Digital Therapeutics Specialist Hi, 'Ma-eum Geomjin' Service Provided at KMI Health Checkup Centers

Hi's mental health screening service 'Maeum Geomjin' application (app) launch screen

[Asia Economy Reporter Chunhee Lee] Digital therapeutics specialist HiGA announced that it will provide its mental health screening service, 'Maeum Geomjin,' to all examinees at KMI Korea Medical Institute.

HiGA stated on the 28th that starting next month, Maeum Geomjin will be available at KMI's seven nationwide health screening centers. Maeum Geomjin screens for six mental disorders?depression, anxiety, insomnia, adjustment disorder, PTSD, and suicidal/self-harm impulses?through interactive clinical questionnaires delivered via smartphone and simultaneous measurement of the digital biomarker heart rate variability (HRV), while also assessing job-related stress.

Maeum Geomjin is a service jointly developed with Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Business Agency (SBA) Bio & Medical Technology Commercialization Support Project, Sinchon and Gangnam Severance Hospitals, the Center for Affective Science, and Yonsei University Digital Therapeutics Research Center. Privacy protection measures have been strengthened through personal data de-identification and data anonymization.

In particular, Maeum Geomjin has attracted attention as it can provide data that serve as practical indicators for preventing serious accident punishment law violations, which have been enforced since January. Once employee screenings at each company are completed, data will be provided to compare the overall mental health status of the company by individual job groups and roles against industry averages. This allows companies to understand their employees' mental health status and track improvements annually.

Maeum Geomjin is the first in Korea to utilize smartphones to measure the digital biomarker HRV for mental health screening data. Because it uses smartphones, the test can be taken anytime and anywhere. Additionally, internal reviews of technology that tracks users' eye movements to assess their emotions have been completed, and development is underway aiming for release in the second half of this year.

Kim Jin-woo, CEO of HiGA, said, "By implementing the Maeum Geomjin service at KMI, we expect to secure data from a minimum of 600,000 to over 1 million individuals and provide various additional services, enabling diverse service planning for the global market." He added, "With the introduction of Maeum Geomjin's basic service, we hope that awareness of mental health in Korea will shift like in advanced countries, encouraging people to seek medical care when they feel mentally unwell without worrying about others' perceptions."

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