You can sign up to be an organ donor in iOS 10
iOS 10 is set to be released to the public in the Fall. A lot of the features were, of course, revealed at WWDC 2016, however new pieces of information are coming to light.
One feature that sounds wonderful, is that in the Health app of iOS 10, users will have the ability to sign up as an organ, eye and tissue donor with one tap.
With the option, you’ll be enrolling in the National Donor Registry, with all organ, eye, and tissue donor registrations submitted from your iPhone sent directly to the National Donate Life Registry managed by Donate Life America. Tim Cook has said that he hopes this will ease a longstanding donor shortage. This shortage is something that he saw face to face when Steve Jobs had to wait for a liver transplant back in March 2009.
From the Sauce:
“Apple’s mission has always been to create products that transform people’s lives. With the updated Health app, we’re providing education and awareness about organ donation and making it easier than ever to register. It’s a simple process that takes just a few seconds and could help save up to eight lives,” said Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer. “Together with Donate Life America, we’re excited to deliver this new feature to iPhone users in the US with iOS 10.”
The U.S government is currently pushing an initiative to speed up the donor and matching service, and it’s a problem that other tech companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter are working on.
According to government statistics, someone is added to the national organ transplant waiting list every 10 minutes and 22 people die while waiting for life-saving transplants every day.
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July 6, 2016 5:56 pm
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