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Difficulties with cognition brought on by injury, illness, and exposure to stressors can lead to severe negative impacts on worker performance, safety, and readiness. These negative impacts can be particularly dangerous in stressful and high-demand situations. Neurostat, a tablet- and browser-based automated cognitive test platform (browser version coming soon), is a key tool in helping measure the cognitive effects stressors can have on workers. This data can then be used to more effectively make informed, safe personnel management decisions.
Why Neurostat?
Neurostat allows for comprehensive testing of various cognitive domains, and the comparison of those test results with baselines and normative samples. This allows caregivers and leaders to understand and track cognitive change as the result of injury, illness, exposure, or intervention among individuals and groups. In addition to insight that can be gained through comparisons to baselines and your own populations, we can also help create normative databases that will allow for even more points of comparison.
While Vista’s cognitive testing products have historically been used for evaluating cognition in a variety of clinical and research settings, they can also empower organizations to monitor the cognitive health of their workforce in a non-invasive manner. Some diverse use cases include:
Fatigue Monitoring
Candidate Selection
Employee Performance
Safety & Readiness
Product Features
Neurostat includes questionnaires assessing mood, general and brain injury symptoms, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and sleepiness. It also includes a library of tests designed to measure fundamental neurocognitive functions including response speed, attention/concentration, immediate and delayed memory, spatial processing, and decision processing speed and efficiency.
Our Products Are:
Proven
- Vista products have an extensive history of successful use in extreme and unconnected environments.
- Neurostat’s precursor, ANAM, has a highly diverse history of use in research studies (over 500), and has been referred to as the “gold standard” for cognitive testing.
- Vista has a long history of successful partnerships with government and private organizations.
Secure
- Options for data communication include secure transmission over networks, cloud-based data aggregation, or direct/wire-only data sharing/data extract capabilities for the most secure situations.
- All testing is conducted locally on the device, with the option for secure data transmission when protocol permits.
- All data on Neurostat tablets have AES 128 or AES 256-bit encryption.
Flexible
- Neurostat is available on both standard (i.e., desktop/laptop) and mobile (i.e., tablet) computing platforms, with a browser version coming soon.
- Administration capabilities include stand-alone, down-range (unconnected), and in small and large group environments.
- Standard batteries include “short” batteries, intended for quick evaluations, and longer, extended batteries to be used at the beginning of assignment and regularly scheduled screening examinations.
- Tests can be used “down range” without internet connectivity and results compared to previously collected or imported baselines.
- Data storage can be customized to exactly fit your organization’s needs.
Simple
- Reporting includes comparisons to norms and previous administrations (baselines), as well as detailed reports on each cognitive test.
- Tests are language-neutral and deployed with instructions that have been translated to a variety of languages. If needed in a language currently unavailable on our platform, we will work to deliver a high-quality certified translation.
- VLS has contributed to the development of numerous normative databases, some with over 1 million members. We will work with you to ensure you have appropriate reference/normative data that fits the needs of your organization.
Comprehensive
- Neurostat includes a library of over 30 cognitive tests and behavioral health questionnaires as well as access to a suite of data reporting and review tools that empower users to holistically understand employee health.
- Neurostat is designed specifically for repeated use with demonstrated reliability.
History
Initially developed for the U.S. Military, Vista’s cognitive testing products have since been used to research dozens of different conditions and interventions, with millions of uses across all seven continents, as well as aboard the International Space Station.
Research
Our products have been called the “gold standard” for cognitive testing in research looking at cognitive change. The combination of flexibility and sensitivity provided by Vista’s cognitive testing technology has made our products industry leaders for researchers and organizations interested in measuring cognition and monitoring brain health.