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PatientsLikeMe launches “Data for Good” campaign to encourage health data sharing to advance medicine

Public Service Announcement-Style Video Calls Patients to “Donate Your Data for You. For Others. For Good” CAMBRIDGE, MA – March 10, 2014 – Today, PatientsLikeMe kicks off a new campaign promoting the value of sharing health information to advance research. In a series of public service announcement-style videos, the company highlights a movement called “data… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe launches “Data for Good” campaign to encourage health data sharing to advance medicine

Social media users say ‘yes’ to sharing health data

There are some new survey results that just came out from the Institute of Medicine’s Evidence Communication Innovation Collaborative (ECIC) that show social media users give the stamp of approval to sharing health data. (A big, public shout out to the more than 2,000 PatientsLikeMe members who participated in the survey.) It’s very exciting to… Continue reading Social media users say ‘yes’ to sharing health data

Partnering with Patients to Improve Healthcare

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) Partnering with Patients workshop, where PatientsLikeMe’s Health Data Integrity & Patient Safety Director Sally Okun, RN, MMHS, and PatientsLikeMe member Laura Phillips, who has multiple sclerosis (MS), shared the stage as co-presenters. It was a novel approach to incorporate a patient co-presenter into… Continue reading Partnering with Patients to Improve Healthcare

Creating Your “A Team” for Health

Today’s guest post is written by PatientsLikeMe Vice President for Advocacy, Policy and Patient Safety Sally Okun, RN, MMHS. Getting health care can often feel like you’re trying to put together a difficult jigsaw puzzle, only to find that some of the pieces are missing. Even under the best circumstances, navigating the health care system is… Continue reading Creating Your “A Team” for Health