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An open-source framework for developing research applications, created by Apple. We were asked to make a suite of apps showcasing its potential to transform medical research at speed and scale.
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10,000Participants in the largest Parkinson's study in history through the app
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93%Of participants who had never taken part in any kind of research before
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1Published paper by JAMA Cardiology sharing critical findings of the MyHeart Counts study
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Research, at speed & scale
By helping medical institutions generate quantitative data at a much lower cost, the tools we created revealed objective and precise medical insights — leading to discoveries at a pace and scale not experienced before.
“ResearchKit has enormous promise for leading the transformation of how we engage patients in research.”
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Technology architecture
YML started by defining core components that could be leveraged while creating an architecture that is data driven and has a reusable application core. This framework enabled applications to wrap the application core, yet provide App-specific initialization, tasks, and dashboard components.
How we did it
Strategy
- Audience Strategy
- UX Strategy
- Product Strategy
- Competitive Research
Engineering
- Technical Architecture
- API & CMS Development
- Manual & Automated QA
- Prototyping
- Front-end + Back-end Development
Design
- UX/UI
- Interaction Design
- Visual Design
- Accessibility
- Motion Design