Jindo-gun Recruiting Seniors Interested in Health Management Using Digital Technology

First-come, first-served recruitment until the end of July... Customized health management based on Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things

[Jindo=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-kyung] Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do, is conducting the "Senior Health Management Project" based on artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) for 50 seniors aged 65 and over in the area who need health improvement due to frailty or chronic diseases.

This project, promoted through selection in a Ministry of Health and Welfare public contest, aims to provide customized health management for the elderly using digital technology and to foster the ability and habits for self-health management.

The Jindo-gun Public Health Center is recruiting participants on a first-come, first-served basis through visits or phone calls to the Public Health Center’s visiting health team until the end of this month.

Seniors will be provided with various health measuring devices such as wristwatch-type activity trackers and Bluetooth blood pressure and blood glucose monitors, depending on the results of preliminary health assessments and individual disease status.

The measured data is shared with health center experts via a smartphone app (APP), and after monitoring, visiting nurses provide customized health management such as health consultations through non-face-to-face methods.

Additionally, by providing AI-powered smart speakers, the project plans to focus on strengthening customized non-face-to-face self-health management capabilities for elderly living alone or socially frail individuals.

A representative of the Jindo-gun Public Health Center said, “We expect that the newly introduced AI and IoT-based senior health management pilot project will improve seniors’ self-health management abilities and quality of life,” adding, “By utilizing artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technology, we anticipate that seniors will be able to manage chronic diseases and improve health habits without constraints of time and space.”

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