Country Living with Multiple Sclerosis: Improving Rural Care

MS Living Well: Key Info from Multiple Sclerosis Experts

Country living far from large cities has wonderful advantages, but can present some unique challenges to receive optimal multiple sclerosis care. This podcast addresses when it’s time to drive to see a MS specialist. MS experts share their wisdom on various strategies to access the most current treatments while still enjoying life in countryside from the plains to the mountains. Creative ways of coordinating care between local heathcare providers and MS specialists in MS centers described. Emerging telemedicine options reviewed to get remote care.

Barry Singer, MD, Director of The MS Center for Innovations in Care, interviews:

Susan Scarberry, MD, Sanford Medical Center, Fargo, North Dakota. Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

Gabriel Pardo, MD, Director, OMRF Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence, Oklahoma City.

See also: www.mslivingwell.org