Evaluating patient care in multiple sclerosis: Impact of combined digital tools and holistic management strategies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Innovations are essential to meet the needs of people with MS (PwMS), particularly in addressing delays in diagnosis and treatment, and in supporting patient self-management.

Objectives

To evaluate the real-world use and outcomes of digital technologies and holistic management strategies for MS at a UK Centre.

Methods

Digital tools for PwMS included Patients Know Best (a personal health record) and CONNECTPlus^® (an educational app). Tools for healthcare professionals included Infoflex (a clinical database with MSProDiscuss for assessing disease progression). A Healthy Lifestyle Clinic was introduced to promote brain health. The impact of these interventions on time-to-diagnosis, time-to-disease-modifying therapy (DMT) initiation, non-elective adm

SUBMITTER: Straukiene A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12033737 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature