National Healthcare Group, a healthcare group covering central and northern Singapore, is looking to integrate an AI assistant into its radiology workflow.
The group will implement South Korea’s Lunit AI solution to analyze chest X-rays in its primary care setting, according to a press release. diagnostic radiology systems.
Lunit INSIGHT CXR will be tested for 10 months at Geylang Polyclinic starting in October. The results of this pilot will be used to fully implement the solution at other NHG polyclinics.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT
Until recently, radiologists in NHG clinics manually reviewed, analyzed, and interpreted chest X-rays.
Lunit’s AI solution will complement their work on CXR image analysis, which has increased in volume over the years, according to NHG. It can quickly detect significant abnormalities indicative of heart and lung disease on CXR.
“We believe that using the Lunit INSIGHT CXR as a pre-screening tool can help NHG GPs treat patients more effectively, reducing the time it takes to discharge from hospital or refer to higher-risk facilities,” said Tan Cher Heng, assistant professor and director of research and innovation at NHG.
BROADER CONTEXT
The AI implementation, funded by the National Centre for Healthcare Innovation in Singapore, will be implemented through the Singapore National AI in Radiology Platform, AimSG (AI-based medical imaging platform for Singapore Public Health).
Vendor-neutral platform developed by Synapxe, NTT Data and SingHealth, aims to enable public hospitals and healthcare facilities to employ proven AI-based imaging solutions to improve diagnostic capabilities and efficiency.
AimSG initially helped integrate the same Lunit AI solution into radiology workflows Singapore General Hospital and Changi General Hospital.
In other related news, Lunit has signed an agreement with Samsung Electronics earlier this year to integrate its AI CXR solutions into the latter’s premium X-ray line. In addition to supporting national cancer screening programs around the world, Lunit’s AI solutions have gained wider acceptance among military units in the Asia-Pacific region.