For applications requesting access to any Health Connect permissions, approved use cases include fitness and wellness, rewards, fitness coaching, corporate wellness, medical care, health research and games. Applications granted access to this permission may not extend its use to undisclosed or non-permitted purposes.
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Fitness and wellness
Applications that allow users to track their fitness/wellness and progress to their goals using phone sensors, manual journalling or participating in digital classes and guided sessions, and receive personalised recommendations based on their health data.
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Rewards
Applications that encourage users to adopt and maintain healthy habits, personalise incentives or track progress towards health goals in exchange for financial rewards.
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Fitness coaching
Applications that provide virtual human fitness coaching, allowing coaches to access user data like activity levels and sleep patterns to monitor progress and provide training plans, guidance and support.
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Corporate wellness
Enterprise-focused platforms that enable wellness managers to distribute and manage wellness programmes for employees.
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Medical care
Applications that help users receive and manage clinical care, including:
- Direct care: Apps that enable users to connect with healthcare providers, manage appointments, access medical records and track health conditions
- Condition management: Apps focused on managing specific medical conditions (for example, diabetes, hypertension) that may utilise user data to personalise treatment plans, monitor progress and provide relevant education and support.
- Medication management: Apps that help users manage their medications, track adherence and receive reminders, potentially using user data to identify potential drug interactions or provide personalised medication information.
Note: Health Connect is a general purpose data sharing platform that allows users to aggregate health and fitness data from various sources on-device and share it with third parties at their election. The data does not necessarily originate with Google or any Google Affiliates and has not been reviewed by Google. It is your responsibility to assess whether Health Connect is appropriate for your intended use and to investigate and vet the source and quality of any data from Health Connect in connection with any purpose and, in particular, for research, health or medical uses.
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Human research
Applications that enable users to donate their data for health research studies, with appropriate consent and de-identification measures. This could include apps focused on specific conditions, public health surveillance or clinical trial recruitment. These studies are typically approved by an institutional review board (IRB) or ethics committee (EC) and collect user consent for conducting health research.
Note: Apps conducting health-related human subject research using data obtained through Health Connect must obtain consent from participants or, in the case of minors, their parent or guardian. Such consent must include the (a) nature, purpose and duration of the research; (b) procedures, risks and benefits to the participant; (c) information about confidentiality and handling of data (including any sharing with third parties); (d) a point of contact for participant questions; and (e) the withdrawal process. Apps conducting health-related human subject research using data obtained through Health Connect must receive approval from an independent board whose aim is 1) to protect the rights, safety and well-being of participants and 2) with the authority to scrutinise, modify and approve human subjects research. Proof of such approval must be provided upon request.
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Game
Applications where a user’s progress in a game is influenced or impacted by their fitness and/or wellness. These are games that collect a user's activity data as a way to advance gameplay.
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