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"Apple's ResearchKit: Game Changer for Digital Health Care?"

  • CNBC
  • (March 10, 2015)

Just as the launch of Apple's iPod and iTunes proved to be the tipping point in digital music, some are speculating that Apple's new platform for medical researchers and its Apple Watch, could do the same for digital, data-driven health care. Apple announced Monday a new open-source platform called ResearchKit to help health researchers enlist and monitor research subjects through Apple devices. "This is a new era," said Yvonne Chan, director of personalized medicine and digital health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York. "This is really, truly revolutionizing the way clinical research could be done in the future." The Mount Sinai Hospital is one of five medical facilities that will conduct clinical trials using ResearchKit. Learn more.

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