MedCity News August 25, 2022
BeCare Link has developed software that enables the traditional in-person multiple sclerosis assessment to be done remotely on a patient’s own mobile device. The startup was named the winner of MedCity’s recent Pitch Perfect contest.
Multiple sclerosis is typically assessed by a test that that measures how far and how well a patient walks. Called the expanded disability status scale, or EDSS, it’s scored according to a clinician’s observations along with patient-reported information. This decades-old test has become the gold standard for tracking MS progression, but it still has limitations, according to Charisse Litchman, chief medical officer of startup BeCare Link.
The EDSS takes about 90 minutes and can only be conducted at MS centers, which might be far away...
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