apple researchkit - a game changer for outcomes research?

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Apple ResearchKit:

A Game Changer for

Outcomes Research?

May 27, 2015

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Today’s Discussion

About Us

Current Challenges in Clinical Research

New Opportunities: ResearchKit

What is and isn’t ResearchKit?

Making it Work

Key Takeaways

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Innovation forbetter lives

Create human centered solutions and great experiences for people across the healthcare spectrum to drive change and deliver impact

Our mission:

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Mark BurrellVP, User Experience

Julliette EhlertSr. Manager, Technology

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Current Challenges: Gathering PROs & Beyond

Coordinating with a

researcher

Scheduling an appointment

Receiving a reminder

Coordinating travel

Traveling to study

site

Waiting Filling out a paper survey

instrument

Traveling home

Regardless of how you collect the data, you still face big problems:

Patient Recruitment: Efficiency & Reach

Onboarding & Monitoring

Patient Experience & Retention

Data Richness & Real World Validity

Today, participating in a study that consists of regular completion of PRO (Patient Reported Outcomes) measures could involve:

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New Opportunities: Apple ResearchKit

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Apple ResearchKit: Unique Approach

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Apple ResearchKit: What is it?

Core features:

Important extensions:

PRO questionnaires Active tasksE-consent

Connected Devicesand Data

Custom Instruments and tasks

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Apple ResearchKit: What does it look like?

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Apple ResearchKit: What could it look like?

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Apple ResearchKit: Major Institutions Onboard

Initial Apple Launch Partners

MyHeart Counts

Heart Disease Risk

Share the Journey

Breast Cancer Post-Treatment

Asthma Health

Asthma Maintenance

GlucoSuccess

Diabetes Maintenance

mPower

Parkinson’s Disease Maintenance

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Apple ResearchKit: In the Study Lifecycle

Design Study

IRB Approval Recruit Collect /

Retain Analyze Report

Barriers!

ResearchKit

IRB approvalNon-iOS

PopulationEngagement &

HIPAA StandardizationFDA & Validity

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Making it work: Partnerships

Device Companie

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Medical Researcher

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Care Management Companies

Digital Health Experts

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• Study Augmentation• Phase 4 and Health Economics Outcomes

Research (HEOR) studies• Early feasibility studies• Population Health Studies• ….

Making it work: Where can you use it?

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• Is a platform to expand reach and enrich clinical research• Doesn’t cover the full spectrum of what’s needed• Requires design and development work to real full

potential• Encourages and enables experimentation

Apple ResearchKit: Key Takeaways

Let’s go!

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Questions?

Want to Talk Further?mburrell@medullan.com | @MarkBurrellUXjulliette@medullan.com | @juliewt