Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), launched ResearchKit, a platform through which hospitals and research centers can offer Americans the opportunity to participate in medical studies using their own iDevices. Although this SDK is offered free of charge by the Apple company for everyone, those from Cupertino still impose new rules for use, so that the applications containing ResearchKit had to be approved by an ethics board before reaching the App Store.
Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), recommend them In the past, developers using ResearchKit have had to submit their apps to an ethics committee to review them to see if they violate privacy or health rules. If this was the rule in the past, now the American company imposes this rule as mandatory for research centers, otherwise the applications will not reach the App Store.
Apps conducting health-related human subject research must secure approval from an independent ethics review board. Proof of such approval must be provided upon request.
Although HealthKit is a great idea, imposing such limitations affects the availability of applications for users, despite the fact that they will be safer for use on iDevices. In conclusion, ResearchKit is already used by tens of thousands of people involved in medical research, and the number will definitely increase in the not too distant future.
