A few weeks back, we were delighted to join the National Kidney Foundation of New England at their Transplant Games Team Meeting to give a demonstration of the PatientsLikeMe Transplants Community. Later this week, we’ll be joining Team Mid-New England as their official t-shirt sponsor as they “take the field” for the U.S. Transplants Games… Continue reading U.S. Transplants Games – Here We Come!
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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
PatientsLikeMe Teams Up With The National Kidney Foundation Serving New England
We are proud to announce a new partnership between PatientsLikeMe and the National Kidney Foundation serving New England. In the beginning stages of developing the PatientsLikeMe Transplant Community, we worked together with the National Kidney Foundation serving New England to give interested patients an opportunity to share their transplant journey and help shape this new… Continue reading PatientsLikeMe Teams Up With The National Kidney Foundation Serving New England
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
PatientsLikeMeInMotion at 2010 Parkinson’s Unity Walk
Last weekend, we headed to New York City in great anticipation of the 2010 Parkinson’s Unity Walk held each year in Central Park. We were excited once again to meet members of Team PatientsLikeMe, a group of patients who travel from across the country to meet one another and work tirelessly to raise money each… Continue reading PatientsLikeMeInMotion at 2010 Parkinson’s Unity Walk
Tell the World: Daddytom Shares His Experiences with Parkinson’s
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
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
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
Capture and Share Your Transplant Journey
Following up on last week’s launch of the PatientsLikeMe Transplants Community, we present you with the next in our podcast series – PatientsLikeMe OnCallTM: Transplant Community Walk-Through. Podcast host, Aaron Fleishman, interviews Product Manager Maureen Oakes about new and upgraded functionality rolled out with the launch of this transplants community. Topics covered in this podcast… Continue reading Capture and Share Your Transplant Journey