uMETHOD Health, a precision-medicine software company based in the Research Triangle of North Carolina, is pleased to announce enhancements to their customized care plans that streamline the process for administering cognitive care. The new features consist of eight checklist-style “compliance elements.”  These components assist physicians in completing the required service elements for the Cognitive Assessment and Care Plan (CACP) developed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).…READ MORE

Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative disease that affects two brain structures:  the frontal lobes and the temporal lobes. The location of damage is distinct from that of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), which is characterized by the degeneration of the brain structure known as the hippocampus. For each of these conditions, neurodegeneration can be readily quantified by the amount of shrinkage (loss of tissue) in these structures, which can be observed…READ MORE

Today’s standard of care for complex diseases like Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and related dementias fails to meet the needs of an aging patient population.  It falls short of providing adequate guidance for clinicians who bear the burden of this care gap. Complex diseases proceed from many contributing factors -- medical, genetic, and environmental -- that vary widely from person to person. Untangling the web of factors that contribute to neurodegeneration can…READ MORE

Being Patient talks to Dr. John Walker, who founded uMETHOD Health, the first company that is using precision medicine and AI to help treat Alzheimer’s, about how technology could diagnose and prevent cognitive decline. To view the video, click here.…READ MORE