Monday, March 9, 2015

Apple's new ResearchKit lets iPhone users participate in clinical trials


Apple announced today that it will help researchers recruit medical research participants through Researchkit, a software medical platform that will turn iPhone and Healthkit into diagnostic tools.


"There are hundreds of millions of iPhone owners out there who would gladly contribute," said Jeff Williams, Senior Vice President of operations at, during Apple's Spring forward Event. "And Apple will not see your data."


Researchkit will be released next month as an open source platform, but the first five apps that are part of the platform will be available today. Those apps include an app to track Parkinson's disease symptoms.


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