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CAN A CAR MONITOR A DRIVER’S HEALTH?

Analysis  |  By Eric Wicklund  
|   May 30, 2024


TOPICS

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consumers
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digital health
emergency medicine
healthcare access
innovation
patient experience
patient safety
public health
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technology
telemedicine
wearables
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AUTOMAKERS ARE APPLYING THE SMART HOME CONCEPT TO THE AUTOMOBILE, WITH PLANS TO
INCLUDE SENSORS THAT CAN TRACK A DRIVER’S PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

Healthcare providers are looking for more ways to track patient health outside
the hospital, clinic, or doctor’s office.

Much like the smart home concept, automakers are eyeing technology that can help
monitor drivers and even intervene if they’re in distress.

The technology could not only give providers a new access point for care
management but help address accidents caused by medical emergencies.

The next healthcare access point for providers could be the car.

General Motors is seeking a patent for technology inside the automobile that
tracks a driver’s behavior and health through sensors, according to
Autoblog.com. The technology could help to identify drivers who are impaired or
affected by a wide range of health concerns, ranging from drugs and alcohol to
issues with mental acuity, breathing, blood pressure, or blood sugar.

The company’s plans, which have been ongoing since at least 2022, are to create
a tech platform inside the car that establishes a profile of the driver’s
habits, called a “vehicle occupant mental well-being assessment.” The platform
would then identify any trends that fall outside the norm and use
“counter-measure deployment,” which would range from asking the driver to
perform a “mental health exercise,” calling family members or a trained
professional, or even taking control of the car.







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The idea isn’t exactly new. Automotive displays at CES in Las Vegas have for
many years hinted at or even featured prototype sensors and technology aimed at
tracking the driver’s health. Cars can now be fitted with technology that
prevents a driver under the influence of alcohol from starting the car.



The effort has ties to the remote patient monitoring movement, in which
healthcare providers are looking to track patients and provide on-demand
services outside the hospital, clinic or doctor’s office. And with programs like
Lake Nona’s WHIT House in Florida targeting smart home concepts, automakers are
aiming to do the same thing with their newest vehicles.



Aside from tracking people with substance abuse issues, healthcare providers and
public health advocates say the technology could address accidents each year
linked to driver distress, such as mental health issues, blood pressure,
diabetes, cardiac issues, even allergic reactions. While those accidents only
represent about 2% of all crashes in the U.S. each year, according to data
compiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation, 84% of those are caused by
medical emergencies that could potentially be detected and prevented.

Ideally, the technology might someday be used to identify hazards to drivers,
like smog or high pollen counts for people with respiratory issues, or direct
(or even steer) drivers to a nearby healthcare site in an emergency.

Several carmakers are giving health and wellness tools a serious look. In the
past few years Mazda, Audi, and Toyota have said they are working on
next-generation cars armed with a wide variety of sensors, including ECG sensors
in the steering wheel and earpieces designed to measure a driver’s impairment.



And back in 2011, the Ford Motor Company announced partnerships with digital
health companies WellDoc, Medtronic, and SDI Health to include health and
wellness connectivity solutions on the Ford SYNC platform.

“We want to broaden the paradigm, transforming SYNC into a tool that can improve
people’s lives as well as the driving experience,” Paul Mascarenas, chief
technology and vice president of Ford Research and Innovation, said in a May
2011 press release.

The company also announced plans to embed sensors in the seats to monitor a
person’s heart rate, though by 2015 the company had ditched those plans. And
while the latest SYNC platform offers integration with apps, no mention is made
of health and wellness monitoring.

In many cases, automakers have abandoned these plans on the idea that wearables
would do a much better job monitoring drivers, as well as passengers. But the
fact that GM is taking an active look at the technology means they haven’t given
up on the idea.



Eric Wicklund is the associate content manager and senior editor for Innovation,
Technology, and Pharma for HealthLeaders.








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