At risk of diabetes? Hitachi has an app for that in Vietnam

Software uses AI and big data to facilitate disease prevention and early treatment

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Women exercise in Hanoi. Vietnam is thought to have 3.5 million people with diabetes, but only 30% receive treatment. © Reuters

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer

HANOI -- While there is no crystal ball that allows people to see what might ail them in the future, Hitachi believes its big data analytics can offer the next best thing.

The Japanese company has teamed up with a Vietnam insurer to apply big data analytics to assess how users' lifestyles put them at risk for certain diseases through an app. 

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