According to statistics, Vietnam currently has about 21% of the population with chronic non-communicable diseases, commonly cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, high blood pressure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
In particular, air quality in large cities such as Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City is at an alarming level, significantly increasing the rate of respiratory diseases, typically COPD with the rate of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in our country at 10.3%, the highest in the Asia-Pacific region.
Most patients are still being treated by direct or self-treated periodic examination methods, causing many inconveniences for patients and becoming a great pressure for the health sector. The application of digital health technology to monitor and optimize treatment of chronic diseases is increasingly becoming an urgent need, a major challenge for the Vietnamese health system.
Faced with that need, FPT technology experts are researching and developing a management software system dedicated to chronic diseases, designed to help patients proactively detect early and monitor their health at home, connecting health measurement devices with phone applications.
In addition to applying AI to smart digital healthcare, on March 13, FPT joined hands with TR - a Korean digital healthcare company, specializing in the development and production of medical devices based on artificial intelligence (AI).
With this cooperation, the two sides will jointly research, develop and integrate spirokit - a smart lung function measuring device that applies TR's AI into FPT's personal chronic Care Management System.
spirokite has been researched and developed by TR for many years, supporting early detection of respiratory diseases, typically chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with high accuracy, compact design and the ability to automatically connect with digital health systems, making it easy for patients to proactively monitor their health at home.
The cooperation between the two units helps open up opportunities to improve the quality of diagnosis, management and treatment of chronic diseases applying AI technology, contributing to promoting digital transformation of Vietnam's healthcare system, helping to improve the effectiveness of community health care and catch up with the trend of global digital healthcare transformation.
