Jeff Cole

A New Way to Import “Blue Button” Patient Data from the VA

I love the conveniences that come from having my data moved around online (with my permission, of course).  For example, TurboTax will pull all my information from my investment bank and the IRS, and then calculate how much I owe.  With me doing hardly anything, I’m done in about 20 minutes!   Similarly, Mint.com can pull […]

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Tech Talk: A PatientsLikeMe Year in Review (Part IV – Tech)

The PatientsLikeMe engineering team is excited to highlight some of the work that went on behind the scenes in 2010 to make this site what it is today.  We tend to write more specifically about our work on a separate blog (http://tech.patientslikeme.com), so feel free to follow our work there as well. In addition to

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One for All: Interview with Babsie (Fibromyalgia Community Welcomer)

To close out this week’s blog series (“One for All”), we bring you an interview with another noted “welcomer” from our Fibromyalgia community.  Meet Babsie.  A member of the 19,000-member community, she has commented on hundreds of patient profiles to date (which is highlighted in a graphic on Jeff Cole’s earlier blog here).   Read

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One for All: Interview with Diamondlil58 (Welcomer of 15k Patients)

We’ve been learning about how connected our patients are this week in our blog series called “One for All.”  In the first two blogs by Jeff Cole, we read (and saw through cool graphics) how some of our members are initiating an unparalleled universe of dialogue.  Today, we sit down with one of those members,

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One for All: The PatientsLikeMe “Welcome Wagon”

In yesterday’s post, we looked at some of the ways members of the PatientsLikeMe community are connecting with other patients and the value they are getting from it.  Today, we’ll highlight how one person can make an enormous difference and inspire you with her ability to connect with others. One method of reaching out to

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One for All: The Connected Community of PatientsLikeMe

PatientsLikeMe is dedicated to building a platform for the open sharing of personal health data.  So far, our community of patients have shared over 600,000 outcome surveys, 300,000 treatment histories, and 2.3 million symptom reports.   We believe this enormous collection of health data will dramatically improve how patients manage their conditions. But there are more

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ALS Awareness 2010: A Four Year Journey With Our PALS

Four years ago this Spring, PatientsLikeMe launched the ALS community with very specific goals in mind – to help patients like you take control of your disease, share and learn from one another, have a voice in real-world research and inform the companies that make your drugs and can improve your care.  Together, we have

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Exciting New ALS Progression Chart Upgrades

Today, we’re announcing an exciting major upgrade to our PatientsLikeMe platform – new profile charts with significant functional improvements. We started PatientsLikeMe with the idea that visualizing your condition and treatment history over time is a powerful way to understand the impact of your treatment choices and tell the story of your progress to other

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