Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and the University of California San Francisco have developed a partnership to accelerate validation and commercialization of promising new sensors, algorithms, and digital health technologies for preventive health solutions.
The two organizations will jointly establish the “UCSF-Samsung Digital Health Innovation Lab” a new space located on UCSF’s campus to provide a first of its kind test bed where entrepreneurs and innovators will be able to validate technologies involving sensors, analytics, and preventive health solutions to accelerate the adoption of new solutions.
According to Young Sohn President and Chief Strategy Officer of Samsung Electronics, “There are many advances taking place in technologies such as wearable computing, health sensors, and cloud-based analytics that promise to help people take control of their own health.”
He adds, “However, without systematic, rigorous validation of these technologies, mobile health will struggled to achieve its potential and gain widespread adoption by consumers and healthcare professionals. Samsung and UCSF are both going to leverage expertise in medicine and digital health along with electronics and mobile technologies to rapidly develop new effective technologies.
As Michael Blum MD, UCSF’s Associate Vice Chancellor for Informatics, explains, “There are many new sensors and devices coming on the market for consumers, but without medical validation, most will have limited impact on health. Meanwhile many practitioners also have creative ideas for new devices, but they lack the technological knowledge to fully develop them.
For more information, go to http://centerfordigitalhealthinnovation.org.