Hypertension on the Open Research Exchange- A talk with pilot researcher Tamara Kear, PhD., R.N., CNS, CNN

We’ve been talking about the new PatientsLikeMe Open Research Exchange on the blog over the past few weeks, and today, we’d like to introduce another one of the pilot researchers. In case you haven’t heard, our researcher partners will be using ORE to pilot, deploy, share and validate new ways to measure diseases. And PatientsLikeMe members will be able to give feedback on their work, putting them – the patients – at the center of new medical research.

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Tamara’s background includes more than 20 years of practice as a nephrology nurse caring for patients with chronic kidney disease. Over the past three years, her research has focused on hypertension, one of the factors prompting a rise in kidney disease.

Tamara is developing a tool that will help practitioners see how well a patient is doing at home and identify barriers in managing hypertension. There are over 6,000 PatientsLikeMe members living with hypertension, and their feedback will be responsible for helping improve the quality of Tamara’s research. PatientsLikeMe members can give their feedback right to Tamara. They’ll be helping her create a better tool that can improve treatment for everyone living with hypertension.

We’ll be sending out invites over the next couple of weeks, so if you’re living with hypertension and want to give your feedback on Tamara’s tool, simply create a PatientsLikeMe profile and we’ll take care of the rest. If you’re already a member, sign into your profile and we’ll be sure to send you an invitation.

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