Korea Health Promotion Institute Wins Excellence Award at Government Innovation Best Practice Competition

The Korea Health Promotion Institute (KHEPI) announced on the 14th that it received the Excellence Award in the Agile Government category at the 'Government Innovation Best Practices Competition' hosted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare's Government Innovation Best Practices Competition is held annually to discover outstanding government innovation cases from headquarters and affiliated institutions, share best practices among agencies, and inform the public of government innovation achievements. The case for which KHEPI was awarded is titled "World's First! Smart Home Health Keeper Provided via AI Speaker," a digital health management service aimed at improving the health of seniors aged 65 and older.

KHEPI developed a 'screen-type' AI speaker device through collaboration with private technology companies to address the exclusion of digitally vulnerable groups that occurred with the previous service method, which was only available via smartphones.

The speaker, equipped with a chat system and voice recognition technology, provides users with optimized health information and is linked to health measurement devices to offer real-time suggestions for lifestyle improvements based on the user's health metrics (blood pressure, blood sugar, body composition, activity level).

The introduction of the screen-type AI speaker doubled the number of users compared to the previous year. KHEPI analyzed that this award reflects high recognition for enhancing service accessibility to expand the target audience, including seniors who do not use smartphones or have low digital literacy.

Yoon Geon-ho, Acting Director of the Korea Health Promotion Institute, stated, "Our efforts to improve the service by utilizing new technologies so that all seniors can easily use the health management service regardless of smartphone usage have been acknowledged." He added, "Going forward, the Korea Health Promotion Institute will continue to contribute to the realization of lifelong health for all citizens through relentless innovation."

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