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STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS

Accelerating health impact through collaboration

The Strategic Health Solutions (SHS) team works across Google and with the broader health ecosystem to solve complex challenges in global health. We take an iterative, insight-driven approach to exploring solutions with rapid prototyping and testing that meets the real-world needs of users, caregivers, and communities.

From identifying unmet needs to validating potential approaches, SHS spans the early stages of innovation through demonstration. We partner closely with stakeholders to ensure that we're bringing the best of Google's work in health to consumers and partner organizations.

Accelerating health impact through collaboration

Our co-creation framework

We bring together a cross-functional team of experts to take ideas from concept to reality. Through rapid prototyping, in-market validation, and exploring the path to broader impact, SHS helps bridge product potential with practical health impact.

By collaborating across product areas and with partners around the world, we’re exploring and demonstrating solutions that are:

Effective

Addressing unmet needs and real-world health challenges.

User-centered

Designed with the needs of consumers, caregivers, and communities in mind.

Built for everyone

Aimed at building for everyone, everywhere.

Secure

Protected by responsible data practices and Google’s core privacy and security principles.

Scalable

Capable of reaching large populations to make a significant impact in global health.

Our collaborative approach: from concept to reality

  • Shape the opportunity

    Early engagement helps us uncover partner needs and shape the right path forward, collaborating directly to understand goals and align on high-impact opportunities for exploration.

  • Accelerate value with action

    We move quickly from insights to prototypes, rapidly developing early-stage demos and proof-of-concept solutions to demonstrate what’s possible and create momentum towards practical applications.

  • Elevate voice of the partner

    We center partner input in everything we explore and develop, ensuring their insights directly shape our approach, leading to stronger potential for adoption and long-term value.

Solving global health challenges together

We believe collaboration is key to unlocking innovation. SHS works with product teams across Google, as well as partners including health systems, ministries of health, health plans, academic institutions, and others in the health ecosystem to co-create and demonstrate innovative approaches that matter.

Pioneering a new era of proactive healthcare in Taiwan with Gemini

To address Taiwan's significant chronic disease burden, particularly diabetes, we're partnering to enhance chronic disease management through Google Cloud AI tools and Google for Health team expertise. This collaboration includes building an AI model for personalized diabetes risk assessment and embedding a Gemini AI health agent within Taiwan's National Health App to provide 24/7 guidance and support for patients.

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Helping transform chronic disease management in Singapore

In Singapore, we're collaborating to complement the national "Healthier SG" initiative by leveraging AI and digital health tools to manage chronic disease risks, such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Separately, we are also supporting the ACTIVATION research initiative with Alexandra Hospital, which explores the effectiveness of digital health interventions like wearables and coaching.

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All your health and fitness information in one place, under your control

Our partnership with CareEvolution showcases the power of the Health Connect Medical Records API, enabling secure reading and writing of comprehensive medical records. Through CareEvolution’s MyDataHelps app, users can gather their EMR and claims data from over 90% of U.S. healthcare providers and health plans. MyDataHelps and Health Connect enable a secure and portable way for users to share exactly what they choose - putting them at the center of their own care and accelerating new discoveries.

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