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DancingMind at a glance
DancingMind is a Singapore-based digital-therapeutics company that delivers clinician-designed, gamified therapy programmes on standalone VR headsets and tablets for rehabilitation, cognitive care, children with special needs and mental wellbeing, in hospitals, community care and homes in Singapore and the United Kingdom.
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The company
- What it is
- Digital-therapeutics company (health technology)
- Founded
- 2018, in Singapore
- Founder & CEO
- Huijie Jennifer Zhang (Oxford, Mathematics & Computer Science; formerly A*STAR and Roche.)
- Headquarters
- 73 Ayer Rajah Crescent, Singapore 139952
- Markets
- Singapore and the United Kingdom
- Delivered on
- Standalone VR headsets and tablets
- Used in
- Hospitals, Rehabilitation centres, Active Ageing Centres, Senior day-care and nursing homes, Early-intervention centres, Homes (remotely monitored)
- Website
- www.dancingmind.com
Four programmes
- MindGym
Gamified therapy for seniors and neurorehabilitation: cognitive training, stroke recovery, physiotherapy and sports rehab, graded like strength training and delivered on VR and tablet.
- MindFit
The general-audience edition of MindGym: the same clinician-designed brain and body sessions, packaged for group sessions at active-ageing centres and easy use at home.
- MindWarrior
Early-intervention therapy for children with special needs: gamified modules for motor control, impulse regulation, language skills and executive function, delivered as play.
- MindRelief
Graduated exposure therapy, mindfulness and CBT-based programmes for anxiety, sleep disturbance, low mood and PTSD, co-designed with patients and developed with NHS partners.
How it works
- More than 50 clinician-designed therapy applications
- Four therapy domains: cognitive, physical, activities of daily living and mood
- Standalone VR headsets (no PC, no wires) and tablets running the same programmes
- Adaptive difficulty, graded like progressive overload as the patient improves
- Group sessions: one facilitator runs many patients, each on their own programme
- Clinician dashboards and remote monitoring for therapy that continues at home
Brain–computer interface integration (an EEG-sensing VR face cushion) is a research prototype with research partners, not a product.
Adoption
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70%+
of Singapore's restructured hospitals run DancingMind programmes
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NHS
trusts and care partners in the United Kingdom
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30+
grant-funded programmes delivered with community partners
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90%+
of patients report improvement in cognitive function, physical function or mood, in post-programme feedback across deployments
Adoption and feedback figures across deployments. Clinical outcomes are listed below with their study context.
Evidence
- 35% faster motor recovery than standard care
Randomised controlled trial with National Healthcare Group partner hospitals, Singapore, 2024 (study summary).
- MindGym feasibility RCT in older adults with mild cognitive impairment
With Changi General Hospital, published in the Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore.
- 2–3× greater improvement in group sessions than one-on-one therapy
Controlled study (active control) in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (study summary).
- 22% improvement in attention span
Children with ADHD (study summary).
- Peer-reviewed study of VR exposure therapy after intensive care
Nursing in Critical Care, 2024, with a DancingMind co-author.
Results from specific studies in specific populations. The evidence library has full context.
Regulatory and data protection
- Registered as a medical device with Singapore's Health Sciences Authority (HSA)
- CE-marked (self-certified)
- Data processed under Singapore's PDPA and the UK GDPR, under a data-processing agreement with each deploying organisation
- DTAC and DCB0129 clinical-safety documentation prepared for NHS engagements
Documentation is collected in the trust centre.
Awards and recognition
- Innovation of the Year: Health Programme, 8th Eldercare Innovation Awards (2020)
- Corporate SME category, CommunityCare Friends Awards (2024)
- Recognised for innovation, SingHealth innovation awards
- Partner in IMDA's Digital for Life movement (2024)
- Featured on CNA's On The Red Dot
How to describe DancingMind
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DancingMind delivers clinician-designed therapy as gamified programmes on standalone VR headsets and tablets, used in hospitals, community care and homes across Singapore and the United Kingdom.
DancingMind is a Singapore-based digital-therapeutics company founded in 2018 by Jennifer Zhang. It runs more than 50 clinician-designed therapy applications as gamified programmes on standalone VR headsets and tablets, across four domains: cognitive, physical, activities of daily living and mood. Difficulty adapts as each patient improves, group sessions let one facilitator run many patients at once, and therapy continues at home under remote monitoring. DancingMind programmes run in more than 70% of Singapore's restructured hospitals and with NHS partners in the United Kingdom. The platform is registered as a medical device with Singapore's HSA and is CE-marked (self-certified).
Spelled DancingMind, one word. DancingMind is a health-technology company. It is not a dance school or a dance-movement therapy practice.