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Amplifying the patient voice on health care: Real people, real change

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In 2017, patients like you participated in research, attended conferences and took action on important health care changes. Check out some of the ways the PatientsLikeMe community is raising a unified voice on health care. “Patients are a key piece to healthcare’s puzzle” Back in May, PatientsLikeMe, the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and Arc […]

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“My expertise is as a person with Parkinson’s”: Member Lisa brings the patient voice to drug development

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Member Lisa (lcs), a Team of Advisors alum who’s living with Parkinson’s disease, has found her advocacy niche: involving patients in drug development. Diagnosed with PD in 2008, Lisa served as a patient thought leader and co-author of a published journal article called “Increasing Patient Involvement in Drug Development.” She worked on the publication along

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The Patient Voice- PTS member David shares his story

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Today is PTS Awareness Day, so we wanted you to meet PatientsLikeMe community member Cpl. David Jurado, who lives with post-traumatic stress (PTS). David developed PTS while serving in the military. After he retired, he continued to deal with daily symptoms, and he encourages members to connect with others on PatientsLikeMe, because “if you want

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Update and results – the Patient Voice Analysis study

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About a year ago, the PatientsLikeMe Parkinson’s disease (PD) community started something totally different: a study to compare the sound of their voices to their self-reported PD Rating Scale (PDRS) on PatientsLikeMe. It’s called the Patient Voice Analysis (PVA), and we teamed up with you, Max Little, Ph.D. and Sage Bionetworks to get it done.

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The Patient Voice- MS member Jackie shares her story

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  When Jackie was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis after a long, exhausting process, she struggled with a fear of the unknown and had no idea what she would be facing. But then she connected with the thousands of MS members on PatientsLikeMe. Jackie shared with the community about how she felt her current medication was

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The Patient Voice: Garth shares his cancer story for 24 Days of Giving

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After Garth was diagnosed with cancer, he made a promise to his daughter Emma: he would write 826 napkin notes so she had one each day in her lunch until she graduated high school. “In the beginning they never had a deep meaning. They were generally just notes of reminders. ‘I love you’ or ‘Have

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