Talk given: Katarzyna Wac, Innovations for Global Health Challenges (Panel), ITU-WHO Policy Dialogue on Digital Health for “Healthy Lives and Wellbeing for All (SDG3)” in parallel to the World Health Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland, May 2016. Please reference this work if you find it useful as follows (related paper): Katarzyna Wac, Maddalena Fiordelli, Mattia Gustarini, Homero Rivas, Quality of Life Technologies: Experiences from the Field and Key Research Challenges, IEEE Internet Computing, Special Issue: Personalized Digital Health, July/August 2015.

1.
Global Health Challenges
Private Sector Innovations to Keep Us Healthy
(while Profiting From Each Step We Take)
Prof. Katarzyna Wac 1,2
1 Human-Centric Computing, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2 Quality of Life Technologies lab, University of Geneva, Switzerland
EMAIL: katarzyna.wac@unige.ch & wac@di.ku.dk
WEB: www.qol.unige.ch
TWITTER: @katewac
LINKEDIN and SLIDESHARE: /KatarzynaWac
Digital
Health
for
Healthy
Lives
and
Wellbeing
for
All
A
high-­‐level
Policy
Dialogue
on
Digital
Health
Geneva,
23-­‐24
May
2016

2.
Tremendous Speed and Impact
Digital
Health
for
Healthy
Lives
and
Wellbeing
for
All
A
high-­‐level
Policy
Dialogue
on
Digital
Health
Geneva,
23-­‐24
May
2016
Prof. Katarzyna Wac, UNIGE & UCPH

3.
Bracelets, Bands, Smart Watches
(And Weight Scales)
Digital
Health
for
Healthy
Lives
and
Wellbeing
for
All
A
high-­‐level
Policy
Dialogue
on
Digital
Health
Geneva,
23-­‐24
May
2016
Prof. Katarzyna Wac, UNIGE & UCPH
Steps
(kcal)
AcIviIes
Sleep
HR,
Temp,
GSR
Phone
noIficaIons

4.
Keeping Us Engaged
Digital
Health
for
Healthy
Lives
and
Wellbeing
for
All
A
high-­‐level
Policy
Dialogue
on
Digital
Health
Geneva,
23-­‐24
May
2016
Prof. Katarzyna Wac, UNIGE & UCPH

5.
Global Health
• Bullets
Digital
Health
for
Healthy
Lives
and
Wellbeing
for
All
A
high-­‐level
Policy
Dialogue
on
Digital
Health
Geneva,
23-­‐24
May
2016
Prof. Katarzyna Wac, UNIGE & UCPH

6.
Angels…
• Design Principles
– Miniaturized, wearable, (always) connected wirelessly, waterproof
~ Personalized, fashionable
~ Easier to use, relatively cheap
~ Battery-efficient
– Gamification to increase“compliance” ( à smartphone)
– Towards: actionable feedback addressing
psychological biases
• e.g., myopia (“short-term vs. long-term”state)
• overconfidence (“not me”)
Digital
Health
for
Healthy
Lives
and
Wellbeing
for
All
A
high-­‐level
Policy
Dialogue
on
Digital
Health
Geneva,
23-­‐24
May
2016
Prof. Katarzyna Wac, UNIGE & UCPH

7.
…or Devils?
• “Colonization phase”
– Unreliable (‘what is a step?’) vs.
ground truth
– Data is locked in, not standardized,
no interoperable
– Privacy & Security: tracking you
anywhere, selling data for profit
– Not clinically validated (vs. liability,
standardization)
• Diagnosis, rehabilitation, treatment
support?
Prof. Katarzyna Wac, UNIGE & UCPH
Digital
Health
for
Healthy
Lives
and
Wellbeing
for
All
A
high-­‐level
Policy
Dialogue
on
Digital
Health
Geneva,
23-­‐24
May
2016

8.
Global Health Challenges
Private Sector Innovations to Keep Us Healthy
(while Profiting From Each Step We Take)
Prof. Katarzyna Wac 1,2
1 Human-Centric Computing, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2 Quality of Life Technologies lab, University of Geneva, Switzerland
EMAIL: katarzyna.wac@unige.ch & wac@di.ku.dk
WEB: www.qol.unige.ch
TWITTER: @katewac
LINKEDIN and SLIDESHARE: /KatarzynaWac
Digital
Health
for
Healthy
Lives
and
Wellbeing
for
All
A
high-­‐level
Policy
Dialogue
on
Digital
Health
Geneva,
23-­‐24
May
2016