Without looking too far forward I think we all can see a day where patients have the ability to see how different decisions they make directly impact their health outcomes. I don’t mean in an abstract sense, but rather in a practical way that can change day-to-day decisions about nutrition, exercise, medication choices, and doctor… Continue reading Success is Putting Patients First
Category: Patient Experiences
All Aboard! Bringing PatientsLikeMe to Transplant “Gamers”
As you may know from reading Molly’s post last week, a few of us from the PatientsLikeMe staff recently attended the National Kidney Foundation’s 2010 U.S. Transplant Games in Madison, WI. In addition to supporting some of our current nonprofit and industry partners, PatientsLikeMe was an exhibitor at this year’s event. Our goal was to… Continue reading All Aboard! Bringing PatientsLikeMe to Transplant “Gamers”
PatientsLikeMe Gets into the Spirit of the Transplant Games
The spirit of Team Mid New England and the U.S. Transplant Games has infiltrated PatientsLikeMe! We have just gotten back from an amazing trip to Madison, WI to watch Team Mid New England take to the athletic fields and to spread the word about our transplants community at PatientsLikeMe. We had the opportunity to sponsor… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe Gets into the Spirit of the Transplant Games
Personalized Medicine: Making It All About You
Earlier this year, the University of Arizona hosted a unique meeting for scientists, policy makers, and law experts to explore the legal, ethical, and policy implications of personalized medicine. The opening keynote was by Dr. Lee Hartwell, 2001 Nobel Prize recipient in Medicine / Physiology and Director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and… Continue reading Personalized Medicine: Making It All About You
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
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”
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