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- Collaboration aims to build scientific foundation for development of health-related wearable and mobile technologies
- Partners will run clinically relevant trials among the elderly to identify and improve how people respond to lifestyle intervention programs that use health and activity sensors
- Goal is to promote healthy living and active ageing lifestyles, prevent chronic disease, tailor clinical care and manage the aging process
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) today announced a new research collaboration aimed at improving preventative care and chronic care through wearable technologies. The organizations intend to attain new data-driven insights into the relationship between lifestyle and health in elderly people. This will support the development of personalized coaching solutions using wearable sensors to help people to age more healthy and reduce the impact of illness and chronic conditions.
As people live longer and lifestyles change, more people are confronted with chronic disease. In addition to having a major impact on people’s quality of life, this puts increased pressure on healthcare systems.
New wearable sensor technologies are rapidly becoming available and could play an important role in healthy lifestyles and treatment compliance. The current challenge is to turn the data these new devices offer into clinically relevant information. This will help build scientifically proven and clinically validated solutions to improve the outcomes of lifestyle intervention programs and medical treatments.
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We know by now of the potential of digital applications in health, mhealth and wearables. But we need these intitiatives like Philips and LUMC announced today to gain insights whether it works, bbut also how it works and how it might me implemented in real care. Congrats!