Development of My Health Study for data collection and feedback of personalized health information
Quretec OÜ ·Estonia
About this project
<p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">The global health sector is rapidly developing in personalised medicine. Personalised medicine is set to transform the ICT-health service and vice versa. Such solutions allow varied information sources to be monitored or combined in ways that provide quicker, safer, and more personalised approach. In the field of personalised medicine, prevention, diagnostics, treatment, and follow-up are adapted to the biological characteristics of the individual. </span></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Verdana"><span style="font-size: small">Through the strategy, Quretec aims to build firm foundations for the future of the public health service. The primary healthcare service should be involved in this development. The strategy will contribute to consistent, high-quality services. The digital health market is moving towards technology enablers (networks, devices, platforms, software, equipment) and health solutions (products, services, content, applications). </span></span></span></p> <p>Quretec is a research oriented Estonian IT company that is focusing mainly on creating data management solutions for health registries, biomedical and statistical studies. <span style="font-size: 10pt"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">The objective of the project is to develop a mobile friendly app My Health Study for data collection and feedback of personalised health information under high security requirements based on biobank or study participants. For the pseudonymisation of the participants, separate authentication server will be developed. The personal identification information will be separated from the health information with different physical locations and cryptographic methods. The app will be built on the core functionalities of Quretec’s current platform (Qure Platform). By the end of the project, the project consortium will have developed a portal that can be used for collection of valuable health-related data which will be used for research purposes and to motivate the users to improve their health habits and lifestyle. </span></span></span></p>
Bilateral cooperation results
In parallel with the final design of the application, validation and testing took place in Estonia and Norway. The My Health Study approach was adjusted and tested at the University of Oslo, by scientists and clinicians with extensive experience working with mental health disorders and large clinical cohorts. User feedback was collected for further development purposes and implemented under the corresponding development tasks. Testing was carried out by NORMENT Centre Test User group and Norwegian Bipolar Association. These tasks gave valuable insight into how to adjust and harmonize technical framework at institutions in two countries with different infrastructure and data security regulations.
Project partners
- University of Oslo Donor project partner· Norway
- University of Tartu Project partner· Estonia