumers said they wanted a healthcare system “built around prevention,” according to PwC.

Privacy protections. One thing to keep in mind with collaborations like these is ensuring that consumer data is protected, Wolf said.

Data should never be “used or accessed by anyone without clear and explicit direction from the individual,” he said.

Quest said it will protect users’ health data in compliance with the 1996 Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), spokesperson Amanda Rivera told Healthcare Brew.

Apple has security features including end-to-end personal health data encryption so that “data in the Health app is not readable by anyone—even Apple,” according to the company’s consumer health data privacy policy, last updated in 2024.