Empowered Patient Podcast

Dr. John Showalter, Chief Product Officer of Linus Health, shines a light on the current methods of measuring cognitive health and emphasizes the need for a more holistic approach to assessing brain health. Linus works on digital cognitive assessment tools and AI models to detect cognitive impairment and early warning signs of Alzheimer's and other dementias. These tools also consider anxiety, sleep patterns, and lifestyle factors and support personalized care plans for patients and their caregivers.   John elaborates, "Right now, we have this performance-based understanding of cognitive processing and brain health. And I'm not sure that is the best way for us to be looking at brain health because, to me, as a primary care physician and someone who's very much into a more holistic view of the individual, brain health should be much more about your ability to achieve what you want to achieve, interact with the people that you want to interact with and have a higher quality of life. But there's not a real good