Key Trends in Modern Neurology: Integrating NeuroTrax for Objective Cognitive Testing

Rob Pepper, CEO, NeuroTrax Corp.

Neurology is undergoing a significant shift. While demand for neurological care continues to rise, the supply of practicing neurologists is unable to keep pace, creating a widening gap with real consequences for patient access, wait times, and care quality. As neurological conditions grow more prevalent, and as diagnostics and therapeutics become more sophisticated, clinicians need tools that expand their reach, streamline evaluations, and improve decision-making. NeuroTrax helps fill exactly that need.

The U.S. is experiencing a sustained and worsening shortage of neurologists. Demand is surging due to an aging population, increased prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, stroke, and other neurological disorders, and expanded insurance coverage that has brought more patients into the system. At the same time, therapeutic advancements are enabling longer-term disease management, which increases the number of patients requiring ongoing specialist oversight. Studies have projected a national neurologist shortfall approaching 19%, accompanied by some of the longest wait times in all of medicine.

This is where NeuroTrax can make an immediate impact. As a digital neuromarker capable of quantifying cognitive domains with clinical-grade precision, NeuroTrax allows providers, including overburdened neurologists, to triage more efficiently, monitor patients remotely, and identify cognitive changes earlier than traditional methods.

Another major trend is the accelerating shift toward neurology subspecialties, including stroke, epilepsy, movement disorders, sleep disorders, neuroimmunology, and more. While this expansion improves specialized care, it also contributes to a shrinking pool of general neurologists. Compounding this shift is the rise of neurohospitalists who are focused primarily on inpatient settings.

NeuroTrax supports both generalists and specialists by offering standardized, domain-specific cognitive insights relevant across the continuum of neurological care. Whether a clinician is assessing attention in ADHD, processing speed in MS, memory function in early Alzheimer’s disease, or executive function in post-stroke recovery, NeuroTrax provides a consistent, objective measurement framework.

The national neurologist shortage is amplified in rural and underserved regions, areas commonly referred to as “neurology deserts.” Patients in these communities face major barriers to timely evaluation and follow-up care. NeuroTrax helps reduce geographic disparities by providing a scalable, digital cognitive assessment platform that can be administered in primary care offices, community clinics, or remotely when appropriate. By functioning as a digital neuromarker, NeuroTrax provides non-specialists with objective cognitive data to guide next steps, allowing neurologists to focus their limited time on the most complex cases.

Neurology is not declining; it's evolving. The pressures facing the field underscore a growing need for digital tools that support early detection, triage, monitoring, and interdisciplinary care. NeuroTrax is uniquely positioned to meet these challenges, enabling clinicians to deliver higher-quality neurological and cognitive care, no matter the practice setting or subspecialty.

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