Our research team here at PatientsLikeMe carries out world-class research in collaboration with academic centers, commercial partners (see “how we make money“), and to help answer questions from our patients. We share our findings with the world through this blog, peer-reviewed publications, and by attending academic conferences like the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC)… Continue reading Multiple Sclerosis: Sustaining Care, Seeking a Cure
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It’s Official: Sharing Health Data Improves Outcomes
(Listen here to the PatientsLikeMeOnCallTM podcast on this topic) Last week the PatientsLikeMe R&D team published a study entitled “Sharing Health Data for Better Outcomes on PatientsLikeMe” in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), the leading open access peer-reviewed journal on health care in the Internet age. The study aimed to find out direct… Continue reading It’s Official: Sharing Health Data Improves Outcomes
Know Thy Self – Measuring Your Quality of Life
Last Fall, PatientsLikeMe introduced our Quality of Life (QoL) tool which is displayed on the profiles of members in the HIV community. By answering a few questions, patients can see how HIV is impacting them – physically, socially and mentally. Today, this same QoL measure is used by thousands of patients across the HIV community… Continue reading Know Thy Self – Measuring Your Quality of Life
Meet Our Transplant Community’s BionicMan
Since the launch of the PatientsLikeMe Transplants Community in March, more than 1400 patients have come together to share and learn from their transplant journeys. Thanks to our partnership with the National Kidney Foundation serving New England, BionicMan was one of the first transplant recipients to sign up and played a critical role in helping… Continue reading Meet Our Transplant Community’s BionicMan
ALS Awareness 2010: A Four Year Journey With Our PALS
Four years ago this Spring, PatientsLikeMe launched the ALS community with very specific goals in mind – to help patients like you take control of your disease, share and learn from one another, have a voice in real-world research and inform the companies that make your drugs and can improve your care. Together, we have… Continue reading ALS Awareness 2010: A Four Year Journey With Our PALS
Transparency, Openness and Privacy
The following message was sent this morning to all members of PatientsLikeMe. Please read what we have to say about openness, sharing and its privacy implications and join the conversation. **** Dear PatientsLikeMe Members, What are the privacy implications of sharing in this open, online community? We talk a lot about this and, as a… Continue reading Transparency, Openness and Privacy
ALS Awareness Month: ALS Patients Are “In Motion”
Did you know there are more than 4,500 patients in the PatientsLikeMe ALS community sharing and learning from each other every day? Outside of our community, patients are also teaming up to raise awareness and money for ALS research. Here is a highlights video of ALS members who have participated in our PatientsLikeMeInMotionTM program, stepping… Continue reading ALS Awareness Month: ALS Patients Are “In Motion”
PatientsLikeMe Teams Up With The National Kidney Foundation Serving New England
We are proud to announce a new partnership between PatientsLikeMe and the National Kidney Foundation serving New England. In the beginning stages of developing the PatientsLikeMe Transplant Community, we worked together with the National Kidney Foundation serving New England to give interested patients an opportunity to share their transplant journey and help shape this new… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe Teams Up With The National Kidney Foundation Serving New England
An Interview with DannyD to Kick-Off ALS Awareness Month
It’s ALS Awareness Month! Did you know there are more than 4,500 patients with ALS (PALS) in PatientsLikeMe’s flagship community? We’ll be updating you all month on what is being learned by and from our PALS, so stay tuned. To kick us off, here is an interview with one of our long-time, three-star members –… Continue reading An Interview with DannyD to Kick-Off ALS Awareness Month
PatientsLikeMeInMotion at 2010 Parkinson’s Unity Walk
Last weekend, we headed to New York City in great anticipation of the 2010 Parkinson’s Unity Walk held each year in Central Park. We were excited once again to meet members of Team PatientsLikeMe, a group of patients who travel from across the country to meet one another and work tirelessly to raise money each… Continue reading PatientsLikeMeInMotion at 2010 Parkinson’s Unity Walk