Philips announces new smart health connected health programs

Health is important, and Philips seems to have understood this. For this reason, the Dutch company announced at IFA 2015 in Berlin the release of new cutting-edge health programs, with online platform and smart health connected objects.

A health platform

The program announced at IFA Berlin is just the first in a long list of health care programs planned for the coming months. The goal announced by Philips is clearly to empower users to take charge of their own health, by offering them a better view and analysis of their body data.

Each proposed program includes the use of multiple smart health connected objects destined for measure vital user data, so a dedicated and personalized mobile application to securely analyze your results on the cloud. So, it is not difficult to understand why Philips presents these new programs as the beginning of a new era in the world of health. At a time when care is gradually leaving hospitals in order to take place directly in patients, smart health connected objects and platforms like Philips HealthSuite make the work of patients as well as that of caregivers easier.

Philips is not at the cutting edge when it comes to smart health connected health. To start, their new health programs are built on Philips HealthSuite, an open and secure platform who harvests and analyzes vital data collected by several smart health connected sensors. Then, no less than 275 million patients, according to Philips, are treated each year by products from the famous Dutch brand. Programs like these will therefore allow users to measure their vital data themselves with precision in order to understand how their lifestyle affects the health of their bodies. In addition, they will be able to determine custom goals, to track their progress, from enjoy personalized advice and of stay motivated using intelligent programs developed under the recommendations of doctors and psychologists. Note that the platform is very concerned with security and that it meets European Union standards on privacy.

If it is rather global, the following programs should be more specifically leaned towards heart problems, the back pain and several other medical fields. He will be on sale in Germany from October. Other countries will have to wait until during 2016 to be able to enjoy it.

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Several smart health connected objects

In order to provide healthcare for its users, the Philips HealthSuite Health app is Bluetooth smart health connected to several smart health connected sensors. Here are a few :

– The Philips health watch : this is a smart health connected watch, equipped with a accelerometer and an optical sensor acting as Heart. It therefore proposes to permanently measure the wearer's heart rate, his activity, but also the quality of his sleep. If these features are far from new, it is one of the few watches specifically designed as a medical tool for users with chronic health problems.

– The blood pressure monitoring : it is an object wireless to be fixed on the upper part of the arm, in order to measure systolic and diastolic blood pressures of the user, in addition to his heart rate. It has a fairly large screen allowing a clear reading of the results.

– The blood pressure bracelet : similar to the blood pressure monitoring, it is an object offering the heart rate and systolic and diastolic blood pressure measurements but a lot more portable and easy to carry.

– The Philips scale : this is a real smart health connected scale for the whole family (it manages up to eight user profiles). It ensures the measure of mass, fat content and BMI.

– The ear thermometer : as its name suggests, this easy-to-use thermometer offers to measure your precise body temperature by slipping into your ear, the everything in less than two seconds. It exists in several sizes for adults, children and newborns.

Source: Philips

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