dr. eric schadt. he is a doctor named "shot." dr.chadt: sophisticated devices like the iphone, you can do a lot more than just track steps in the activity. they can connect to seamless devices. for example in the asthma study we will have bluetooth enabled in hitler's -- inhalers. we will know how much they will have been inhaling throughout the day. bluetooth uses barometers to track the robustness. it is all the other devices that the research kit will allow us to connect to to assess somebody's wellness. cory: what data do researchers not have now? i mean, the ubiquity of iphones in this country in particular seems like it could collect a lot. but what pieces of information are you really after? dr. schadt: one piece is the number of doctors you need to understand something diabetes. -- like diabetes. something like the iphone and the research kit enables is broad canvassing of populations beyond what we can get in a local area in a given medical center. the day that our app was up in the apple i store, we had 25 people enrolled i

dr. eric schadt at mount sinai.le your health information can be useful to doctors, how can you be sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands. i spoke with miller newton. miller newton: wearable devices make it possible to collect very personal information about us daily. and collecting that information and securing it is critical. cory: i use it to figure out when i am asleep and how well i am sleeping. i use it to monitor my steps. that is not especially secret information, like when i go to bed, i suppose. is it about the level of privacy or is there something we can glean from that? miller newton: it is more of a front end a pretty low powered front end to your iphone or ipad. as applications become more prevalent and available in the next 12 to 18 months with biometrics and things like health kit and home kit, the device will be able to track anything connected to the internet. the information becomes even more critical when it's shared with your physician or with the health care provider. or with your company.