Title: Is Google making us smart? Health self-management for high performance employees and organisations

Authors: Luuk P.A. Simons; Mark A. Neerincx; Catholijn M. Jonker

Addresses: Faculty of Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands ' Faculty of Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands ' Faculty of Computer Science, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

Abstract: Globally, the burden of disease is rising. High performance employees and organisations need to improve their health self-management options and skills. Unfortunately, there are an overwhelming number (> 500,000) of new health publications every year. We aim to design a health AI on top of Scholar Google, to support rapid employee do-it-yourself (DIY) health improvement. Thus, we analysed user requirements, based on design analyses for two cases: hypertension and type-2 diabetes (T2D), two major diseases of affluence in our society, which are reversible with healthy living. We show how a hybrid AI may empower employees instead of medicalising them. To conclude, we propose a next level of quantified self for worker health self-management.

Keywords: health; employee performance; self-management; AI; quantified self; service design; personal medicine.

DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2022.128454

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations, 2022 Vol.27 No.3, pp.200 - 216

Received: 28 Dec 2021
Received in revised form: 24 Aug 2022
Accepted: 24 Aug 2022
Published online: 23 Jan 2023 *

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