BrainHealth builds a diagnostic infrastructure that enables earlier, routine detection of cognitive diseases by integrating telehealth, retinal imaging, and blood‑based biomarkers into primary care workflows. Their BrainHealth Clinic™ platform guides patients from initial concern through assessment, imaging, biomarker testing, and neurology consultation, delivering specialist-level cognitive care without the typical months‑long wait. This connected approach aims to make accurate diagnosis actionable and accessible across the full patient journey.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
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Problem
Most dementia and other cognitive disorders are diagnosed after years of unnoticed progression, with 75% of cases identified only after significant irreversible decline. Primary care physicians face long neurology referral wait times of 6–12 months and lack an integrated pathway to access blood‑based biomarkers and retinal imaging, leading to fragmented and delayed care.
Solution
BrainHealth provides an integrated diagnostic infrastructure that brings earlier detection of cognitive diseases into primary care settings. The BrainHealth Clinic™ telehealth platform manages the entire patient journey—from initial concern, through retinal imaging and blood‑based biomarker testing, to neurology consultation and longitudinal management—reducing referral times from months to weeks. Afina™ retinal imaging uses cloud‑based AI to identify neurodegenerative signatures, complementing blood markers such as pTau‑217 and NfL. All data are consolidated in a secure, cloud‑hosted platform, delivering actionable diagnostic results that primary care clinicians can act on immediately. This continuum enables timely intervention and ongoing monitoring without the traditional bottlenecks of specialist access.
Target Audience
Primary customers are primary care physicians and health systems seeking to incorporate early cognitive disease detection into routine practice, as well as neurologists who benefit from pre‑screened referrals and longitudinal patient data.
Features
- End‑to‑end telehealth workflow (assessment, imaging, biomarker testing, neurology consult) managed by the BrainHealth Clinic™
- Fast referral outreach and scheduling, delivering neurology consultations within weeks
- Afina™ AI‑enabled retinal imaging pipeline that detects disease‑specific retinal signatures
- Integration of blood‑based biomarkers (pTau‑217, NfL) with retinal data for comprehensive risk assessment
- Cloud‑based analytics platform that aggregates and presents results in a clinician‑friendly dashboard
- Secure, HIPAA‑compliant data storage and transmission across the full patient journey