NHG looks to gaming to boost healthcare in Singapore
28-Mar-16, Channel News Asia
Injecting gaming technology into the healthcare sector could be a way to help patients and staff better understand illnesses, according to the National Healthcare Group (NHG). As such, it is calling for healthcare staff across Singapore to work with developers to put forth applications and games that could be brought to market.
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To give them the platform to achieve this, NHG officially launched the inaugural Health Innovation Technology (HIT) Challenge on 28-Mar-16 at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, in collaboration with the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and Serious Games Association (SGA). Staff from any hospital can work with the SGA and IDA to develop ideas and prototypes for potential games. S$3,000 will be offered to the winning team, which will be announced in August.
A Memorandum of Intent (MOI) was also signed between the NHG, IDA and SGA, to pledge their commitment to further the integration of gaming technology within Singapore’s healthcare sector.