On Tuesday, I commented that I personally thought the research kit and subsequent open source apps were the most important thing announced during Apple’s Spring Event.

Bloomberg.com has reported the following –

“Stanford University researchers awoke on Tuesday morning, the day after Apple’s “Spring Forward” media event, to discover that 11,000 people signed up for MyHeart Counts, a cardiovascular disease app built using ResearchKit.”

To get 10,000 people enrolled in a medical study normally, it would take a year and 50 medical centers around the country,” said Alan Yeung, medical director of Stanford Cardiovascular Health. “That’s the power of the phone.”

And that my friends is why this initiative by Apple is so important!