Google Health Data for Research Teams
RestoreHealth.app supports Google Health API integration, helping research teams collect
participant-authorized health and wearable data
for IRB-approved cohort, public health, and clinical research studies.
The integration is designed for consent-based data access, de-identified study workflows,
longitudinal collection, and analysis-ready exports.
Supported Research Data Categories
- Activity and fitness data, including steps, distance, exercise, active minutes, and energy burned
- Sleep sessions and sleep-stage data where available from the participant source
- Health metrics and measurements such as heart rate, heart rate variability, oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, VO2 max, weight, and body composition
- Nutrition, hydration, temperature, and related wellness measurements when authorized and available
- Specialized data types such as ECG and irregular rhythm notifications when supported by the device, account, and Google Health API permissions
Fitbit to Google Health API Transition
The new integration supports research teams preparing for Google's newer health data model
while preserving familiar RestoreHealth workflows for participant enrollment, study monitoring,
data harmonization, and exports.
RestoreHealth.app can align legacy Fitbit Web API measures with corresponding Google Health API
data types, including steps, sleep, heart rate, active energy burned, VO2 max, oxygen saturation,
and weight.
Built for IRB-Reviewed Studies
- Participant authorization workflows for approved study scopes
- Study-level controls for researchers, coordinators, and read-only reviewers
- De-identified participant IDs and institution-managed identity linkage
- Audit-friendly collection records and export history
- CSV exports structured for R, Python, SPSS, SAS, and other analysis environments
Google Health API Capabilities
| Study Need |
Google Health API Examples |
RestoreHealth Workflow |
| Daily activity monitoring |
Steps, active minutes, distance, calories, exercise |
Longitudinal participant timelines and cohort exports |
| Sleep research |
Sleep sessions, sleep stages, sleep-related summaries |
Nightly sleep records grouped by participant and study |
| Cardiometabolic studies |
Heart rate, HRV, VO2 max, oxygen saturation, weight |
Analysis-ready vitals and measurement datasets |
| Migration from Fitbit endpoints |
Mapped Google Health API data types for common Fitbit measures |
Reduced disruption for existing RestoreHealth study designs |