BrainFx is improving clinical care and accelerating
neuroscience.
Learn how.
BrainFx was founded by Tracy Milner and Heather Condello. Tracy and Heather are both Occupational Therapists who have practiced extensively in the area of neurorehabilitation with adults and children and led multi- disciplinary healthcare organizations for the past eighteen years.
Our story
Traditional assessments not translating to function
In their practice, it became apparent to Heather and Tracy that the results of traditional standardized assessment tools were not consistent with their functional observations of people with mild to moderate dysfunction. More complex functional cognitive skills were missed and cognition was often measured in isolation, missing the critical impact that physical and psychosocial challenges can have on functional cognition. In order to assess people with mild to moderate dysfunction they found they were needing to pull together an eclectic battery of tools but still saw a gap.
Need for assessment sensitive to milder dysfunction
They recognized the significant need for a Comprehensive assessment tool for people with brain disorders, sensitive to mild dysfunction and applicable to real life activities. Assessments on the market were missing early signs of dementia and milder signs of concussion. Their frustration in practice inspired BrainFx. Passionate about using neurofunctional assessment and intervention, they view BrainFx as the opportunity to combine technology, clinical knowledge and research to deliver unique insights to health care teams and make a difference globally in health outcomes.
United by a single passion - to make the invisible effects of brain disorders visible - we are a collaborative, dedicated and multi- disciplinary team committed to improving the lives of people everywhere by shedding a light on brain health and paths to rehabilitation.
Our Mission
United by a single passion - to make the invisible effects of brain disorders visible - we are a collaborative, dedicated and multi- disciplinary team committed to improving the lives of people everywhere by shedding a light on brain health and paths to rehabilitation.
Our Vision
United by a single passion - to make the invisible effects of brain disorders visible - we are a collaborative, dedicated and multi- disciplinary team committed to improving the lives of people everywhere by shedding a light on brain health and paths to rehabilitation.
Values
From our mission to the way we work with our clinical
network, our values guide everything we do.
Inform
Deliver gold standard assessments for neurofunction so that brain health can be easily integrated into any practice.
Illuminate
Illuminate the path to brain health treatment by delivering clinically useful & unique insights through intelligent analysis and comparative norms.
Empower
Empower people to live life to their full potential through clinical research & innovation that benefits from our Living Brain BankTM, a database of de-identified results from previous assessments.
Care
Enable healthcare institutions to deliver the best care possible for their patients to improve quality of life across the youth, elderly, and those suffering from brain dysfunction resulting from concussions, Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia etc.
Our Founders
Tracy Milner
Co-Founder, CEO and OT
Inspired by her own frustration on the front lines, Tracy is passionate about unlocking how the brain functions to improve everyday life. By colliding clinical care with AI and technology, she envisions a world where monitoring your brain health is as common as your annual physical. Where clinicians don’t need to tell another patient with early or milder cognitive dysfunction to ‘come back when it is worse’ because they are empowered to act instead. When not striving to make a global impact on healthcare, ask to see photos of Tracy’s twice-a-year birthday cakes or pumpkin carvings.
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Heather Condello
Co-Founder, COO and OT
Fascinated within her clinical practice to always learn more about the functional presentation of brain disorders and passionate to educate anyone who will listen on the significant impact mild brain disorders can have in one’s daily life, Heather is driven to promote BrainFx’s mission to the world. Heather envisions a healthcare system where monitoring brain health and understanding functional implications of brain impairment are as commonplace as tracking physical health. When not working, Heather enjoys travelling to warm destinations, keeping active, and has a newfound determination to work through her bucket list.
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Partners
Advancing cognitive care together.
Metriks Education Inc.
Metriks Education Inc., founded in 2004, specializes in the measurement of physical function. Metriks designs and manufactures innovative tools to measure human performance, complemented by their continuing education assessment certification courses. The Metriks Rehabilitation Assessment Management (RAM) software platform automates assessment data collection and report writing.
Insight In Health
Insightin Health’s AI-driven platform inGAGE™ leverages SDoH and clinical data to identify the best possible ways to communicate with members on a one-to-one level. In partnership with BrainFx, inGAGE™ can now generate a richer and Comprehensive member health risk assessment by also giving consideration to a member’s cognitive well-being. The Insightin Health and BrainFx partnership makes for an integrated and cyclical preventative health care flow.
Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists
The Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (CAOT) is the national organization that supports the more than 18,000 occupational therapists (OTs) who work or study in Canada. OTs improve the health and well-being of Canadians by creating client-centred solutions that help them participate more fully in activities that are important to their everyday lives. CAOT provides products, services and learning opportunities that assist OTs in achieving excellence in their professional practice. Additionally, CAOT provides leadership in the development and promotion of the occupational therapy profession in Canada and internationally.
Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists
The Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists (OSOT) is
the voluntary provincial professional association of
Ontario’s occupational therapists. With focus in the
areas of Member Services, Government Relations,
Professional Promotion, Professional Development and
Practice Support, the Society serves and represents the
interests of members and promotes the profession of
occupational therapy in the province of Ontario.
OSOT
is currently a membership of over 4,500 occupational
therapists, students of occupational therapy and others
who seek to associate with the profession. From its
early roots in 1921, as the first occupational therapy
organization in Canada, OSOT has provided professional
leadership to the growing profession throughout its
history in Canada.
Helius Medical Technologies
Helius Medical Technologies is a neurotech company
focused on neurological wellness. The Company’s purpose
is to develop, license and acquire unique and
non-invasive platform technologies that amplify the
brain’s ability to heal itself. The Company’s first
commercial product is the Portable Neuromodulation
Stimulator (PoNS™).
For more information, visit
www.ponstreatment.ca or www.heliusmedical.com
NeuroCatch
NeuroCatch is a subsidiary of HealthTech Connex.
The
NeuroCatch® device is an objective, rapid
neuro-physiological brain function assessment system
licensed by Health Canada.
For more information,
visit www.neurocatch.com or healthtechconnex.com
Maple
Maple is a virtual care platform that allows Canadians
to see a doctor online within minutes — 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. Patients can securely text, audio, or
video chat with a Canadian-licensed doctor for
diagnosis, treatment, and prescriptions. We also offer a
wide variety of specialties such as dermatology,
endocrinology, and mental health therapy, which can be
booked in under 72 hours. Incorporated in 2015, Maple
has been operating in Canada since late 2016. We
initially launched in Ontario and now offer services in
every province and territory of Canada.
For more
information, visit www.getmaple.ca
Think Research
Think Research is a rapidly-growing healthcare software
company based in downtown Toronto. Their mission is to
organise the world’s health knowledge so that everyone
gets the best care. Their point-of-care, clinical
decision support tools are used by health systems and
healthcare providers (i.e. doctors, nurses, pharmacists,
and more) to dramatically improve healthcare outcomes,
save clinicians’ time, and reduce administrative
burdens and costs. Today, with a growing network of
clients, collaborators and partners, this principle of
collaboration is supported by our entire suite of
applications. Deployed in over 2,200 health care
facilities across Canada, the US and around the world,
their tools are transforming healthcare, one clinical
support tool at a time.
For more information, visit
www.thinkresearch.com
Our latest research
Working with the Mayo Clinic to understand
Long-COVID
This study focuses on understanding the neurological impact of Long-COVID by developing a solution that assists clinicians and researchers to better understand and address the impacts of this new and emerging phenomenon.
