Impressive achievement for Hillel Yaffe’s Multiple Sclerosis Clinic

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center's Multiple Sclerosis Clinic has won a prestigious grant to develop and implement remote care and rehabilitation technologies. This is an incentive given to the hospital for establishing a new service for remote rehabilitation of multiple sclerosis patients. The multidisciplinary team from Hillel Yaffe Medical Center won the grant after competing against numerous teams from across the country, who were all carefully selected.

The program is the brainchild of Dr. Ofir Zmira, the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic Director and a senior physician in the Neurology Department of Hillel Yaffe Medical Center.

The multidisciplinary team from Hillel Yaffe - winning the Ministry of Health grant for multiple sclerosis patients

The program was developed and refined in an accelerator program run by the Ministry of Health's Digital Health Division. The guiding principles and product developed: an innovative technology platform for remote monitoring, treatment and rehabilitation of multiple sclerosis patients, based on advanced development carried out in cooperation with the IDF’s 8200 Unit. The platform is designed to provide patients with personalized care, improve their quality of life, and make remote medical services accessible at the highest standards. The Ministry of Health's incentive/grant will enable the hospital to implement the program for developing the proposed tool.

A multidisciplinary team from Hillel Yaffe participated in the process, including Dr. Ofir Zmira and Dr. Shai Shabo from the Neurology Department; Innovation Director, Dr. Sharon Rashi-Elkeles; Applications Unit Manager, Erez Krissi; Physical Therapy Service Director, Yael Krebs Cohen, and Occupational Therapy Service Director, Meital Sevilla.

Dr. Ofir Zmira, “The cooperation with Unit 8200 symbolizes the connection between Israel's advanced technological knowledge and urgent medical needs. It further emphasizes the tremendous potential of integrating innovation in the health care system. The new platform marks a significant milestone in the multidisciplinary treatment and rehabilitation of multiple sclerosis patients.”