First Entirely Digital Clinical Trial Encourages Physical Activity Researchers from Stanford conducted the first-ever entirely digital, randomized clinical trial, which sought to answer two overarching questions: Is it feasible to successfully run an entirely digital, randomized clinical trial? And is it possible to encourage people to exercise more by using a smartphone app? The research said yes to both questions. This is part of the MyHeart Counts Apple app. Privacy concerns were expressed at the time the collaboration was announced between Stanford and Apple.
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