MediBuddy, India’s largest digital healthcare platform, has joined hands with global health technology leader Philips to redefine preventive healthcare in India. On the occasion of World Heart Day, this pioneering partnership will bring early warning signs detection for the heart through the Philips HeartPrint to millions of smartphones across the country, potentially saving countless lives. By integrating advanced AI based longitudinal triaging on the users’ smartphone, MediBuddy reaffirms its commitment to making high-quality healthcare accessible to all Indians.
World Heart Day highlights the urgent need for proactive heart health management and this partnership addresses a critical need in India’s healthcare landscape. While traditional tests like ECGs assess the current state of the heart, the Philips HeartPrint offers a regular tracking tool that can indicate future risks and track how heart health progresses over time. This proactive approach to heart health management has the potential to transform cardiac care in India by enabling early intervention and personalised health strategies.
Satish Kannan, Co-founder and CEO, MediBuddy, said, “At MediBuddy, we’ve always believed that the future of healthcare lies in empowering individuals to take charge of their well-being. With heart disease being a leading cause of death in India, early detection is crucial. Our partnership with Philips integrates cutting-edge HeartPrint technology into our platform, revolutionising preventive cardiac care. This collaboration doesn’t just add a feature—it transforms how Indians approach heart health. By providing accessible, advanced tools for cardiac tracking, on the MediBuddy platform accessible through any smart phone we’re enabling millions to take control of their heart health, fostering earlier detection and better outcomes for a healthier nation.”
By simply scanning their finger using their smartphone’s camera through the MediBuddy mobile application, users can track key biomarkers that indicate their risk of heart disease, overall health deterioration, heart resilience, and changes in heart function over time. This technology analyses patterns to indicate critical factors such as the probability of heart disease, overall health deterioration, heart resilience, and both short-term and long-term changes in cardiac function. By tracking these crucial parameters, users can take proactive steps to address potential heart conditions before they develop into chronic issues.
The HeartPrint assessment tracks a wide range of vital health indicators, including cardiovascular age, diabetes risk, OSA risk, cardio-respiratory fitness index, heart rate analysis, cardiac index, blood pressure variability, and stress disorder prediction, among others will be accessible on MediBuddy mobile application.
The Resting Heart Assessment is a 5-day process where users track their heart activity by spending 2 minutes each day on a simple task and scan. After 5 days, users receive a detailed report highlighting key biomarkers, areas for improvement, and personalised recommendations. Similarly, the Reactive Heart Assessment follows the same process but spans 7 days.
By integrating the HeartPrint service into its digital health ecosystem, MediBuddy is poised to not only improve individual health outcomes but also reduce out-of-pocket healthcare expenses and mitigate portfolio risks for insurers.
Key Benefits for MediBuddy Users:
- Non-invasive heart health assessment: Users can easily monitor their heart health and assess potential risks using Philips’ HeartPrint technology.
- Early detection and intervention: By tracking biomarkers digitally, users can identify potential heart issues early on, enabling timely medical intervention.
- Convenience and accessibility: The assessment can be done from anywhere, anytime, using a smartphone, making heart health tracking more accessible to a wider population.
As part of its commitment to expanding access to quality healthcare, MediBuddy will integrate the Philips HeartPrint service into its digital health platform. This integration will allow MediBuddy’s extensive network of healthcare partners to leverage population health strategies, build awareness about their services, and ensure timely and appropriate referrals.
“We are passionate about proactive health, and it is a fantastic opportunity for us to collaborate with MediBuddy and create a heart health revolution across India. Our health tech expertise is a perfect fit with MediBuddy’s digital health platforms enabling the evolution of a much needed consumer health continuum based on out-of-the-hospital screening, precise digital interventions, early diagnosis and timely clinical care. Proactive health implies accurate decisions from all stakeholders made based on longitudinal health analysis and we are confident that our partnership will set the standards for the industry to adopt and improve. Together we will truly bring health to home,” said Adarsh Holavanahalli – Business Venture Leader – IGT Solutions, Philips.
The launch of this service marks a new era in proactive heart health management in India. The technology creates micro health patterns through advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to empower users with the tools to track subclinical progressions and act before emergencies arise.
To access this advanced Heart Health Tracking download MediBuddy app today iOS & Playstore
About MediBuddy
MediBuddy has always been at the forefront of India’s digital healthcare transformation. The digital healthcare platform has a partner network of 1,25,000+ doctors across 22+ specialities, 7,100+ hospitals, and clinics, 6,000+ diagnostic centres, and 2,500+ pharmacies along with a team size of 2200+ members. It has created an integrated healthcare ecosystem that offers patients seamless access anytime and anywhere. With its healthcare services available in 16 Indian languages to enable customer-friendly consultation, MediBuddy is bridging the Urban-Rural quality healthcare divide. MediBuddy offers online and offline doctor consultations, medicine delivery, lab tests at home, mental health consultations, and surgery care, among other healthcare services.
About Philips Health
Philips, has pioneered innovation for over 130 years, and has consistently improved lives with groundbreaking technologies. As a market leader in cardiac health technology and with a strong presence in over 100 countries, Philips is dedicated to its vision of enhancing lives through innovation, design, and sustainability – the core of the Philips way.
With a goal to improve 2.5 billion lives annually by 2030, Philips aims to give care providers more time to focus on patients while empowering more people to manage their health and well-being.
As India faces a growing heart health crisis, Philips believes proactive heart care is essential. By engaging with seemingly healthy individuals outside the hospital, tracking subclinical changes, and guiding them into the healthcare system at the right time, Philips strives to prevent emergencies before they occur. This proactive heart health service is the first Philips product entirely designed, developed, and marketed in India, Made in India, For World.
