Will NIH be the next to use smartphones for gathering data?

NIH may be the next to join Apple and Google in using technology (i.e. smartphones) to help gather information for clinical trials. This new step for the NIH came under the White House’s Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI). President Obama hopes the PMI will “bring us...

New smartphone apps helping patients participate in clinical trials

In March, Apple Inc. introduced ResearchKit, a platform where its users can track personal health data and participate in health studies using their smartphone. Some of the apps include mPower used for Parkinson’s disease, My Heart Counts for cardiovascular disease,...