On December 10, 2024, the science program “Science Future”, featuring a special episode on Digital Health, officially premiered on the official website of China Science Communication. The program was jointly planned by the Science Communication and Achievement Transformation Center of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Popular Science Department of the China Association for Science and Technology. Professor Xitong Guo, Director of the eHealth Research Institute at Harbin Institute of Technology, was invited as the keynote guest. He shared in-depth insights into his team’s 18-year journey of conducting interdisciplinary research grounded in China's realities, aiming to address major societal challenges in the field of healthcare.

    In the program, Professor Guo elaborated on the logic behind digital health applications and their profound societal value using three key phrases: “Digital Health,” “Service,” and “Social Well-being.” Addressing the current challenge of low efficiency in utilizing medical and health data, he proposed a three-layer solution of integration–analysis–delivery. He used the example of childhood obesity management to demonstrate how his team’s personalized digital health platform effectively connects families, schools, and medical institutions to enable precise and collaborative health interventions.

    In response to the longstanding structural issue of uneven distribution of medical resources, Professor Guo drew on his team’s decade-long research on telemedicine data, stating: “Digital health has the potential to transcend geographic limitations, but we must still acknowledge ‘soft barriers’ like cultural differences.” He noted that the digital health + group intervention model promoted by his team in Hubei has significantly improved the efficiency of primary care services and chronic disease control rate through online and offline integration. This model has provided a practical and innovative example for primary public health services.

    Looking ahead, Professor Guo outlined a blueprint for a full life-cycle health management system centered around smart terminals: “By leveraging IoT sensor data and AI algorithms to generate personalized health plans, we aim to achieve seamless connection across home, hospital, and community scenarios.” He emphasized that digital health is not only technological innovation but also a key direction for cultivating new quality productive forces in the healthcare sector. His team will continue to promote both theoretical innovation and practical application, injecting strong scientific momentum into the “Healthy China” strategy.

    At the end of the program, as a representative of the Stars of Scientific Research, Professor Guo offered this vision for the future: “I hope digital health truly enters thousands of households so that all 1.4 billion people in China can enjoy fair and accessible health services.”

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