The Cutting Edge of Medical Technology Content, Community & Collaboration
Patients' Social Network Predicts Drug Outcomes
Colleagues,
As reported in MIT Tech Review ... Startup PatientsLikeMe is harvesting and analyzing patient information in a whole new way...
... The site, part social networking and part health 2.0, has gathered a wealth of data on its 65,000 members, which span 16 different disease communities, including epilepsy, fibromyalgia, and depression. It provides users with tools to track their health status and communicate with other patients, and then removes the personal details and sells the data to pharmaceutical companies and others...
... The approach won't replace clinical trials, at least anytime soon. But some experts do believe it could have enormous benefits, highlighting how different types of patients use drugs, when they stop, or what side effects they experience...
Read on at: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/25276/?nlid=2970&a=f
ENJOY!
CC
As reported in MIT Tech Review ... Startup PatientsLikeMe is harvesting and analyzing patient information in a whole new way...
... The site, part social networking and part health 2.0, has gathered a wealth of data on its 65,000 members, which span 16 different disease communities, including epilepsy, fibromyalgia, and depression. It provides users with tools to track their health status and communicate with other patients, and then removes the personal details and sells the data to pharmaceutical companies and others...
... The approach won't replace clinical trials, at least anytime soon. But some experts do believe it could have enormous benefits, highlighting how different types of patients use drugs, when they stop, or what side effects they experience...
Read on at: http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/25276/?nlid=2970&a=f
ENJOY!
CC
Views: 7
MedTechIQ VideoLibrary
Upcoming Events
© 2024 Created by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight.
Powered by
