Hypertension (hypertension), hyperlipidemia (excessive ldl cholesterol) and diabetes are severe well being considerations affecting many Singaporeans. In truth, in 2022 the prevalence of persistent 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 packages that Google is supporting. It’s been designed to assist individuals take management of their well being by exploring how life-style 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 knowledgeable healthcare supply. Sufferers will use Fitbit units to trace essential well being info like step depend, exercise ranges and sleep high quality. This info, together with medical knowledge like blood strain, is displayed within the HealthTrack SG app to present 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 info by a web based dashboard, giving them a consolidated view of their sufferers’ medical progress towards any life-style modifications they’d prescribed. This fashion, they will co-create and modify personalised care plans with particular life-style suggestions with the sufferers.
By analyzing affected person profiles, the app will present tailor-made help by useful behavioral nudges and suggestions, which can embrace particular instructional movies from YouTube Well being on matters like making more healthy meals selections, encouraging constructive life-style modifications. For future phases of the collaboration, we plan to discover the potential of an AI-enhanced software for a extra personalised expertise, resembling the mixing of Gemini fashions to routinely modify life-style suggestions primarily based on the affected person’s progress.
HealthTrack SG is designed with person privateness and knowledge safety in thoughts. Sufferers’ knowledge 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 knowledge privateness practices to safeguard sufferers’ info.
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 life-style habits.
