COGSCREEN-AE2PRESENTED BY:
GARY KAY, PH.D., PRESIDENT
DAVID MCLAUGHLIN, MANAGER EXPERIMENTAL NEUROCOGNITIVE RESEARCH
COGSCREEN, LLC
ST PETERSBURG, FLORIDA
DISCLOSURE
• GARY G. KAY, PH.D. IS PRESIDENT AND CO-OWNER OF COGSCREEN LLC
• DAVID MCLAUGHLIN IS AN EMPLOYEE OF COGSCREEN LLC
REMINDER: WHY WE’VE REVISED COGSCREEN
• Security issues
• Graphics issues
• Hardware/Software compatibility
• Addition of New Normative Groups / Comparison Groups
• Revision of Report
• Improved Software Reliability
• Localization features needed for global application
COMPLEXITY: RATIONALE FOR DELAYS
• Software has been completely re-written using current programming standards and practices; not revised
• SUBTEST EQUIVALENCE MAINTAINED; • Essential that Subtests be equivalent to CogScreen-AE
• Object Sizes & Distances
• Test Logic
• Timing
• Independent timing verification
COMPLEXITY: RATIONALE FOR DELAYS
• Current programming languages and operating systems adversely impact timing resolution & reliability
• e.g. Windows Surface Pro complex touch screen driver
• Independent Software Timing Validation revealed delays, resulting in new programming approach to provide reliable and precise measurement
RESULTANT OPPORTUNITY FROM COMPLEXITY
• Oddly enough, because of our difficulties (and many hours of discussion) with timing resolution, we developed a method of capturing timing resolution below onemillisecond!
• Clinical utility?
• Increased sensitivity
• Particularly useful as a research tool
• e.g., linking to EEG or MEG / other imaging to cognition
• Measurement of subtle drug effects, etc.
OVERVIEW OF NEW FEATURES
• CogScreen-AE2 Report
• Video Instruction Option
• Simplified Hardware Configuration
• Incorporation of Newer Norms (e.g., ATCS, GA)
• Designed to Facilitate Norms Development and Updates
• Ease of Ordering Test Administrations
• Improved Support and Troubleshooting (advanced error detection)
• Platform for Launching Additional Subtests
OVERVIEW OF NEW FEATURES
• New Professional Manual
• New Operations Manual
• Webinar Based Training
• Video Instructions
OPTIONAL VIDEO SUBTEST INSTRUCTIONS
• User can select Video (AE2) Instructions or Written (AE) instructions.
• OUR VIEW:• Video instructions facilitate task comprehension by demonstrating task; making the
task less abstract
• Advantages:
• Reduces testing time
• Eliminates impact of poor reading
• Reduces impact of low patience for instructions
• Improved standardization
OPTIONAL VIDEO SUBTEST INSTRUCTIONS
• Potential Disadvantages• Norms are based on AE (written) instructions
• Impact of video instructions unknown
• Our view: False positives will be reduced
COGSCREEN-AE2 REPORT
• Presentation of Mock Up of Report
• ..\AE2\AE2 Report.pdf
SUMMARY OF COGSCREEN-AE2 REPORT FEATURES
• New format for Base Rate; includes Speed Variability and Multitasking
• New LRPV Report; exclude impact of Math
• Modified Taylor Factors; separating Processing Speed and Working Memory
• Additional Aviation/Flight Prediction Scores
• Presentation of Scores by Subtest
• Showing all scores associated with subtest
• Simultaneous presentation of Age-Corrected & Non-Age-Corrected
• Coefficient of Fit for Clinical Comparison Groups
• Reliable Change Scores
• SSRI Protocol Report
• HIV Protocol Report
• Comparison to Additional Norm Groups
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
• Win10 PC with ELO monitor• Minimum - i3, 4GB, 120GB hard drive
• Recommended minimum – i5, 8GB, 250GB HD
• Recommend n-Vidia Graphics Processor (i.e., avoid the low-end, economy integrated graphics processor)
• Still hopeful for the Microsoft Surface Pro
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
• Requires Keyboard (preferably a wired USB keyboard)
• Speaker or Headphones
• Gel wrist pad
MAJOR COMPONENTS
• Windows 10 application
• SQL Server Express 2016 with Advanced Services
• Website
Must I be online to run CogScreen-AE2?
• No.
INSTALLATION
• Downloadable setup application
• Standard Windows wizard setup
• Installs the application and database
• Initial release, or soon after, will allow application and database to be installed on separate machines
CONFIGURATION
• On the initial launch of CogScreen-AE2, you will be prompted with a few high-level configuration options
• Database location
• Login name and password
• General configuration• Aeromedical Edition
• Other tests and test batteries
SUBJECTS
• Highly configurable• Utilize fields that you select
• Subject Listing page
• Subject Details page• Tabs – Demographics, Aviator Info, Referral Info, etc.
• Cards – Subject Identification, Subject Demographics, etc.
SETTINGS (TABS)
• General –• Import existing CogScreen-AE Database• Test Batteries• Order Test Administrations
• Online (from application) or via the CogScreen website
• Subjects• Norms
SETTINGS
• Reports• Used to configure default fields for each report
• Monitors• Auto-detects Surface Pro and ELO monitors
• Settings – checking screen calibration with “half page” of paper
• Examiner vs. Examinee Monitor – preparing for multi-monitor tests
• Database• Creating a new database, switching to a new database, upgrading the database
• Usually only be used at initial setup and after upgrading to new version
SETTINGS
• PROCESSES• Monitoring of applications and background processes.
• Also shown on “Home Page”
• SYSTEM INFORMATION – helps us troubleshoot
• DIAGNOSTICS – helps us troubleshoot
SETTINGS
• Support
• On-line ticketing system
• Option for remote control of your system• You must initiate it, we cannot arbitrarily take over your system
• Requires a network connection
• Must have a ticket open first
• Section for remote database troubleshooting
SETTINGS
• User Management / Permissions• You will assign roles and permissions for what a person can do
once logged into the application
• Example: You can set up a user to have minimal rights; allowing them only to administer a test. They will have no access to settings, reports, norms, etc.
• You do not have to log out and log back in anymore to generate reports, etc.
MORE ON RUNNING A TEST:
• Add a new subject / find an existing subject
• Demographics tabs• Required fields
• Expanding sections, i.e. Alcohol Use Disorder under Referral Info
• Demographics carry over from session to session
• PRIVACY: Personally Identifiable Information (PII) – under user control
• Audit trail
MORE ON RUNNING A TEST:DEMONSTRATION OF TEST FLOW• Volume check [embedded system performance check]
• Intro video
• Individual tests
• Instructions – AE2 or AE (written)
• Practice
• Test
• The examiner’s menu
• Norms – CogScreen and Local
• Run a report
REPORTS
• Generate upon completion of exam or from Reports section
• Option to generate data output (e.g., spreadsheet) for multiple subjects or sessions
• Most reports will have several steps associated with them
• Wizard format• Select subjects and sessions to include
• Report configuration options
• Format to save it in – most common output types will be supported
NORMS
• Creating Comparison (Norms) Groups• Can add Subjects to a Norms Group from this screen
• Can add Sessions to a Norms Group from this screen
• Can export to an encrypted file for uploading to the CogScreen Website
• Local Norms• Can create local norms sets
OTHER FEATURES
• Ability to export a subject’s test data to another CogScreen user
• Encrypted with a user supplied and CogScreen key
OTHER FEATURES
• Auto-updates• If online, can check for CogScreen updates to install
• May require a database upgrade, but will migrate the data automatically
• We expect several updates through the year; especially for the first year• Bug fixes (yes, they happen)
• New features
• New tests
• New reports
• New CogScreen norms
PHASE IIPLANNED ADDITION OF NEW SUBTESTS
• STORY MEMORY TEST
• PERCEPTUAL MAZE TEST
• MAZE LEARNING TEST
• FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS (MULTITASKING TEST)
• CONSOLIDATION MEMORY TEST
• SIMPLE & CHOICE REACTION TIME (REQUIRES ADDITIONAL HARDWARE)
• COGSCREEN RESEARCH EDITION
PRICING• New Version expected sales price is $1595, including 5 test administrations (additional
site licenses; $595/PC).
• Customers who have purchased CogScreen within the last 2 years prior to release date will receive full credit (i.e., $850) toward purchase of new version.
• Test Administrations:• 1-9: $65
• 10-25: $60
• 26-99: $55
• 100+ $50
• Annual Support/Maintenance: $159.50: Required for access to updates after 1st year.
SUPPORT FOR LEGACY SOFTWARE:COGSCREEN-AE
• TEST USES FOR AE WILL BE SOLD AT SAME PRICE AS AE2 TEST USES UPON PUBLICATION OF AE2
• We will continue to provide support for CogScreen-AE for 12 months after release of AE2.
For Additional Information contact Gary Kay via e-mailat [email protected]