Building Preventative Health Together: Our Partnership with Samsung

Inference Clinical is partnering within Samsung's Health ecosystem to connect advanced consumer wearables and research tools with UK preventative healthcare goals across national and private providers.

Healthcare is changing. Across the UK and globally, providers face the same challenge: how to move from treating illness once it appears, to preventing it before it takes hold. This shift to prevention is not optional — it is the only way to sustain high-quality care in the face of rising chronic disease, workforce pressures, and constrained budgets.

At Inference Clinical, we are pleased to be a partner within Samsung's Health ecosystem. Samsung supports many such collaborations worldwide, and we see this as an important step: connecting advanced consumer technology with the pressing need for preventative care in the UK.

Why Samsung?

Samsung has demonstrated a long-term commitment to enabling preventative care through its devices, software, and research ecosystem:

• High-quality sensors and devices The Galaxy Watch and Galaxy Ring now bring together advanced heart rate monitoring, ECG, sleep analysis, body composition, and more. These are no longer fitness novelties but robust, research-grade instruments that can generate meaningful insights for patients and clinicians alike. Importantly, Samsung also has experience developing medical-grade devices and features, such as FDA-cleared ECG monitoring and clinically validated blood pressure tracking.
• A comprehensive SDK and Research Stack Samsung's Health SDK Suite and Research Stack offer developers and researchers the ability to securely access, process, and study data at scale. This openness is rare, and it signals a recognition that prevention depends on collaboration, not proprietary lock-in.
• Global partnerships in prevention From remote patient monitoring to sleep disorder research, Samsung has opened its platform to partners worldwide who are tackling chronic disease, ageing, and lifestyle-driven health challenges. We are excited to bring that spirit of innovation into the UK context.

"Upgrades provide tailored support based on the priorities of healthcare industry partners, offering greater flexibility to pioneer innovative solutions." — Samsung Health SDK Suite announcement

Why It Matters for UK Healthcare

For both national and private healthcare providers, preventative health is no longer a side project — it is central to strategy:

• Reducing hospital admissions through early detection of cardiac, respiratory, and metabolic issues.
• Supporting community and home-based care, aligning with NHS ambitions to deliver more care outside of hospitals.
• Empowering patients with accessible tools to understand and improve their own health behaviours.

Samsung's focus on everyday wellbeing connects directly to this mission. As Dr Hon Pak, Senior Vice President & Head of Digital Health at Samsung, has said:

"Sleep remains a cornerstone of our approach to health, as it influences physical and mental well-being, social relationships and even work performance … We believe this aligns with our vision of empowering you to lead healthier lives through proactive care and holistic health management." — Dr Hon Pak, Senior Vice President & Head of Digital Health, Samsung

Looking Ahead

This is still an early step in our collaboration. But the potential is clear. By bridging Samsung's world-class technology with the needs of UK healthcare, we can start to answer a critical question: what if the devices people already wear every day could become part of a national prevention strategy?

And as Samsung continues to bring medical-grade capabilities into consumer devices, we see a future where everyday technology seamlessly integrates into clinical pathways — supporting both population-level prevention and individual patient care.

We look forward to working with healthcare providers — national, private, and academic — to explore these opportunities. Together with Samsung, we believe prevention can move from aspiration to reality, creating a healthier population and a more sustainable healthcare system.