Google announced a Singapore research hub and several healthcare AI initiatives on October 29 at its first Google for Health Summit, expanding a partnership with the Singapore government announced in May.

The new hub will work with the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University.

Google DeepMind and the National University Health System will begin tests of a clinician-facing decision-support tool in outpatient care. Google will also launch an AI certificate for healthcare workers.

Separately, Google Cloud and NHG Health, Singapore’s public healthcare group for the central and north regions, plan to develop predictive tools and an AI health coach focused on screening uptake and frailty prevention.

Google.org and Google DeepMind have joined the Philanthropy Asia Alliance’s Health for Human Potential Coalition with a US$7 million contribution. The announcement also said the alliance would provide US$1 million to PathGen, an AI-enabled public health intelligence platform, to support earlier disease detection.

The initiatives build on Singapore’s broader AI push and Google’s existing role as a national partner.

🔗 Source: Google Singapore

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