MyHeart Counts

MyHeart Counts



Free

2.4.1for iPhone, Apple Watch and more
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Stanford University
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Jan 5, 2021
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About MyHeart Counts

Apple’s new ResearchKit allows you to participate in important medical research studies easily through your iPhone. Stanford Medicine invites you to join the MyHeart Counts study to improve our understanding of heart health. The MyHeart Counts app is a personalized tool that can help you measure daily activity, fitness, and cardiovascular risk. It can also help you better understand your own heart health and contribute to our understanding of how to keep hearts healthy around the world. Join our research effort and make your heart count today!

The app can help you measure your activity through the sensors in your iPhone or the Apple Watch, or any wearable activity device linked to Apple Health App. If you are able, you can also do a walking fitness assessment. Plus, using your cholesterol results and blood pressure, the MyHeart Counts app will provide a calculation of your risk for future heart attack or stroke, as well as a relative “heart age.” By helping you track your activity levels and giving you feedback, we aim to help people be more informed and empowered in their health. We may also ask you to test different approaches to help you be more active so we can understand how mobile apps in the future can help prevent heart disease.

Key Features:

Record and track your:

• Physical activity through your iPhone or a Apple Health App-linked device
• Fitness level, if you are able, through a 6 minute walk test
• Risk score for heart disease or stroke, and your corresponding “heart age”

Receive reminders and notifications about:
• Your activity and sleep
• Surveys on Physical Activity Readiness and other health factors
• Entering blood pressure and cholesterol levels to calculate your risk score

Get educated:
• Learn about your activity level and walking fitness
• Learn about your risk factors and how to improve
• Links to learn about heart disease and stroke and the American Heart Association’s “Life’s Simple 7” guide to heart health

Eligibility:
To join the Stanford MyHeart Counts research study on heart health, you need to:
• Be 18 or older
• Reside within the United States, United Kingdom or Hong Kong
• Be able to read and understand English

Install the app today and learn about your heart, help research, and join together in the fight to stop heart disease!

Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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What's New in the Latest Version 2.4.1

Last updated on Jan 5, 2021
Old Versions
Thank you for being a member of the study and to those that reached out about bugs. This build fixes the bugs that were introduced while trying to support iOS14. Enjoy!
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Version History
2.4.1
Jan 5, 2021
Thank you for being a member of the study and to those that reached out about bugs. This build fixes the bugs that were introduced while trying to support iOS14. Enjoy!
2.4
Oct 21, 2020
Bugfixes for iOS 14
2.3.2
May 11, 2020
We are excited to partner with the COVID-19 Host Genome Initiative (https://www.covid19hg.org/) to help crowdsource information about disease severity and how it can be influenced by genetics with a new repeating survey. Please try this new release with many bug fixes and lessened battery impact. Thank you for participating in the MyHeart Counts study!
2.3.0
Apr 13, 2020
We are excited to partner with the COVID-19 host genome consortium (https://www.covid19hg.org/) to help crowdsource information about disease severity and how it can be influenced by genetics. Other updates include more HealthKit collection including Health Records, integration of some activity data from the Apple Watch and many bug fixes.
2.2.1
Dec 13, 2019
We have fixed critical bugs and have renewed consents for 2020.
2.2
Nov 11, 2019
We are excited to distribute our first point release in over a year, MyHeart Counts 2.2! A lot had changed under the hood as we updated libraries including ReserachKit, which you will notice when you see our app’s modern look. Other fixes include iOS 13 support including Dark Mode and Face ID to log in. Thank you for participating in our study!
2.1.3
Feb 8, 2019
We have updated our consent documents for 2018-2019, added new surveys and fixed bugs.
2.1.2
Nov 19, 2018
iOS 12 is now supported. Assorted bugs have been fixed.
2.1.1
Jun 8, 2018
Thank you for contributing to heart health research. MyHeart Counts 2.1.1 includes a couple of bug fixes related to edge cases from device data now included in the 7-day assessment and actual support for the iPhone X. We hope you enjoy.
2.1
May 30, 2018
We are excited to release version 2.1 of MyHeart Counts in response to your feedback. This release significantly reduces the app’s battery usage, provides support for the iPhone X, enhances the 7-Day Activity assessment to include both phone and device data and fixes assorted bugs. Thank you for your continued participation and contributing to heart health research.
2.0.3
Dec 21, 2017
Thank you for your continued participation and contributing to heart health research. This is a maintenance release that updates consents to reflect our 2017-2018 IRB renewal and fixes a subset of our high priority bugs. Please bear with us as we address all of the issues with the app including known open problems with accessibility, battery efficiency, the 7-Day Activity Assessment and iPhone X.
2.0.2
Oct 9, 2017
Thank you for updating to version 2.0.2 of MyHeart Counts! We updated the app to support iOS 11 and fixed a couple bugs to harden data transfer. If you are a returning user, you will be offering coaching again; please keep using the app until you receive your Coaching Completion Trophy. We hope you enjoy and thank you for contributing to heart health research.
2.0.1
Feb 9, 2017
Thank you for updating to Version 2 of MyHeart Counts! We made some minor changes that will make the app easier to use and fixed a couple of bugs to prevent a few crashes we noticed in the earlier version. If you have a wearable connected to HealthKit you can now see your heart rate during the 6 minute walk test. We added a couple more activities to the Optional section as some users wanted to be able to complete them more than once. We hope you enjoy and thank you for contributing to heart health research.
2.0.0
Dec 14, 2016
• Improved the Design
• Added Coaching Feature
• Added Achievements System
• Updated Compare With Others Graph
• Further Bug Fixes and Stability Enhancements
• The “What’s new” text for iTunes

We learned some interesting things about our users over the last year and now want to share those things with you. The team has taken your feedback, improved some features and squished a few bugs. We are very excited to share that a new ‘coaching module’ has been added to MyHeart Counts. It is designed to help us get a better sense of what motivates you to get active and make you heart count. As always we appreciate your contribution to the advancement of heart health research.
1.7.3
Oct 12, 2016
Enabled 6 minute walk from day one
1.7.2
Jul 7, 2016
Additional text regarding sharing genetic information added to the 23andme consent module. Link to a printable version of the 23andme informed consent added.
1.7.1
May 13, 2016
Bug Fixes and Stability Enhancements
1.7.0
Mar 20, 2016
Hello Citizen Scientists! We are excited to share that we have added a 23andme module to MHC. With this module you can share your genetic data with the MHC research team. Your contribution will lead to a better understanding of the nature of heart disease.
1.6.2
Feb 9, 2016
Additional bug fixes
1.6.1
Feb 1, 2016
Standard bug fixes and analytics tool added.
1.6.0
Jan 4, 2016
Bug fixes and stability enhancements
1.5.1
Oct 28, 2015
We now have our very own MyHeart Counts Newsfeed!
As requested, we expanded upper and lower limit values for Total Cholesterol and HDL
Minor updates to accommodate UK and Hong Kong participants
Reminder bug has been fixed
Support for iOS9
1.5
Aug 6, 2015
We’re jumping to version 1.5 as we’re including new features, plus welcoming the UK and Hong Kong!

We’ve added an Insights section to the dashboard, which provides personalized feedback on Life’s Simple 7 — the seven most important things you can do to improve and maintain a healthy heart, from the American Heart Association.

For the 6-minute-walk fitness test, you can now see how your own results compare with everyone else in MyHeart Counts.

There is also a Newsfeed section, for the latest info on fitness and heart health.

For those of you over 3 months from enrollment, the next study period is here! The app will ask for 7 days of activity monitoring and updating your surveys, 6-minute walk, and risk factor data.

Thanks for making your heart count!

The MyHeart Counts Team

Please keep your feedback coming – myheartcounts@med.stanford.edu

FAQ – myheartcounts.stanford.edu
1.0.9
Jun 29, 2015
Improvements to 6-min walk test and fix to server error
1.0.8
Jun 5, 2015
We heard from some participants that not everyone got to see the comparison graph of their earlier 6-Minute Walk Test data. This update should allow everyone to see their comparative performance and take the 6-Minute Walk Test anytime! Please keep your feedback coming!

Feedback – myheartcounts@med.stanford.edu

FAQ – myheartcounts.stanford.edu

MyHeart Counts FAQ

MyHeart Counts is available in regions other than the following restricted countries:
Italy,St. Kitts and Nevis,Indonesia,Canada,Cyprus,Gabon,Kazakhstan,Papua New Guinea,Russia,Belgium,Sao Tome & Principe,Kosovo,Malawi,Bulgaria,Bahamas,Colombia,Ecuador,Nigeria,Turkey,Antigua And Barbuda,Congo,Costa Rica,Dominica,Grenada,Gambia,Mauritius,Qatar,Botswana,South Africa,Seychelles,Panama,Benin,Guinea-bissau,Rwanda,Uganda,Albania,Burkina Faso,Belarus,India,Kenya,Lebanon,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan,Austria,Namibia,Turks and Caicos,South Korea,Bosnia & Herzegovina,Brazil,Trinidad and Tobago,Armenia,Czech Republic,Algeria,Malaysia,Peru,Philippines,Poland,Slovenia,Switzerland,Nauru,Suriname,Uzbekistan,Venezuela,Macedonia,Oman,Pakistan,Moldova,Myanmar,Mozambique,Vanuatu,Yemen,Jordan,Kyrgyzstan,St. Lucia,Latvia,Tanzania,Japan,Maldives,Saudi Arabia,Solomon Islands,Chad,Egypt,Micronesia,Georgia,Morocco,Estonia,Germany,Croatia,Iceland,Palau,Serbia,Ukraine,Bahrain,Barbados,Iraq,New Zealand,Slovakia,Senegal,Australia,France,Israel,Paraguay,El Salvador,Bermuda,Montserrat,Niger,Norway,Portugal,British Virgin Islands,Afghanistan,Finland,Cayman Islands,Tonga,Taiwan,Anguilla,Denmark,Dominican Republic,Greece,Hungary,Cambodia,Libya,Swaziland,Cameroon,Thailand,Honduras,Kuwait,Mali,Singapore,Ghana,Sri Lanka,Malta,Tunisia,United Arab Emirates,Nicaragua,Sierra Leone,Uruguay,Madagascar,Belize,Mongolia,Mexico,Zambia,Brunei Darussalam,Spain,Lithuania,Netherlands,Sweden,Cote Divoire,Lao Peoples Democratic Republic,Liberia,Vietnam,Fiji,Azerbaijan,Guyana,Luxembourg,St. Vincent & The Grenadines,Angola,Bolivia,China,Guatemala,Ireland,Montenegro,Mauritania,Argentina,Romania,Nepal,Congo, Democratic Republic,Chile,Cape Verde,Jamaica,Macao,Zimbabwe,Bhutan
MyHeart Counts supports English
Click here to learn how to download MyHeart Counts in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of MyHeart Counts.
iPhone
Requires iOS 11.4 or later.
Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 5.1 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 11.4 or later.

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