Healthcare IT News October 28, 2024
Adam Ang

Subsyndromal depression is said to be five times more common than clinical depression among Singaporean seniors.

A multi-sector partnership involving the National Healthcare Group and Nanyang Technological University is building voice AI and a community intervention programme to detect an early form of depression among the elderly.

The three-year project also engages the NHG Polyclinics and Institute of Mental Health (IMH) and two NTU Singapore schools – Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) and College of Computing and Data Science (CCDS).

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The project – dubbed SoundKeepers – will involve more than 600 senior individuals aged 55 and above who are connected to Hougang and Woodlands polyclinics.

Voice records of the participants from casual conversation...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Mental Health, Patient / Consumer, Provider, Technology
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