South KoreaHealthcare and life sciences2020 – ongoingKorea Health Promotion Institute
AI and IoT remote health management for older adults
A Korea Health Promotion Institute remote-care program reached 11,691 older adults
Problem
COVID-19 disrupted home visits for older adults who needed help managing their health. Public-health staff needed a way to follow participants between visits.
Approach
The institute developed a remote health-management service operated through public-health centres from November 2020. Connected devices and the Today Health application supported measurements and assigned health activities. The wider program included AI speakers, while professionals reviewed participant information and provided care.
Results
Takeaway
The participation count covered the combined remote-care program. It did not measure the contribution of AI speakers to health outcomes.
Categories
- Industry
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Business function
- Production and qualityCustomer service
- Innovation type
- Product and service innovation
- AI technology
- Conversational and voice AI
- Adoption
- Built in-house
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
The government described the institute-developed remote-care service and its operation through 24 public-health centres. It reported 11,691 participants by March 2021 and described staff monitoring of measurements and health activities.
Yonhap described the same national program's expansion to Busan. Its service design included connected health devices and AI speakers, with professionals reviewing collected information weekly.
Full details are in the original sources.