MuscleSound
Point-of-Care Software to Assess Malnutrition
MuscleSound’s clinical decision-support software and ultrasound analytics solution aims to help healthcare providers establish a new standard of care.
Addressing the Malnutrition Problem
MuscleSound is establishing a new standard of care.
“This metric is so vital that we believe muscle health will become the next measurement to qualify overall health,
similar to blood pressure, heart rate, and other ‘vital signs’.”
– Dr. Paul Wischmeyer, Duke University Medical Center
Malnutrition, sarcopenia, frailty, cachexia, and other muscle-related conditions are rarely diagnosed, documented, or treated — yet they significantly contribute to adverse outcomes in surgical, critical care, oncology, and rehabilitation settings.
In the U.S. alone, the annual cost of disease-associated malnutrition exceeds $147 billion.
Despite its impact, studies show that 30–50% of hospitalized adults are malnourished, yet only 8–10% are correctly diagnosed — and fewer than half of those diagnosed receive appropriate nutritional therapy.
The consequences are profound:
- Increased length of stay (+4.5 days on average)
- 50% higher readmission rates
- Up to $17,000 in excess costs per patient
- Reduced quality scores, potential fines and penalties, and missed reimbursement opportunities
MuscleSound® addresses this hidden epidemic — transforming nutrition care by quantifying muscle health at the bedside, giving clinicians the objective data they need to diagnose, document, and treat malnutrition effectively.
Clinical Ultrasound Analytics
to Assess Malnutrition, Sarcopenia, Frailty and Cachexia
Expertise
MuscleSound is a Colorado- based digital health company, who developed the only point-of-care test to assess malnutrition by automating the analysis of ultrasound images.
Accurate Data
MuscleSound has spent years refining its technology in partnership with Duke University Medical Center (research project), University of Colorado School of Medicine, Appalachian State University and other leading medical institutions around the world, ensuring users of accurate and actionable data.
Reimbursement and Cost Savings
Healthcare providers may experience higher reimbursement and significant cost savings through more accurate malnutrition diagnosis.
Advancing Patient Care
MuscleSound is an emerging tool that has the potential to serve as a new vital sign across various areas of medical practice. Supporting diagnosis upon admittance and offering monitoring during and after treatment, MuscleSound may help clinicians provide more appropriate care, potentially leading to improved outcomes and enhanced quality of life.
Proven Solution
Our cloud-based software platform delivers immediate, actionable insights across various healthcare settings. By leveraging MuscleSound’s technology, there is potential for reducing hospital stays, lowering re-admission rates, minimizing unnecessary procedures, and promoting faster healing.
MuscleSound is establishing a new standard of care.
Why MuscleSound?
You get real results.
MuscleSound provides a range of measures to monitor muscle health – the capacity of a muscle to store, generate and replenish energy.
Our patented system makes it easy to track progress and compare results. Get rapid and accurate information to guide your patient before, during and after treatment.
MuscleSound is a Colorado-based ultrasound analytics company that is:
- The only point-of-care test to assess malnutrition, enabling high fidelity documentation of malnutrition
- Utilized by leading medical centers
- Able to provide a quantitative, non-invasive, rapid response assessment of muscle health
- Used daily worldwide with a fully developed software suite
- Able to pair existing clinical ultrasound technology
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specific needs.
