programs

Background: In 2006, the Greater Northwest Healthcare Provider Council (HPC) of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) identified a need for professional education focused on...

Background: ECHO MS is a videoconference-based education and case-consultation program that seeks to expand MS expertise. In Fall 2020, the National MS society partnered with...

Background: Expanding resources to everyone affected by MS requires increased diversity and inclusion. The Black MS Community voiced the need to be seen, heard, and...

Background: The Society empowers people affected by MS to solve everyday challenges by informing and connecting them to what they need, when they need it...

Background: COVID-19 required the transition from in-person programming to virtual options. Understanding the importance of peer-to-peer support, access to on-demand information, and a safe space...

Background: Abundant evidence supports disparity in health care delivery for persons with disability. These disparities may be magnified for persons with progressive MS given the...

Background: Kaiser Permanente Washington (KPWA) launched a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Pharmacy Program in June 2014 to support patients on oral and self-injectable disease modifying therapies...

Background: Advances in disease-modifying therapies (DMT) for multiple sclerosis (MS) have left clinicians challenged to incorporate DMTs, monitor disease progression, and engage patients in their...

Background: Patients with MS are vulnerable to the effects of lack of physical activity caused by stay-at-home orders with the COVID-19 pandemic. The deconditioning may...

Background: People with multiple sclerosis (MS) need expert, comprehensive care. However, many people with MS receive care from generalist neurologists rather than from MS sub-specialists,...