NSC Partners R&D

Early digital-health product exploration.

Beginning in 2009, NSC Partners developed early iPhone healthcare concepts and later extended the work to iPad-based prototypes in collaboration with clinical and research partners. The initiatives combined product discovery, rapid prototyping, and collaboration across technology, clinical, and research disciplines.

Areas of exploration

R&D concepts spanning cognitive assessment, concussion and fatigue, remote care and mobility, and speech development.

Cognitive & neuropsychological assessment

Mobile tools designed to support baseline assessment and identify meaningful changes in cognitive performance.

  • Dementia Tracker — explored concentration, problem-solving, and abstraction performance in dementia patients.
  • 21-Item Neuropsychological Test — explored assessment of symptom validity and effort during neuropsychological evaluation.

Concussion & fatigue

Concepts focused on comparing pre- and post-event performance and detecting changes that may affect safety or readiness.

  • Concussion Tracker™ — measured pre- and post-concussive cognitive performance.
  • Resident Fatigue — established a baseline and assessed fatigue in medical residents.

Remote care & mobility

Early approaches to collecting useful patient information outside traditional clinical settings.

  • Tele-Wound Care — captured and transmitted wound-related information from patients to healthcare providers.
  • Patient Mobility — captured and baselined mobility information for patients with Parkinson’s disease.

Speech & learning support

Applied development combining mobile technology, pattern matching, and support for parents and educators.

  • Autism Speech Efficacy — explored tools to support speech-development assessment for students with autism.