Get ready for an explosion of ResearchKit apps collecting health data<article>
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One of the most promising announcements at Apple’s “Spring Forward” event last month was the introduction of
ResearchKit, an open-source framework that lets medical researchers tap into our iPhone addictions with apps that collect and study our health data. On Tuesday, Apple officially made ResearchKit available to all researchers and developers.</p><p>
ResearchKit rolled out last month with institutions like Mount Sinai, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Stanford Medicine already on board. Those early ResearchKit partners developed apps for patients to track symptoms of diabetes, heart disease, Parkinson’s disease, and breast cancer treatment aftereffects.
Stanford’s MyHeart Counts app, which studies heart health, saw 11,000 iPhone users sign up in one day.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2909749/get-ready-for-an-explosion-of-researchkit-apps-collecting-health-data.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Get ready for an explosion of ResearchKit apps collecting health data
