Samsung unveils Samsung Health Stack 1.0 as the ultimate health platform

Samsung unveils Samsung Health Stack 1.0 as the ultimate health platform

Samsung has announced the launch of Samsung Health Stack 1.0 at the annual conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2023.

The all-in-one open-source platform, developed by Samsung Research and Samsung Research America, aims to simplify digital health research by enabling medical researchers to create apps, backend servers, and analysis tools for wearable devices running on Android and Wear OS operating systems.

The platform’s App SDK, web portal, and backend system make system construction simpler, enabling researchers to focus on their research. The project’s release is scheduled for June.

Advancements in smartphones and wearables have the potential to revolutionize healthcare research and the development of data-based biomarkers.

However, utilizing these devices for research often requires new mobile health apps and services, which can be time-consuming and costly. Samsung developed the Samsung Health Stack to help overcome these obstacles. Developers can build necessary applications quickly and easily, while participants can rest assured that the data they provide is being managed securely.

The Samsung Health Stack aims to lower the barriers between medical researchers and digital technology experts, serving as a foundation for innovation in the digital health industry.

The platform aims to make it easier and safer to acquire digital health data, promoting the development of digital health services and ultimately improving the quality of life for people around the world. Being an open-source project, Samsung hopes the platform will be helpful to many people in the field, and they welcome the participation of interested developers and researchers.

Samsung Health Stack 1.0 improves on the alpha version’s research introduction, participant onboarding, wearable data collection, and basic survey functions. It offers an activity task feature that tracks clinical participants’ progress on specific research-related tasks, and the survey feature has been enhanced with a dynamic survey function that can reflect the purpose of the research and researchers’ intentions based on participants’ responses.

The platform enables researchers to focus more on research design, and it provides several methods to offer participants relevant information to minimize delays.

Although still in the early stages, healthcare companies are already considering utilizing the Samsung Health Stack. Startups such as SALTED and All Round Doctors are collecting data for research purposes and have considered using that data to provide healthcare services. It is expected that the Samsung Health Stack will be used in various fields in the future, potentially revolutionizing digital health research.

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