http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfUTG7YnijE It’s 2014, and it’s a significant year for PatientsLikeMe and our members. Later this year we’ll mark the 10th anniversary of our founding. As we reflect on where we’ve come from and where we’re going, there’s one thing that has never changed—our commitment to make sure your real-world experiences are a central part… Continue reading A New Year with Jamie Heywood
Tag: patient-reported data
New Efforts Underway to Improve Care for Veterans
With financial support from UCB, the Department of Veterans Affairs and PatientsLikeMe will study patient-reported outcomes. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Jan 22, 2013 — Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Epilepsy Centers of Excellence (ECoE), biopharmaceutical company UCB and health data-sharing website PatientsLikeMe announce a new study to better understand what factors improve health outcomes for veterans with… Continue reading New Efforts Underway to Improve Care for Veterans
A Day in the Life of Health Data and Drug Information Clinical Specialist David Blaser
What’s it like to work at PatientsLikeMe? We are continuing to reveal just that with our ongoing blog series “A Day in the Life,” which features PatientsLikeMe employees from different departments. Today we’d like to introduce you to David Blaser, PharmD, a registered pharmacist who decided to trade his white lab coat for the more casual… Continue reading A Day in the Life of Health Data and Drug Information Clinical Specialist David Blaser
A Day in the Life of Health Data and Patient Safety Clinical Specialist Christine Caligtan
What’s it like to work at PatientsLikeMe? We are continuing to reveal just that with our monthly blog series “A Day in the Life,” which features PatientsLikeMe employees from different departments. Today we’d like to introduce you to Christine Caligtan, RN, MSN, a registered nurse who has served as our Health Data and Patient Safety Clinical… Continue reading A Day in the Life of Health Data and Patient Safety Clinical Specialist Christine Caligtan
Bringing PatientsLikeMe into the Doctor’s Office: An Interview with Pediatrician Dr. Jim King
You may recall that in July we shared a video about Doctors 2.0 and You, a conference focused on how physicians are using web 2.0 technology. Today we’d like to present a real-life example of this concept: Dr. Jim King, MSc, MD, FRCPC. A pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa,… Continue reading Bringing PatientsLikeMe into the Doctor’s Office: An Interview with Pediatrician Dr. Jim King
PatientsLikeMe and Merck Establish Health Information Collaboration Focused on Psoriasis
Patient-Based Research Aims to Produce New Insights Into Most Common Autoimmune Disease in U.S. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Aug 13, 2012 — PatientsLikeMe announces it has entered into a collaboration with Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, to evaluate the impact of psoriasis on patients and to inform a novel approach to improving outcomes. “A… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe and Merck Establish Health Information Collaboration Focused on Psoriasis
ALS Patients Reporting Their Health Status over the Internet Just as Reliable as a Clinician in a Hospital
At PatientsLikeMe we’ve been collecting self-reported data about patients with ALS (PALS) since 2006 – over 5,000 PALS to be exact! ALS is a disease that causes muscle wasting in the arms, legs, head and chest, which leads to problems walking, eating, and even communicating. However, unlike a disease like diabetes where there’s a blood… Continue reading ALS Patients Reporting Their Health Status over the Internet Just as Reliable as a Clinician in a Hospital
Behind Every Piece of Data Is a Patient
(This post has been repurposed from an article written by PatientsLikeMe’s Ben Heywood for eyeforpharma’s Patient’s Week 2011.) Real-world, patient-reported data is becoming more important to you, the patient, as well as everyone in healthcare. One source of that data is patient registries. According to the US Department of Health & Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research… Continue reading Behind Every Piece of Data Is a Patient