But the system will not mandate the use of Ultrahuman Smart Rings.
The Abu Dhabi Public Health Center is collaborating with Ultrahuman to bring the latter’s algorithms to its Sahatna app. Sahatna is the national health care app that allows individuals to manage their health, including talking to doctors and accessing health and genetics records. From now on, the app will also tell users their biological age (as opposed to their chronological age). That comes from Ultrahuman’s Ultra Age metric, which analyzes your sleep, cardiovascular and blood markers into a single metric. You don’t have to be an Ultrahuman user to get the benefit, as Sahatna’s system is device agnostic.
Historically, wearables have gotten short shrift from doctors and regulators, but it’s clear the trend is changing. The ADPHC, for example, hopes the system will help people gain a better understanding of how lifestyle factors affect their long-term health. It adds that the model, which combines clinical and wearable data, “will support earlier interventions, more targeted prevention strategies and more personalized recommendations.” It is not clear at this point if this means that officials will be able to target and identify individuals who require immediate intervention, or if this will be left up to the user.