MobiHealth News February 1, 2018
The Apple Heart Study — which began enrollment at the end of November — has now begun data collection, with participants receiving prompts over the weekend to sign informed consent documents and initiate data collection. That document also reveals some new details about how Apple plans to use data collected during the study.
“This study is part of the development of a new investigational device and certain Study Data will be used for FDA submission to seek approval of the investigational device,” the document says, under a section labelled ‘Commercial Gain.’ “The Sponsor has no plans to offer you any financial compensation or share any profits from the commercialization of any products, processes, or services developed from your Coded Study...