The Value of Openness: The PatientsLikeMe Blog

Check out the October issue of WIRED magazine!  PatientsLikeMe makes “The Smart List:  12 Shocking Ideas That Will Change the World.”  In an interview with Brendan Koerner (”Forget Medical Privacy“), Co-founder Jamie Heywood talks about how “the lack of openness [in medicine] is making us sicker” and how sharing individual health data can benefit you.  What do you think?

Earlier this month, Jamie also gave a rapid fire presentation on the future of medicine at the 2009 Gov 2.0 Summit.  He addresses how we can better answer this question for patients:  “Given my status, what is the best outcome I can achieve and how do I get there?”  Here’s how (with openness leading the way):

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