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Global Health Challenges
Private Sector Innovations to Keep Us Healthy (while Profiting From Each Step We Take)
Prof. Katarzyna Wac 1,2
1 Human-Centric Computing, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 2 Quality of Life Technologies lab, University of Geneva, Switzerland EMAIL: [email protected] & [email protected] WEB: www.qol.unige.ch TWITTER: @katewac LINKEDIN and SLIDESHARE: /KatarzynaWac
Digital Health for Healthy Lives and Wellbeing for All A high-‐level Policy Dialogue on Digital Health
Geneva, 23-‐24 May 2016
Tremendous Speed and Impact
Digital Health for Healthy Lives and Wellbeing for All A high-‐level Policy Dialogue on Digital Health
Geneva, 23-‐24 May 2016 Prof. Katarzyna Wac, UNIGE & UCPH
Bracelets, Bands, Smart Watches
(And Weight Scales)
Digital Health for Healthy Lives and Wellbeing for All A high-‐level Policy Dialogue on Digital Health
Geneva, 23-‐24 May 2016 Prof. Katarzyna Wac, UNIGE & UCPH
Steps (kcal) AcIviIes Sleep HR, Temp, GSR Phone noIficaIons
Keeping Us Engaged
Digital Health for Healthy Lives and Wellbeing for All A high-‐level Policy Dialogue on Digital Health
Geneva, 23-‐24 May 2016 Prof. Katarzyna Wac, UNIGE & UCPH
Global Health
• Bullets
Digital Health for Healthy Lives and Wellbeing for All A high-‐level Policy Dialogue on Digital Health
Geneva, 23-‐24 May 2016 Prof. Katarzyna Wac, UNIGE & UCPH
Angels… • Design Principles
– Miniaturized, wearable, (always) connected wirelessly, waterproof ~ Personalized, fashionable ~ Easier to use, relatively cheap ~ Battery-efficient – Gamification to increase “compliance” ( à smartphone) – Towards: actionable feedback addressing
psychological biases • e.g., myopia (“short-term vs. long-term” state) • overconfidence (“not me”)
Digital Health for Healthy Lives and Wellbeing for All A high-‐level Policy Dialogue on Digital Health
Geneva, 23-‐24 May 2016 Prof. Katarzyna Wac, UNIGE & UCPH
…or Devils? • “Colonization phase”
– Unreliable (‘what is a step?’) vs. ground truth
– Data is locked in, not standardized, no interoperable
– Privacy & Security: tracking you anywhere, selling data for profit
– Not clinically validated (vs. liability, standardization) • Diagnosis, rehabilitation, treatment
support?
Prof. Katarzyna Wac, UNIGE & UCPH
Digital Health for Healthy Lives and Wellbeing for All A high-‐level Policy Dialogue on Digital Health
Geneva, 23-‐24 May 2016
Global Health Challenges
Private Sector Innovations to Keep Us Healthy (while Profiting From Each Step We Take)
Prof. Katarzyna Wac 1,2
1 Human-Centric Computing, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 2 Quality of Life Technologies lab, University of Geneva, Switzerland EMAIL: [email protected] & [email protected] WEB: www.qol.unige.ch TWITTER: @katewac LINKEDIN and SLIDESHARE: /KatarzynaWac
Digital Health for Healthy Lives and Wellbeing for All A high-‐level Policy Dialogue on Digital Health
Geneva, 23-‐24 May 2016
