Hypertension (hypertension), hyperlipidemia (excessive ldl cholesterol) and diabetes are severe well being issues affecting many Singaporeans. In truth, in 2022 the prevalence of power situations in native residents from 18 to 74 years of age was 37% for hypertension, 32% for hyperlipidemia, and eight.5% for diabetes. If left unmanaged, these situations can result in extreme well being situations.
HealthTrack SG is a year-long pilot program by Google and the Well being Promotion Board — one of many two preventive well being applications that Google is supporting. It’s been designed to assist folks take management of their well being by exploring how way of life modifications can result in higher administration of those situations.
Developed in collaboration with ConnectedLife and delivered by Fullerton Well being, HealthTrack SG combines expertise with professional healthcare supply. Sufferers will use Fitbit gadgets to trace vital well being data like step rely, exercise ranges and sleep high quality. This data, together with medical information like blood strain, is displayed within the HealthTrack SG app to provide sufferers a holistic view of their well being and spotlight areas the place they’re doing effectively, and the place they will make enhancements.
Medical doctors from Fullerton Well being even have entry to this data by an internet dashboard, giving them a consolidated view of their sufferers’ medical progress in opposition to any way of life modifications that they had prescribed. This manner, they will co-create and alter customized care plans with particular way of life suggestions with the sufferers.
By analyzing affected person profiles, the app will present tailor-made help by useful behavioral nudges and ideas, which can embody particular instructional movies from YouTube Well being on subjects like making more healthy meals decisions, encouraging constructive way of life modifications. For future phases of the collaboration, we plan to discover the potential of an AI-enhanced instrument for a extra customized expertise, resembling the mixing of Gemini fashions to routinely alter way of life suggestions primarily based on the affected person’s progress.
HealthTrack SG is designed with person privateness and information safety in thoughts. Sufferers’ information is processed securely to make sure confidentiality, and isn’t saved or used for coaching different fashions. We prioritize person consent and cling to strict information privateness practices to safeguard sufferers’ data.
Recruitment of sufferers for HealthTrack SG is deliberate for the primary half of 2025, and eligible sufferers might be a part of this pilot for a yr to watch their way of life habits.