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.