NGZ provides an AI‑driven digital phenotyping platform that continuously monitors passive behavioral data from veterans' everyday digital interactions to detect early signs of suicide risk. The system creates personalized risk models and delivers real‑time alerts to clinicians and caregivers through secure dashboards, enabling proactive intervention while maintaining privacy‑by‑design safeguards.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Veterans at risk of suicide often show subtle behavioral changes that go unnoticed until a crisis occurs, and existing screening methods rely on infrequent clinical visits and self-reporting, leading to delayed intervention.
Solution
NGZ offers an AI-driven digital phenotyping platform that continuously analyzes passive behavioral data to identify early indicators of suicide risk in Veterans. The system combines personalized risk models with real-time monitoring to generate actionable alerts for clinicians, caregivers, and the individuals themselves. Ethical safeguards and privacy-preserving techniques are built into the platform to ensure data security and user trust. By delivering timely risk assessments, NGZ enables proactive clinical outreach and support before symptoms escalate.
Target Audience
Primary customers are VA healthcare providers, mental‑health clinicians, and caregiver networks that support U.S. Veterans at risk of suicide.
Features
- Passive data collection from everyday digital interactions, eliminating the need for active user input
- Digital phenotyping algorithms that detect subtle changes in behavior, speech, and activity patterns linked to suicide risk
- Personalized risk modeling that adapts to each Veteran’s baseline and historical data
- Real-time risk scoring with automated alerts delivered to clinicians and caregivers via secure dashboards
- Privacy‑by‑design architecture with encryption, de‑identification, and strict access controls
- Integration hooks for electronic health record systems and tele‑health platforms to streamline clinical workflows