Singapore and Apple Partner on National Health Initiative Using Apple Watch
September 15 2020 - 1:40PM
Business Wire
LumiHealth app encourages healthy lifestyle changes through
technology
The government of Singapore and Apple® today announced their
partnership on the health initiative LumiHealth, a personalized
program to encourage healthy activity and behaviors using Apple
Watch®. The first-of-its-kind program was designed by Singapore’s
Health Promotion Board in conjunction with Apple as part of the
country’s Smart Nation initiative, a national effort to leverage
technology to deliver benefits to its citizens and businesses.
Created in collaboration with a team of physicians and public
health experts, LumiHealth uses technology and behavioral insights
to encourage Singaporeans to keep healthy and complete wellness
challenges through their Apple Watch and iPhone®. The LumiHealth
app, designed with user privacy and security at its core, is
available in the App Store® for pre-order now, and the two-year
program will be offered from late October 2020.
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The LumiHealth app features challenges
designed to help users sleep better, move more, eat well, and live
more mindfully. (Photo: Business Wire)
“Even as all of us around the world are dealing with the
challenges of COVID-19, we must keep investing in our future. And
there is no better investment than in our own personal health,”
said Heng Swee Keat, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister. “This
partnership between Singapore and Apple will enable Singaporeans to
lead healthier lives, but equally important, it will contribute
valuable insights to improving the health of people all over the
world.”
“Singapore has one of the world’s leading healthcare systems,
and we are thrilled to be partnering with them to incorporate Apple
Watch and LumiHealth into their holistic approach to well-being,”
said Jeff Williams, Apple’s chief operating officer. “Apple Watch
has already helped millions of our customers manage their activity
levels to improve their health, and we look forward to applying our
expertise here in the same privacy-friendly way that distinguishes
all Apple products and services.”
LumiHealth harnesses the power of Apple Watch to encourage and
empower Singaporeans and residents to adopt healthy habits through
personalized reminders, programs, activity coaching, and
incentives. Within the app, users travel through worlds with a
friendly intergalactic explorer who guides them through tasks that
are personalized based on their age, gender, and weight. They
include weekly activity goals that can be met through not just
walking, but also swimming, yoga, and other activities. LumiHealth
also reminds users to go for health screenings and immunizations,
and participate in wellness challenges that aim to improve sleep
habits and mindfulness as well as encourage better food choices. By
completing these goals and challenges, users help the intergalactic
explorer get back home, all while being able to earn rewards worth
up to S$380 over the two-year duration of the program. An Apple
Watch is necessary to participate, as is downloading the LumiHealth
app from the App Store.
LumiHealth was created with customer privacy and data security
built into its design. The program is voluntary: Users must opt in
and provide consent to share information with LumiHealth when they
join, and may opt out at any time. The collection of any personal
identifiable information will be limited to information that will
enable the app to provide an experience that is personalized and
relevant to the user’s needs. All user data will be encrypted to
protect privacy. Data will be stored in a highly secure system that
is fully compliant with Singapore’s data privacy and security laws.
No data from LumiHealth will ever be sold or shared for marketing
purposes.
LumiHealth is the culmination of a two-year process that began
with Singapore soliciting proposals from international healthcare
and technology companies on ways to enrich the lives and health of
its population.
Apple Watch is the number one watch in the world, allowing users
to access and personalize hundreds of tools and apps from their
wrist. Activity rings, fall detection, and electrocardiogram
features have changed the way that people manage their health and
well-being. And groundbreaking research studies, including the
Apple Heart Study, have provided scientists and medical
professionals with critical data that users have shared to help
power healthcare breakthroughs for the future.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction
of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in
innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV.
Apple’s five software platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and
tvOS — provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and
empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store,
Apple Music, Apple Pay, and iCloud. Apple’s more than 100,000
employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and
to leaving the world better than we found it.
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Apple Fred Sainz, (669) 227-0492 sainz@apple.com Smart Nation
and Digital Government Office, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore
Huang Weixian, (65) 9695 8934 huang_weixian@pmo.gov.sg Health
Promotion Board, Singapore Eliza Chua, (65) 9756 4646
Eliza_CHUA@hpb.gov.sg
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