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LifeMap Solutions claims that Asthma Health app users as engaged (or more) with Asthma Health as they are with games and social networks.

The apps, based on Apple's ResearchKit platform, will offer some iPhone owners the chance to get their DNA tested, many of them for the first time.

The initiative will deliver iPads with IBM-developed apps and analytics to connect millions of seniors with services, healthcare, community and their families.

Apps conducting health-related human subject research must secure approval from an independent ethics review board; proof must be provided upon request.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's decision to use HealthKit data marks the largest integration yet for Apple's foray into the health industry.

ResearchKit apps can access data from sensors to gain insight into a participant's activity levels, motor impairments, memory and more.

Consumers/patients with the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus or Apple Watch will be able to make contactless payments using Apple Pay at the point of service.

Major healthcare companies have started lining up to announce their commitment to what could easily be the next most popular wearable device in the world.

One of the apps, Hospital Tech, tunes into a hospital's record system to give nurses real-time access to patient requests, safety alerts and lab status.

However, some researchers caution about potential flaws in the information gathered through ResearchKit, while some others love it; FDA supports the efforts.