With more than 82,000 patients on PatientsLikeMe, there’s a lot of information being shared with one another. Last month, we highlighted how your sharing affects the experience of many on our site (One For All series). Today, we continue that theme by taking a look at information being shared across all of our communities that… Continue reading One for All: A Cross View of Patient Sharing
Category: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
How Patients Like You Use Your Treatments in the Real World: Two New Studies
Ever wonder how many patients like you are using drugs off-label? Or how hard is it to take MS medications as prescribed? You’re about to find out. In January, the PatientsLikeMe R&D team published not one but two studies in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR) in an effort to provide answers about how… Continue reading How Patients Like You Use Your Treatments in the Real World: Two New Studies
Learning from Others: Newsletter Highlights 2011
In the spirit of the New Year, here are some highlights from our recent newsletter. Read what patients like you have to say about what they’re most interested in learning from other patients this year. * * * (Amy) What are you most interested in learning from other patients this year? (bradley25 – Mood Conditions… Continue reading Learning from Others: Newsletter Highlights 2011
Rising Together: A PatientsLikeMe Year in Review (Part VI: Nonprofit Partnerships)
Why does it feel like “second nature” for PatientsLikeMe to create innovative partnerships with nonprofits? Nonprofit organizations are dedicated and centered around putting patients first – a concept that’s near and dear to us too. In 2010, we focused on refining our nonprofit partnerships to bring more events and programs to patients, both online and… Continue reading Rising Together: A PatientsLikeMe Year in Review (Part VI: Nonprofit Partnerships)
Tell The World: A PatientsLikeMe Year in Review (Part V – Marketing)
With every new member at PatientsLikeMe, there is more data generated for research, more dialogue about individual experiences, and a more expansive support network. Additionally, with more patients we can become the world’s largest and loudest representative of the patient voice. To that end, our job in marketing is to share your stories and tell… Continue reading Tell The World: A PatientsLikeMe Year in Review (Part V – Marketing)
Tech Talk: A PatientsLikeMe Year in Review (Part IV – Tech)
The PatientsLikeMe engineering team is excited to highlight some of the work that went on behind the scenes in 2010 to make this site what it is today. We tend to write more specifically about our work on a separate blog (http://tech.patientslikeme.com), so feel free to follow our work there as well. In addition to… Continue reading Tech Talk: A PatientsLikeMe Year in Review (Part IV – Tech)
One for All: A PatientsLikeMe Year in Review (Part 1)
Thanks everyone for a great 2010. As we kick off the New Year, PatientsLikeMe would like to take a quick look back at the road we’ve traveled together this year. We think of all these improvements as laying the groundwork for even more exciting changes to come in 2011. At the start of 2010, we… Continue reading One for All: A PatientsLikeMe Year in Review (Part 1)
Overcoming Obstacles – Newsletter Highlight 2010
Last week, we posted highlights from our December community newsletter interviews. As we close out 2010, we want to spotlight another question asked this month – one that is relative to all members, all patients (no matter the condition). What obstacles have you faced and overcome this year? To review all of our newsletters, you… Continue reading Overcoming Obstacles – Newsletter Highlight 2010
Happy Holidays from PatientsLikeMe
PatientsLikeMe wants to wish all of our community members, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, blog readers and general company enthusiasts a very happy holiday season. Here’s a video from our leadership team to put a smile on your face. Click on image to play
Sharing and Learning with PatientsLikeMe
In December community newsletters (launched earlier this week), we asked some of our members to think about what they’ve shared and compared in 2010. Below are highlighted answers from each interviewee across all nine community newsletters. Thank you for your contributions. We also want to thank all of you who have contributed to the 90… Continue reading Sharing and Learning with PatientsLikeMe