August 2013

The Open Research Exchange- A talk with Paul Tarini and Ben Heywood

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Founded on a philosophy of “openness,” PatientsLikeMe aggregates patient-reported data from over 200,000 members on 2,000 diseases, analyzes them and shares the results with healthcare and life science companies to accelerate research and develop more effective treatments. With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, we’re now building the Open Research Exchange (ORE) so that researchers, clinicians, […]

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PatientsLikeMe creates largest open registry of IPF patients in the world

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Community One of Website’s Fastest Growing; Reveals Real-World Picture Of Daily Life With the Rare Lung Disease CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— August 22, 2013—In a few short months, PatientsLikeMe has created the largest open registry of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients online, and some of the most current patient-reported data on the disease. The information the community

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“My new normal.” PatientsLikeMe member Jeff tells his personal journey with interstitial lung disease

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Have you met PatientsLikeMe member Jeff, also known as NinerFan? He has been living with interstitial lung disease (ILD) since 2004 and he recently took some time to share his journey with us. He spoke about everything from getting diagnosed to being a newlywed, and gave a great list of advice for others going through a

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PatientsLikeMe selects first pilot users for Open Research Exchange™

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Researchers and Patients to Test New Measures for Hypertension, Treatment Burden, Appetite and Diabetes, Primary Palliative Care CAMBRIDGE, Mass.— August 13, 2013—PatientsLikeMe has named the first four researchers and teams who will pilot test its new Open Research Exchange™ (ORE) platform. Supported by a $1.9 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, ORE was

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Diabetes and stress- What the PatientsLikeMe diabetes community has to say

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Here at PatientsLikeMe, we believe that sharing healthcare experiences is good. Why? Because when patients share real-world data, collaboration on a global scale becomes possible. So, we wanted to share back with everyone some results from a recent diabetes survey that nearly 600 PatientsLikeMe community members took part in. Our members entered their responses to

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PatientsLikeMe co-founder Jamie Heywood named to PharmaVoice Top 100

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An MIT-trained mechanical engineer, Jamie entered the field of translational medicine when his 29 year old brother Stephen was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Today Jamie is a chief scientist and architect for PatientsLikeMe. Described by CNNMoney as one of the 15 companies that will change the world, Jamie co-founded PatientsLikeMe to ensure

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