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Category: Parkinson’s Disease
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
Treat Us Right: Mapping What Patients Think About Medications
One of the ways we can better understand whether you, as patients, are having a positive or negative treatment experience is to “listen” to the conversation you’re having in our forum. By understanding whether you are having a positive, negative, or neutral experience with a particular treatment you are taking or are considering taking, we… Continue reading Treat Us Right: Mapping What Patients Think About Medications
The Patient Rules. A Discussion with the PatientsLikeMe Executives
We recently sat down with our executive team here at PatientsLikeMe in our first-ever roundtable-format podcast. In this PatientsLikeMeOnCallTM interview, we ask Co-founders Ben and Jamie Heywood, Chief Marketing Officer David S. Williams III, and R&D Director Paul Wicks PhD to discuss why our recent series themes are so important to the history and future… Continue reading The Patient Rules. A Discussion with the PatientsLikeMe Executives
Share and Compare: From the mouths of patients
As we round out our “Share and Compare” week, here are a few quotes that some of our members have shared regarding the impact of being able to see where you fit in. You’ll read in the quotes how patients like you can find solace in the fact that there are others out there experiencing… Continue reading Share and Compare: From the mouths of patients
Share and Compare Your Health Experience
“I want to know if what I’m going through is normal for a patient like me.” This is a sentiment we’ve heard from so many of you throughout our communities. This week, we’re focusing our blog on some of the ways we’re trying to help you put your experiences in context. It’s a concept we… Continue reading Share and Compare Your Health Experience
Share and Compare: How are you feeling? Find out with InstantMe!
Here at PatientsLikeMe we strive to give you the tools and functionalities you want and need to gain insights into your conditions, including putting your experiences in context. Today, we’re introducing a new tool in all of our communities called “InstantMe.” Want to chart how you’re feeling day in and day out? Now you can.… Continue reading Share and Compare: How are you feeling? Find out with InstantMe!
The Patient Voice | Episode 5: A Little Elbow Grease and a “Can Do” Attitude
I don’t think about what I can’t do, I think about what I can do. – Cher441 Over the past month, we’ve heard several stories about how PatientsLikeMe Parkinson’s Disease community members came together online and made a quilt that has traveled all around the world providing warmth, comfort and a sense of unity for… Continue reading The Patient Voice | Episode 5: A Little Elbow Grease and a “Can Do” Attitude
The Patient Voice | Episode 4: Weaving An Inheritance
“I’ve had Parkinson’s for 15 years, and I feel like I can help people more by being vocal than I can by being quiet.” -Aunti J Stand up and shout! Episode four of our new podcast series, “The Patient Voice,” is here! For our next interviewee, meet Aunti J. Like many others who contributed to… Continue reading The Patient Voice | Episode 4: Weaving An Inheritance
What Data Do We Sell? A Continued Discussion about “Data Scraping”
In response to the Wall Street Journal article published last week, we’ve had a lot of great discussions about the role of honesty and transparency. Transparency is about you – members of the PatientsLikeMe community – knowing how we make money and what we do with the data you’ve entrusted to each other and PatientsLikeMe.… Continue reading What Data Do We Sell? A Continued Discussion about “Data Scraping”