NexusMentis: AI-based Decision Support System For Psychiatrists & Their Patients

This project is sponsored by a private investor who knew first hand about the challenges modern psychiatry faces in finding the right timely treatment because of a lack of data and dispersed knowledge. It is how an idea was born to involve artificial intelligence that would help to reduce the time for finding the best medication, and enable the exchange of experiences between doctors - all to contribute to people's well-being.

ClientPrivate Investor (UAE)

ExpertiseFull-cycle development Design support Analytics

Date2022-2023

NexusMentis:
AI-based Decision Support System For Psychiatrists & Their Patients

Objective

The client’s idea was to:

01
Deliver a solution that gives AI-based recommendations on the most suitable treatment, reduces the number of insufficient prescriptions, and allows the exchange of experiences between doctors.
02
Develop an expert system that analyzes millions of combinations and offers the best matching medicine from the knowledge base.
03
Automate a doctor’s routine operations (a patient daily survey, visit journals, appointments table, etc.)

Research (competitive analysis)

We conducted a study including:

Interviews with psychotherapists and psychiatrists
Analyzing existing solutions on the market (e.g., electronic medical records and mood tracking applications)
Examining medical standards for medication selection and compatibility testing systems

Key Insights:

Physicians spend up to 30% of their time on paperwork and checking drug interactions manually
Patients rarely keep self-monitoring diaries regularly without a user-friendly interface
Most apps are not integrated with clinical processes

Solution

Developed and launched a two-sided platform.

A desktop application for the physician

Electronic medical history with the ability to track patient progression
AI-based tool for medication selection: takes into account diagnosis, current treatment, pharmacological interactions and risk of overdose
Calendar and patient notification system

Mobile app for the patient

Online appointment booking
Daily survey to assess status - anxiety level, sleep, mood, etc.
Reminder system and automatic sending of data to the doctor

AI-module is based on medical databases and standards, and is internally validated using cases from the practice of consulting doctors.

Result

NexusMentis is a unique start-up in the pre-seed phase that works as a decision support recommendation system for doctors through the use of its Smart Pharmacy and diagnostics tool.

Inventale developed a recommendation engine for matching diagnoses and medicines, and offering the most suitable medications.
The recommendation engine has been trained and tested on a database.
The beta version of the system was presented to the UAE Ministry Of Health & Prevention (MoHAP) and received very positive feedback, expert opinion and their pieces of advice.