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Yukon Neurology delivers exceptional patient care by using cognitive assessments that are approachable, easy to interpret, and that empower patients with usable health data. They achieve 99% assessment completion rates for mild cognitive impairment and dementia.
That’s why they use Creyos.
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Founded in 2018 by Dr. David McCoy, Yukon Neurology is an independent medical practice that sets itself apart by creating excellent patient-physician relationships.
Yukon Neurology evaluates and treats a wide variety of neurological conditions, including seizures, epilepsy, stroke, migraine, headache, nerve disorders, neuromuscular disorders, multiple sclerosis, and much more. A large portion of their patient base includes mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia.
Many people think that even beginning to investigate memory issues means they're definitely going to find a severe problem, so they avoid it. Really, it's not like that. When we test early, we can perhaps reverse issues or at least prevent things from getting worse.
With Creyos, Yukon Neurology adopted a robust battery of assessments that allow them to measure early signs of mild cognitive impairment and communicate in detail to patients. Beyond their typical neuropsychological services, they can also evaluate comorbid factors such as sleep, anxiety, depression, stress, attention deficit, and more. The ability to address comorbid factors has made for a more complete diagnostic process that leads to better patient outcomes.
We've seen that patients are more invested in their health and they pay more attention to deficits that showed up in testing. During follow-up appointments, they let us know if they feel things have gotten better or worse. Then we can re-test them using quantitative measures and show them the comparison to their earlier results.
Yukon Neurology leans into their value of putting patient experience first by administering Creyos on tablets, creating a comfortable environment, and providing the support of a technician. The gamified user experience of Creyos tasks ease anxiety, while still capturing detailed information on the patient’s cognitive performance. Patients generally say the cognitive tasks are fun to complete.
We administer Creyos on tablets and relate the tasks to being like puzzle games our patients have likely played before. The gamified tasks in Creyos alleviate some of the technology anxiety that our older patients have.
Yukon Neurology has accepted patients who have completed neuropsychological testing elsewhere and indicated that their testing experience didn't address their concerns or provide clear next steps. In contrast, Yukon Neurology has reduced the time it takes to administer and interpret neuropsychological testing using Creyos—cutting the typical 6-hour visit down to 2 hours.
Yukon Neurology sees roughly 30 patients daily and completes 10 neuropsychological evaluations weekly. They improved completion rate since using Creyos. Now, 99% of patients complete cognitive testing, compared to their previous rate of 94%.
Yukon Neurology is even growing their practice now that they use Creyos. Other neurology and psychiatry practices have sent them referrals—either when they don’t offer neuropsychological testing themselves, their results are difficult to interpret, or patients present with comorbid conditions that they know Yukon Neurology can now test for. Expanding on their services, Yukon Neurology has supported patients with concerns about ADHD, anxiety, and depression by administering tests in Creyos such as:
With Creyos, we can identify, measure, and validate when there is, in fact, an issue such as memory. Now we can identify whether cognitive issues are caused by anxiety, depression, ADHD, or something else. Creyos allows us to get to the root: what’s causing the problem and can we address it.
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