E-health and multiple sclerosis.
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Author(s)
Matthews, Paul M
Block, Valerie J
Leocani, Letizia
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To outline recent applications of e-health data and digital tools for improving the care and management of healthcare for people with multiple sclerosis. RECENT FINDINGS: The digitization of most clinical data, along with developments in communication technologies, miniaturization of sensors and computational advances are enabling aggregation and clinically meaningful analyses of real-world data from patient registries, digital patient-reported outcomes and electronic health records (EHR). These data are allowing more confident descriptions of prognoses for multiple sclerosis patients and the long-term relative benefits and safety of disease-modifying treatments (DMT). Registries allow detailed, multiple sclerosis-specific data to be shared between clinicians more easily, provide data needed to improve the impact of DMT and, with EHR, characterize clinically relevant interactions between multiple sclerosis and other diseases. Wearable sensors provide continuous, long-term measures of performance dynamics in relevant ecological settings. In conjunction with telemedicine and online apps, they promise a major expansion of the scope for patients to manage aspects of their own care. Advances in disease understanding, decision support and self-management using these Big Data are being accelerated by machine learning and artificial intelligence. SUMMARY: Both health professionals and patients can employ e-health approaches and tools for development of a more patient-centred learning health system.
Date Issued
2020-04-20
Date Acceptance
2020-01-01
Citation
Current Opinion in Neurology, 2020, 33 (3), pp.271-276
ISSN
1080-8248
Publisher
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Start Page
271
End Page
276
Journal / Book Title
Current Opinion in Neurology
Volume
33
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2020 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. This is a non-final version of an article published in final form in Matthews, Paul M.a; Block, Valerie J.b; Leocani, Letiziac,d E-health and multiple sclerosis, Current Opinion in Neurology: June 2020 - Volume 33 - Issue 3 - p 271-276 http://doi.org/10.1097/WCO.0000000000000823
Sponsor
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding
Biogen Idec Ltd
Merck Serono Ltd
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32324706
Grant Number
PA 0103
EP/N014529/1
RDA03
N/A
PO1_5000021752
Subjects
1103 Clinical Sciences
1109 Neurosciences
1702 Cognitive Sciences
Neurology & Neurosurgery
Publication Status
Published online
Coverage Spatial
England
Date Publish Online
2020-06-01