Samsung Launches Open Innovation Initiative with Leading Academia to Advance Digital Health Technologies

Samsung is launching an Open Innovation Initiative with leading academic institutions to advance digital health technologies.

Partners include MIT Media Lab, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Tulane University School of Medicine, and Samsung Medical Center.

Research goals include improving sleep tracking, quantifying resilience/frailty, confronting cardiovascular disease, and developing multi-domain health platforms.

Samsung hopes to use biometric data from Galaxy Watch to provide personalized health insights.

Through collaborations, Samsung aims to expand understanding of wellness and support the healthcare industry.