About 80 per cent of chronic diseases – such as diabetes and hypertension – are driven by lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise. An innovative tool called the EMPOWER app, jointly developed by NUS School of Computing and SingHealth, is showing great potential in providing timely interventions for patients with diabetes, as well as those afflicted by other chronic diseases, to adopt healthy lifestyle choices and behaviors, and in turn, achieving better health outcomes.
EMPOWER uses AI to analyze data collected from wearable devices such as smart watches to help users monitor their health-related habits and deliver timely in-app