Apple's ResearchKit helps iPhone users participate in medical research<article>
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Apple thinks its new software framework can solve some of the biggest challenges facing medical researchers, including recruiting people for studies and collecting health data more frequently.</p><p>
Called ResearchKit, the framework will allow developers to create apps for medical research studies and turn a smartphone into a diagnostic tool, Apple said Monday during an event in San Francisco. ResearchKit will be released as open source next month and the first five apps are available today, said Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations. Because it’s releasing
ResearchKit as open source, apps can be developed for mobile platforms other than iOS, such as Android.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2894672/apple-aims-to-help-medical-studies-with-researchkit-software-framework.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple's ResearchKit helps iPhone users participate in medical research
