Combining Autism Telehealth and Screening Technologies for Earlier Diagnostic Assessments

总结： 此IIb期补助金申请描述了一项计划，用于证明以下方面的重大改进： 在很小的年龄就识别ASD受试者，并促进自闭症的诊断评估 通过一个经过验证的远程医疗服务。该计划包括与一家私人公司合作 （CHADIS）拥有大量的儿科医生客户群，他们已经使用他们的 筛查幼儿自闭症的技术。我们有一个新颖的远程医疗系统， 诊断评估称为NODA™。我们可以增加创新，包括实时 远程医疗模块，并与广泛使用的CHADIS™系统集成， 最先进的远程保健系统，供儿科医生以电子方式转诊高危幼儿 对于比常规诊断更早地与专业诊断诊所进行远程诊断评估， 方法.这一新系统将通过提供等同的服务而使受试者受益， 与现有程序相比，时间更短，也可能改善目前的 缺乏经过培训的合格自闭症诊断临床医生的早期诊断。拟议 研究包括在几个主要的临床中心和商业中心招募受试者， 设置.如果被证明是成功的，我们称之为NODA Enhanced™的新系统将受益 需要在较早的年龄为ASD受试者提供干预服务，无论家庭是否可以 亲自进行诊断评估。在商业上，NODA与 广泛使用的CHADIS系统将大大提高商业机会， 成功的产品。

Summary: This Phase IIb grant application describes a plan for demonstrating significant improvement of identifying ASD subjects at a very young age and facilitating diagnostic assessments for autism earlier via a proven telehealth service. The plan includes partnering with a private company (CHADIS) that has a substantial client base of referring pediatricians already using their technology to screen toddlers for autism. We have a novel telehealth system for remote autism diagnostic assessment called NODA™. We can add innovations including a Realtime Telemedicine module, and integration with the widely-used CHADIS™ system to provide a state-of-the-art telehealth system for pediatricians to refer at-risk young children electronically for a remote diagnostic assessment with a specialty diagnostic clinic earlier than conventional methods. This novel system will be shown to benefit subjects by providing equivalent services in a shorter time period compared to existing procedures and may also improve the current shortage of early diagnosis by qualified trained autism diagnostic clinicians. The proposed studies include enrollment of subjects in several major clinical centers and in commercial settings. If shown to be successful, the new system we call NODA Enhanced™ will benefit need for intervention services for ASD subjects at an earlier age, and regardless if families can access diagnostic assessments in person. Commercially, the combining of NODA with the widely used CHADIS system will substantially raise the opportunities for a commercially successful product.