Apple to let Health app users sign up as organ donors 蘋果讓保健app使用者更容易報名成為器官捐贈者

Apple is digging deeper into health care.蘋果在保健方面又更深入了。

Later this year, the company will let iPhone users sign up to become an organ, eye and tissue donor through its Health app.
今年後期，公司會讓iPhone使用者能透過保健app報名成為器官、眼睛與組織的捐贈者。



Apple will submit the registrations to the National Donate Life Registry, which is managed by the nonprofit Donate Life America.
蘋果將會推出的美國由非營利器官捐贈組織Donate Life America所管理的捐贈國家器官捐贈登錄中心(National Donate Life Registry)的註冊功能。
The new feature will be part of iOS 10, the next version of its mobile operating system, scheduled to launch in the fall.
這項新特色會包含在手機的下一個系統iOS 10版本中，預計將會在秋季上市。


"With the updated Health app, we're providing education and awareness about organ donation and making it easier than ever to register," Apple's COO Jeff Williams said in a statement Tuesday.
「有了新版的保健app，我們將推廣對器官捐贈教育與認知，並讓註冊更加容易」蘋果營運長Jeff Williams在星期二的說明中表示。
Mobile devices have grown more and more personal over the years, thanks to new technologies that can read and record a user's physical status.
由於有可以讀取並記錄使用者身體狀況的新科技，使行動裝置逐年成長，變得越來越個人化。
Apple has made a big push with new hardware and software such as the Apple Watch, ResearchKit and CareKit.
蘋果在新的硬體與軟體上做了大突    破，像是Apple Watch及醫療相關軟體ResearchKit及CareKit。

Apps such as EpiWatch can use the Apple Watch to measure the duration and severity of an epileptic seizure.
像是EpiWatch的app可以用Apple Watch來測量癲顯發作的期間及嚴重程度。




The ResearchKit platform, like the upcoming organ donation feature, enables large numbers of people to sign up for medical projects and studies. CareKit, on the other hand, is designed for personalized tracking and measurement of health conditions.

ResearchKit平台，像是即將推出的器官捐贈功能能讓大量的人們報名醫療專案並研究；另一方面，CareKit是為做個人化的健康狀況追蹤與測量所設計的。

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