Best Practice for Connecting to a SQL Database From iOS app

I couldn't find a related discussion on here that wasn't 5-8 years old, so I'm submitting it to the forum for help. :-)

I need to connect to a SQL database, and read and write to the DB from my app. Since this is personal health data from a healthcare organization, I will need to implement a secure form of data transfer - point to point encryption, or whatever the best practice is for this. I can't find much on this topic. Many apps connect to hospital data, but I can't find how it is being done from iOS.

Basically, how is this being done? what's the basic architecture, and lastly might there be a current tutorial on these topics?

Thank you in advance! Not sure if the tag I chose is the correct one for this topic.

Best Practice for Connecting to a SQL Database From iOS app
 
 
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