FAQ/Help |
Calendar |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
ALS News & Research For postings of news or research links and articles related to ALS |
Reply |
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
11-07-2007, 10:29 PM | #1 | |||
|
||||
In Remembrance
|
15 companies that will change the world
Ben Heywood helps patients help themselves by connecting them to each other. PatientsLikeMe CEO: Ben Heywood (President) Disruption: An online community where patients discuss and track medical conditions Disrupted: The health-care industry, medical research There's plenty of basic data about diseases on the Internet, but there are few central repositories for firsthand accounts about what living with those diseases was like. PatientsLikeMe consolidates such personal accounts and helps patients track their progress. The deep and engaged community has only a few thousand members, but is already a boon to medical researchers; access to such communities of patients is a fast bypass around restrictive privacy rules. Full story: The Next Disruptors http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/...rs.biz2/7.html
__________________
. ALS/MND Registry . |
|||
Reply With Quote |
Reply |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
9 In 10 Doctors Take Freebies From Drug Companies | ALS | |||
still surprised by drug companies | Bipolar Disorder |