And more specifically, can it be used to collect patient data, raise investment funds, make scientific data more accurate and even allow regular people to access the world of venture capital?
This was the provocative question posed to a five-person discussion panel at the 2012 Partnering for Cures conference last fall that included several thought leaders, including PatientsLikeMe’s own Sally Okun, RN, MMHS, who was recently promoted to the position of Vice President of Advocacy, Policy and Patient Safety.
“We have a small subset of people on PatientsLikeMe who have found us and who are gaining some expertise at being what might be called citizen scientists,” says Sally. “But I think the important piece is that there are so many more people out there that we have to reach and help understand that there is access to so much more information than you are currently getting. And social media is one way of doing that.”
Tune in below for Sally’s full comments and to hear what the other four panelists had to say about the growing use of social media in science.
