ResearchKit/ResearchKit
ResearchKit
ResearchKit is an open-source framework for building iOS applications that conduct medical research studies. It provides reusable components for creating study apps that collect participant data through surveys, sensor-driven active tasks, and digital informed consent workflows.
The framework includes a step-based survey builder for constructing multi-step questionnaires, an active task engine that guides participants through structured physical and cognitive assessments while capturing device sensor data, and a visual consent workflow that guides participants through study details with on-device signature capture. ResearchKit also offers a care plan scheduler for managing structured regimens of tasks and activities with timing and completion tracking, along with a secure data sharing layer that connects participants with study coordinators through encrypted data transmission channels.
Additional capabilities include chart-based data visualization for displaying collected research data as interactive graphs, template-based app scaffolding to generate a complete study application skeleton, and tools for building personalized care plans and tracking patient-reported symptoms over time. The framework supports sensor-based health assessments that measure motor skills, cognition, hearing, and other physiological functions, as well as ECG validation for cardiac event detection.
Features
- Medical Research App Development Kits - Provides reusable components for building iOS research study apps with surveys, active tasks, and consent workflows.
- Research Consent Workflows - Guides research participants through digital informed consent with on-device signature capture.
- Research Informed Consent Collections - Guides participants through study details and captures legally valid consent with on-device signature.
- Research Informed Consent Guidance - Guides participants through study details and collects their signature to document informed consent.
- Care Plan Delivery Agents - Sends custom care instructions and tasks to patients, keeping treatment plans accessible on their device.
- Health Sensor Data Captures - Runs predefined active tasks that collect sensor data during user-performed health activities.
- Forms and Surveys - Constructs structured surveys and forms for collecting patient-reported outcomes and research data.
- Surveys - Provides a step-based survey builder for constructing multi-step questionnaires in research studies.
- Active Task Frameworks - Provides a framework for running structured physical and cognitive assessments that capture sensor data during user activities.
- Care Plan Delivery Systems - Delivers personalized care instructions and tasks to patients with timing and completion tracking.
- Digital Health Research Platforms - Provides a platform for developing mobile health research applications that collect sensor data and patient-reported outcomes.
- Research Survey - Ships a customizable form step builder for constructing research questionnaires with configurable response types.
- Research Consent Workflows - Guides participants through a templated consent process with custom content and on-device signature capture.
- Physiological Assessment Executors - Runs structured tasks that measure hearing, vision, or other physiological functions during a study.
- Health Sensor Data Collections - Uses device sensors to measure motor skills, fitness, cognition, speech, hearing, dexterity, and vision.
- Research Study App Scaffolders - Generates a complete research study app skeleton from pre-configured templates to reduce manual setup.
- Health Sensor Data Pipelines - Captures and processes device sensor readings during structured user-performed health activities.
- Health Assessment Sensors - Runs structured active tasks that use device sensors to measure motor skills, cognition, hearing, and other physiological functions.
- Active Health Task Executions - Guides participants through a physical or cognitive activity while device sensors record data.
- Medical Research Frameworks - Provides an open-source framework for building iOS apps that conduct medical research studies with surveys, active tasks, and consent workflows.
- Research App SDKs - Provides reusable components for creating research study apps on Apple devices.
- Research Questionnaire Builders - Constructs surveys from reusable templates for research or clinical data gathering.
- Sensor-Driven Activity Engines - Orchestrates predefined sensor-driven activities by coordinating step controllers and data collection pipelines.
- Step-Based Survey Builders - Constructs multi-step questionnaires using a composable step model with configurable response types.
- Research Consent Customizations - Adapts a visual consent template with custom content and signature steps for a research study.
- Charts and Visualization - Renders charts from collected research data to help users visualize trends and progress over time.
- Care Plan Definitions - Defines a structured plan of tasks and activities for users to follow as part of a care regimen.
- Care Plan Schedulers - Manages a structured regimen of tasks and activities with timing and completion tracking for care plans.
- Symptom Logging - Records patient-reported symptoms and adherence data over time to monitor health outside clinical visits.
- Health Metric Visualizations - Displays collected research data as interactive charts to help users identify trends in symptoms or outcomes.
- Interactive Data Charting - Renders collected research data as interactive charts to reveal trends and patterns over time.
- Secure Data Sharing - Connects participants with study coordinators through encrypted data transmission channels.
- Survey - Presents a multi-step survey as a modal view, collecting responses through configurable question types.
- Healthcare Frameworks - Framework for creating medical research and study applications.
- SDKs and APIs - Framework for building medical research applications.
- Service SDKs - Framework for medical research apps.
