Apple wants to encourage millions of iPhone owners to
register as organ donors through iOS 10 software update that will add
an easy sign-up button to the health information app that comes i
nstalled on every smartphone the company makes.
CEO Tim Cook says he hopes the new software will help ease a
longstanding donor shortage. He told The Associated Press that the
problem hit home when Appleco-founder Steve Jobs e
ndured an "excruciating" wait for a liver transplant in 2009.
Apple is adding the option to enroll in a national donor registry by clicking
a button within the iPhone's Health app, which can be used manage a variety
of health and fitness data.
The software will come to all US-based iPhones when the company
updates its mobile operating system this fall
