Never before has the smartphone been useful as a support tool to help us in the fight against coronavirus. The various companies should commit themselves, within the limits of their abilities, to offer economic solutions to help users in this regard. Huami is a virtuous example: thanks to her, a very wide prevention and research campaign has been carried out in China and Italy. In the next few days too Big G it will do the same thing with its new application called Google Health Studies. Let's go see the details.
Google Health Studies will initially help in detecting respiratory problems related to covid-19 and will later become a health assistant
To allow leading research institutes to get in touch with potential participants in the coronavirus study, but also other diseases, Google has decided to enter the field with Health Studies. Anyone with an Android smartphone can take part in health studies by answering questions, surveys and providing relevant data. The app provides researchers with a platform to reach an ever wider slice of the population and diversified so that they can better understand the health situation.
They are three key points that the company has taken into account in the creation of this application:
- keep personal information safe
- treat information responsibly and for scientific purposes only
- give total control to participating users
In accordance to communicated by the company, all information is encrypted and search data is stored securely. "Transparency”Is the key word. For each study, participants can clearly see what data is being provided and when and why it is shared. It is clearly possible, once a certain study is finished, check how you contributed sending your data e see the results.
Study of respiratory diseases
Google participated with Harvard Medical School e Boston Children's Hospital for the first study, which will help scientists and public health communities a better understand respiratory diseases including the commune influence and Covid-19. Clearly this studio will be opened primarily for the United States and only later will it be expanded to the international user community.
Within this first study the researcher can examine user trends to understand the link between mobility and the spread of covid-19. This new system designed by Big G is really very useful and important for everyone. We hope it will be expanded to as many countries as possible. With the hope that the data is really not used.
