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Ultrahuman Partners with Abu Dhabi Health Authorities to Develop Biological-Age Model
Key points
- Ultrahuman partnered with Abu Dhabi Public Health Center.
- The partnership is for a two-year biological-age model development.
- Model uses clinical biomarkers and wearable data.
- Aims for national rollout across the UAE.
- Ultrahuman's algorithms, including Ultra Age metric, will be integrated into Abu Dhabi's Sahatna healthcare app.
- Sahatna app users can access biological age assessments and personalized health insights.
- The system does not mandate the use of Ultrahuman's smart rings.
- Sahatna is a nationwide healthcare app for managing health, including doctor consultations and health records.
Partnership for Health Algorithm Development
Ultrahuman, a Bengaluru-based health tech startup known for its smart rings, announced a two-year memorandum of understanding with the Abu Dhabi Public Health Center (ADPHC). This partnership focuses on developing and validating a biological-age model.
The model will integrate clinical biomarkers with data collected from wearable devices. Its purpose is to estimate an individual's aging rate and pinpoint factors such as sleep, activity, cardiovascular health, and metabolism that may affect this process.
Expanding Beyond Hardware
This collaboration signifies Ultrahuman's strategy to move beyond selling wearable hardware and to scale its health algorithms. CEO Mohit Kumar stated that the company views itself as a health-data company, with its smart ring serving as a data collection tool for algorithms related to aging and longevity.
Working with a government entity allows Ultrahuman to apply its algorithms to a broader population than its existing customer base, which currently includes approximately 800,000 smart ring sales globally. This initiative marks Ultrahuman's initial step towards deploying a health algorithm at a national level.
Wearable-Agnostic Approach and Rollout
The biological-age model is designed to be wearable-agnostic, accepting data from various devices including rings, wrist-worn devices, straps, and patches, in addition to clinical biomarkers. Individuals in the UAE will eventually be able to access their health age through government digital-health platforms like TAMM and Sahatna.
Ultrahuman and ADPHC will dedicate the next two years to research and clinical validation of the model. The broader rollout will occur in phases, though a specific timeline was not provided. The UAE is already one of Ultrahuman's top ten markets.
Updates
- Ultrahuman's algorithms, including Ultra Age metric, will be integrated into Abu Dhabi's Sahatna healthcare app.
- Sahatna app users can access biological age assessments and personalized health insights.
- The system does not mandate the use of Ultrahuman's smart rings.
- Sahatna is a nationwide healthcare app for managing health, including doctor consultations and health records.
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The Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre is integrating Ultrahuman's algorithms, including its Ultra Age metric, into its Sahatna healthcare app. This integration allows users to access biological age assessments and personalized health insights, aiming to improve understanding of lifestyle impacts on long-term health.
Ultrahuman, a health tech startup, signed a two-year memorandum of understanding with the Abu Dhabi Public Health Center to develop a biological-age model. This model will combine clinical biomarkers with wearable device data to estimate individual aging rates and identify influencing factors, with eventual rollout across the UAE.