To continue our series in honor of Parkinson’s Awareness Month, here’s another interview to bring you “the patient voice.” We recently featured this interview with three-star member daddytom in the April edition of our Parkinson’s Community newsletter. Read on to learn what he has to say about finding courage, recognizing mentors and raising awareness about… Continue reading Tell the World: Daddytom Shares His Experiences with Parkinson’s
Category: Parkinson’s Disease
Tell The World: Parkinson’s Patients are “In Motion”
The PatientsLikeMeInMotion sponsorship program has been a tremendous success so far this year! Sponsorship requests from members participating in nonprofit events are flying in by the second from all over the country. It’s exciting to see our members are as active offline as they are online about raising awareness of their condition. The PatientsLikeMeInMotion program… Continue reading Tell The World: Parkinson’s Patients are “In Motion”
Tell the World: Parkinson’s Patients Unite Online and Off
At PatientsLikeMe, thousands of patients are uniting online to share health data, find patients like them, and to learn from one another. Since this is Parkinson’s Awareness Month, we wanted to highlight an off-line event that also represents unity – aptly named the Unity Walk. The annual event, which takes place next weekend in New… Continue reading Tell the World: Parkinson’s Patients Unite Online and Off
2010 Parkinson’s Awareness Month:
Interview with EnglishTutor
What better way to kick-off 2010 Parkinson’s Awareness Month than to bring you “the patient voice.” At PatientsLikeMe, we believe in getting to know the person, not just the “patient.” That’s why we interview patients each month in our newsletter to find out more about how they approach life. We recently featured englishtutor, a… Continue reading 2010 Parkinson’s Awareness Month:
Interview with EnglishTutor
PatientsLikeMe – Out & About and OnCall
The PatientsLikeMe team has been traveling around the globe recently talking about the power of real-world patient data in changing healthcare. You may have heard about our executives at industry conferences, government hearings, or even on TV. Highlights below. Last month, PatientsLikeMe Co-founder and President Ben Heywood was on Fox Business News talking about how… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe – Out & About and OnCall
Where are the Cures?
An interview with Myelin Repair Foundation
PatientsLikeMe partner, Myelin Repair Foundation (MRF), is a nonprofit organization devoted to reducing the time it takes to discover and develop treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. Recently, the MRF launched a campaign called “Where are the Cures?” – a site dedicated to a greater understanding of the barriers slowing the discovery and development of… Continue reading Where are the Cures?
An interview with Myelin Repair Foundation
FDA’s New Guidance on Patient-Reported Outcomes
We’re big fans of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) here at PatientsLikeMe, defined by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) as: “A measurement based on a report that comes directly from the patient about the status of a patient’s health condition without amendment or interpretation of the patient’s response by a clinician or anyone else.” The self-report… Continue reading FDA’s New Guidance on Patient-Reported Outcomes
PatientsLikeMe Acquires Online Pain Management Company, ReliefInsite
Today’s news release announcing acquisition of ReliefInsite. Want to receive future announcements? Sign up for our RSS feed on the press page. – – – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PATIENTSLIKEME ACQUIRES ONLINE PAIN MANAGEMENT COMPANY, RELIEFINSITE 20,000 Patients Reporting Moderate to Severe Pain on PatientsLikeMe Cambridge, MA and New York City, NY – February 16, 2010… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe Acquires Online Pain Management Company, ReliefInsite
A Year in Review: PatientsLikeMe in 2009
As 2009 comes to an end, we want to take this opportunity to thank all of our members, partners and general fans for another great year. Here’s a recap of some of the exciting happenings at PatientsLikeMe these past 12 months. Wishing you all a Happy New Year! Community Milestones This year, the 15+ disease… Continue reading A Year in Review: PatientsLikeMe in 2009
Harnessing New Media for Patient Advocacy (Part II)
A few weeks ago, I was invited to present on behalf of PatientsLikeMe at the Arthritis Foundation workshop held in Newport, RI. The presentation was on how to “harness new media for patient advocacy” – the same as what I presented at a workshop for non-profits in northern New England in August. This time the… Continue reading Harnessing New Media for Patient Advocacy (Part II)