Samsung looks beyond fitness, into chronic disease management for S Health

“Our vision at Samsung is to empower people, to improve their lives through our digital health platform,” Samsung Chief Medical Officer and VP for Global Healthcare David Rhew said from the keynote stage at the mHealth Summit in National Harbor, Maryland. “We know that, while we can do a significant amount in this area, we can’t do it alone. That’s really why we’re here at mHealth. We’re counting on developers, mHealth companies, other key stakeholders, to help us create an open ecosystem so we can develop, test, validate these solutions and ultimately improve health outcomes through patient engagement.”

Samsung isn’t known for producing high quality software or user experiences. Their heart rate sensors on the Galaxy phone and smartwatch lines are a joke. I don’t see S Health making any real impact.