Pilot program by IU and Davos Alzheimer ’s Collaborative to test AI-powered cognitive screening at scale

How AI, Digital Screening Tools Can Help Flag Early Cognitive Decline (Health IT Analytics): Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and other dementias remains at the forefront of efforts to minimize the impact of these neurodegenerative diseases. But challenges such as increased life expectancy and the risks of aging, along with complexities in diagnosis and treatment resulting from mixed brain pathologies, make early detection difficult … A new pilot program at Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana University Health, in collaboration with the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC), seeks to tackle these issues using digital screening tools. … The test itself, the Linus Health Core Cognitive Evaluation, is comprised of a lifestyle-based questionnaire and a digital cognitive assessment, which asks patients to remember three unrelated words, complete the clock drawing test, and repeat the three words. The tool then uses artificial intelligence (AI) to detect subtle signs of cognitive impairment and generates a score. “[Using that score,] they get a stoplight that’s green, yellow, or red. And the doctor can take a quick look at it and decide, ‘what do I do with this?’” Brosch (Note: Dr. Jared Brosch, neurologist at IU Health) stated. “‘This person’s a green; they’re good to go. I’ll talk to them about their lifestyle,’ or ‘It’s yellow; maybe I should refer them to someone to do a little bit of a deeper dive to figure out if there really is a...
Source: SharpBrains - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation aging artificial intelligence cognitive decline cognitive evaluation Cognitive-impairment Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative digital screening early diagnosis of Alzheimer's Linus Health Li Source Type: blogs