ResearchKit

After announcing the release of ResearchKit 2.0 last week, Apple has finally shared a few details into what the latest version will offer in the upcoming iOS 12. While Apple only briefly announced at WWDC last week that it's updating ResearchKit, it iOS-based medical testing research software development framework, the Cupertino company didn't divulge any...

Toronto’s Women’s College Hospital has brought the PPD ACTTM ResearchKit iPhone app to Canada, after the app launched in the U.S. and Australia last year. The iPhone app PPD ACTTM is part of a study to expand research into why some women experience postpartum depression (PPD) and postpartum psychosis (PPP). The PPD ACTTM iPhone app...

Health data generated using Apple's ResearchKit platform and an app for asthma was fairly reliable when compared to existing patient studies, claims a study published today in the journal Nature Biotechnology. But such studies have their own limitations, too (via The Verge). Researchers from Mount Sinai Hospital turned to Apple's ResearchKit platform, launched in 2015,...

While clinical trials struggle to enrol a representative (and diverse enough) group of patients, Apple's ResearchKit solves this in an instant. Apple has been eager to highlight the high number of patients who have enrolled in studies launched using its platform. But alongside the good, which is wide reach, ResearchKit also brings serious challenges. In...

According to a report from Bloomberg, an executive hired by Apple to lead the teams responsible for HealthKit, CareKit, and ResearchKit has left the company. Yoky Matsuoka was only hired in May and reported to Jeff Williams, the company's COO and its head of teams for the Apple Watch and various health initiatives. The reason for the...

Apple is reportedly developing real-time monitoring systems for users with Parkinson’s disease using the Apple Watch and iPhone. Sources speaking with Fast Company have said that the Cupertino tech giant is working on an internal project to monitor the symptoms of the disease through either an Apple Watch or iPhone, using its proprietary HealthKit. The data […]

GlaxoSmithKline has turned to Apple’s ResearchKit to start a rheumatoid arthritis study involving 300 participants over three months. This marks the first time a drug maker has used the platform to conduct clinical research, Bloomberg reports. Participating patients will be prompted to input both physical and emotional symptoms such as pain and mood using the...

Apple today kicked off its highly anticipated iPhone SE and iPad event speaking with announcements about its environmental efforts, quickly followed by the company’s advancements to the open source ResearchKit framework. As the company pointed out during the media event, the response has been fantastic: “Virtually overnight, many ResearchKit studies became the largest in history […]

Apple today announced that researchers from Duke University, Johns Hopkins, and Oregon Health & Science University are launching new medical studies on autism, epilepsy, and melanoma using ResearchKit. “We’re honoured to work with world-class medical institutions and to be able to provide them with tools which ultimately might help our customers lead healthier lives,” said...

Creating HealthKit was just Apple's first step into healthcare. But Apple wants more: It wants to help democratize medicine, Senior Vice President Jeff Williams said in an interview with the Associated Press. He said the company wants to help scientists by providing additional software for more specialized apps that use the iPhone's capabilities and its...

Apple’s ResearchKit was announced at WWDC, an open-source framework to allow medical researchers to gather data easily and efficiently by utilizing apps on the iPhone, making the latter “a powerful tool for medical research.” ResearchKit has now gained some major support by some of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, according to BuzzFeed News....

Apple has just issued a press release to note ResearchKit is now available for medical researchers worldwide. The software framework will allow doctors, scientists and other researchers easily compile data from participants on iPhones with easy-to-use apps. The company says the first ResearchKit apps that studied asthma, breast cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and Parkinson’s disease...