Is it getting hot in here? Earlier this month, corporate research firm Lead411 announced its 2012 “Hottest Companies in Boston” awards, which recognize the fastest growing technology companies in the Boston area. The award selection process started with over 1,776 companies and was narrowed down to the top 62. We were one of them! Headquartered… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe Named One of Lead411’s “Hottest Companies in Boston”
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H@cking Medicine: Open Up!
This weekend, MIT is hosting the first H@cking Medicine conference and PatientsLikeMe is proud to be a sponsor. The hacking encouraged here isn’t malicious, rather, it refers to a passionate subculture of computer programmers who believe in sharing, openness, and innovation (among other things). Those are three concepts near and dear to us here at… Continue reading H@cking Medicine: Open Up!
One for All (Video): The Road Ahead at PatientsLikeMe
“We’re just getting started on a long road to really impact your individual disease and your quality of life…” Each week this month, we’ll be posting a video interview with a member of the PatientsLikeMe executive team. You’ll hear from Ben Heywood, Jamie Heywood, David S. Williams and Paul Wicks, Ph.D. about what the recent… Continue reading One for All (Video): The Road Ahead at PatientsLikeMe
PatientsLikeMe Refutes Published Clinical Trial
Congratulations to our R&D team here at PatientsLikeMe for its most recent paper published in Nature Biotechnology (“Accelerated clinical discovery using self-reported patient data collected online and a patient-matching algorithm”). The full paper has been made available by Nature so you can read the results and access all of the supplemental data and figures. Below are… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe Refutes Published Clinical Trial
The Patient Voice Heard Loud and Clear at AHCJ ’11
Last week, we had the opportunity to be a part of the Association of Health Care Journalists (AHCJ) annual conference in Philadelphia, PA. Carla Johnson, medical writer for the Associated Press, invited PatientsLikeMe to be part of her session entitled “Tapping into the e-patient phenomenon.” It was a great opportunity for us to help healthcare… Continue reading The Patient Voice Heard Loud and Clear at AHCJ ’11
PatientsLikeMe Calls All Patients With Any Condition to Join
Today, PatientsLikeMe announces its expansion in the following news release. (You can click on the image on the right to see a visualization of real-time profile views on PatientsLikeMe.) ***** CAMBRIDGE, MA–(Marketwire – April 11, 2011) – Today, PatientsLikeMe (www.patientslikeme.com) announces the expansion of its platform and invites patients with any condition to join. The five-year-old… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe Calls All Patients With Any Condition to Join
Lights, Camera, Action!
This year, we’ve finally found a few moments to get the team together and share our story as a company – and capture it all on video. Below are some cool pictures of our video crew and PatientsLikeMe team setting up for a recent video shoot. We hope to have the final video up soon,… Continue reading Lights, Camera, Action!
Patient Choices: How Open Are You Now?
At PatientsLikeMe, we have a Privacy Policy that explains what we do with the health data that patients like you share. But as many of you know, we also have an Openness Philosophy, which outlines what we believe are the substantial benefits of being open versus private about your condition. Here’s an excerpt: “Currently, most… Continue reading Patient Choices: How Open Are You Now?
The Choices Patients Like You – and Like My Mother – Face
Patients like you with life-changing conditions have to make choices every day, just like anyone else. These choices, however, typically have more at stake than how to RSVP to a party or even whether to walk away from an “underwater” home. For patients like you, your lives may be at stake. I have watched my… Continue reading The Choices Patients Like You – and Like My Mother – Face
Treat us right: Comparing Cymbalta and Lyrica in the fibromyalgia community
At PatientsLikeMe, we strive to put the interests of you, the patient, first in everything we do. After all, you are the customers of the healthcare industry, and you deserve to have a say about the products and services created for you. Unfortunately, your needs and opinions often haven’t had the influence on the decision-making… Continue reading Treat us right: Comparing Cymbalta and Lyrica in the fibromyalgia community