Apple Watch for a healthy life Helping with patient care and keeping a close eye on information.

Apple Watch smartwatches are worn by people all over the world. It meets your ideal usage needs with beautiful and fashionable design and health monitoring capability. Giving exercise tips and following different activities helps to have a beneficial lifestyle. It is the perfect health companion.

During the Songkran Festival and long holidays many people have free time and do not go anywhere. The team would like to go into detail about the use of Apple Watch which is very useful for users and family members.

Apple watch The first model was launched in 2015, almost 10 years ago, and comes equipped with an optical sensor to measure heart rate. You can monitor your pulse and receive notifications when an abnormality occurs. Including a fitness app to collect exercise data. Able to collect accurate data and see the required heart rate measurements.

From this starting point, Apple watch This feature has been very useful and many people have learned more about their health than they knew before. It has inspired Apple to invest heavily in developing health features, such as the Mindbeing app that helps with meditation through the practice of breathing and exhaling. The app detects ambient noise, measures blood oxygen levels while exercising, tracks sleep, tracks walking risks, and many other features in the Health app

With a team of Apple experts developing new features that combines science and technology to create the best user experience ever Apple watch They often focus on developing new features or features. But we will focus on 3 main applications, 3 interesting and useful topics: 1. Family health 2. Mental health and 3. Health applications.

It is known that Thailand has entered a completely aging society because there are a number of elderly people over the age of 60 with 20% of the total population. Many Thais may have to care for their parents or elderly family members. The Health app can set up Family Health Sharing.

Health data is stored in the Health app on your iPhone, and you can go to sharing settings and browse and summarize things like health alerts and trends. Share it with friends, family and those who care about you. But it should be on your list. People with whom you share your health information can also view the health notifications you receive. Such as rapid heart rate and irregular heart rate notifications and they can also share alerts about important trends, such as significant drops in activity.

Navigation iPhone uses built-in motion sensors to measure movement, such as walking speed, stride length, and how long you bear weight between your feet. and unbalanced gait. All of these measurements can be used to evaluate your gait and movement.

Walking performance measures are often used to evaluate a person's level of health. Monitor recovery after injury or surgery. Or see the changes as you get older. A measure of walking performance that is often used is walking speed, stride length, and the period of time that both feet bear weight. And an unbalanced gait

– Walking speed changes over time and is closely related to clinically meaningful health measures. Walking speed measurements are often used to track recovery from acute health events, such as joint replacements and strokes. This includes monitoring changes over time, such as the development of Parkinson's disease and aging.

– Step length is a measure of motor impairment that has symptoms related to the nervous and musculoskeletal systems. It is also a sign of possible falls and fear of falling. Step length decreases with age, with older adults having a shorter step length compared to younger adults. Therefore, reducing step length is an important thing to consider as we age. And exercise to help with this early. It may help us take care of ourselves without having to depend on others.

– The time during which both feet bear the weight. It is the percentage of time that the feet touch the ground while walking. It increases to a fixed time value and percentage for each gait cycle when an injury or defect occurs. The longer the weight is supported on both feet, the more fear the person has of falling. Meanwhile, lower values ​​were associated with a more stable gait and a lower risk of falling.

– Unbalanced gait occurs when there is a defect or injury in one leg. That person must rely primarily on the other leg while walking. Gait asymmetry often worsens after injury. Or there is deterioration of the nervous system due to aging or disease. Decreased leg function has also been found to be associated with increased risk of falls and poor surgical outcomes. It is also a sign that joint injuries may occur later in life.

Apple Watch can tell you the approximate distance a user can walk in six minutes, a measurement that can be used in medicine as a measure of a person's overall cardiovascular fitness and mobility.

Cardiovascular fitness level is a measure of VO2 Max, which is the maximum amount of oxygen the body can use during exercise. Cardiovascular fitness level is an important indicator of overall physical health. It can also be used to predict your long-term health, and the Apple Watch can assess your cardio fitness level by measuring how hard does your heart work while walking outdoors? Outdoor running or hiking using the fitness app

State of mind

Mental health is just as important as physical health and affects people's daily thoughts, feelings and actions. So the Health app in iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 includes a meditation app. Mindness in watchOS 10 provides an easy and exciting way for users to explore their state of mind. Users can scroll through attractive multi-dimensional shapes and choose how they feel, from “Very Comfortable” to “Very Uncomfortable,” then choose what is most relevant and influential to that feeling. Such as travel or family and explain the feeling, such as gratitude or anxiety

In the Health app, users can view useful insights to identify factors that may be affecting their mental state. Whether that's communication or lifestyle factors like sleep or exercise. They can use these insights to better manage their health.

The Sleep app on Apple Watch lets you create a sleep schedule to help you reach your sleep goals. Simply place your watch on your bed and your Apple Watch will track the approximate amount of time you spend in each stage of sleep, including dreaming, real and deep sleep, as well as the time you might wake up in the middle of the night. When you wake up in the morning, you can open the Sleep app to see how much sleep you're getting. And view sleep trends over the past 14 days including taking temperature from the wrist.

Wear your Apple Watch Series 8 or Apple Watch Series 9 in bed to track temperature changes from your wrist during the night. This can provide useful information about your well-being.

Journal is a new app that you will see on your iPhone after updating to iOS 17.2. The Journal app makes it easy to start a journaling habit. Includes note-taking suggestions that cleverly collect your outings, photos, workouts, and more to help you remember and reflect on your experiences. Past Events You can add photos, videos, audio, and more, or you can bookmark important notes to come back later and make new discoveries. You can also lock notes with Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode to make it easier for you and only you. It can be opened.

The Health app is designed to help organize important health information and make it easy and secure to access in one place. It also provides useful insights into mental health and eye health, and after iPadOS 17, iPad can use apps to record health and fitness data. With a large screen, you can display different information. You've got it all and there's still so much you can do. Create compatible third-party devices and apps that use HealthKit

The Health app helps you keep track of your health. It will alert you when significant changes occur in different types of data such as heart rate, steps, and sleep duration. There are trend lines that show how much and for how long these measurements have changed. To get notifications about health trends, click “Summary” in the lower left corner. Then tap your photo or initial in the upper-right corner, tap Notifications and turn on Trends. This app keeps your data safe and protects your privacy.

HealthKit serves as a central location for health and fitness data on iPhone and Apple Watch, with user permission. The app then communicates with HealthKit to access and share this information. Developers can integrate HealthKit into their health and fitness apps for iOS and watchOS to create a seamless user experience. When the customer grants the app permission to read and write health and activity data in the Health app. The app becomes a useful resource and can provide informed health and fitness solutions.

An example of how Apple works with the world's leading medical device manufacturers. Like Dexcom. Which developed the innovation of continuous blood sugar monitoring through the Dexcom G6 Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) device to measure blood sugar levels in real time without using a finger needle as was the case in the past.

The Dexcom G6 CGM consists of 3 parts: 1. A device for attaching the sensor to the skin. 2. Small sensors and transmitters 3. The monitor can be placed under the skin to measure blood sugar for 10 days and results can be measured every 5 minutes even when sleeping. The sensor sends a signal via Bluetooth within a radius of up to 15 feet. If the sensor detects that your blood sugar level is dangerously low, it will warn you for 20 minutes, which is the time to eat something, go to stock up, and make a decision.

For diabetics when you link the device this will be sent to your iPhone, simply look at the screen and you will see an arrow indicating your sugar level. The people around them didn't even know they were checking. It is considered useful in controlling diabetes. Including family members can access patient information for close monitoring and care via iPhone or iPad. Share information with up to 10 family members or loved ones by setting up information sharing. You can also send messages. The patient can decide who to share with or limit information sharing.

However, this equipment in this region is now available in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea and Singapore. As for Thailand, we must wait and see the process of requesting permission from the Ministry of Public Health first because it is considered a medical device.