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AI-Powered Brain Care to Tackle Underdiagnosis and Improve Prevention of Dementia

PR Newswire

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Studies overseas show that in up to one-third of hospital admissions involving persons with dementia, the condition was not recorded accurately as a diagnosis[3]. Undercoding and limited clinician awareness are significant contributing factors to the underdiagnosis. "Even when symptoms are present, they can be overlooked," explains Co-Principal Investigator Dr Benjamin Tan. "For example, a patient admitted for pneumonia may have been showing signs of cognitive decline that are flagged in social workers' and therapists' reports, but not formally assessed."

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