The Society of Participatory Medicine

PatientsLikeMe founder Jamie Heywood: patient engagement is vital to drive change in care

By Laura Lovett 04:06 pm October 16, 2019

In 2004 PatientsLikeMe emerged as one of the early players on the digital health scene. Its platform was designed to connect patients with different symptoms and conditions, and collects patients' voluntarily submitted data for research. Today the company is still focusing on participatory patient involvement but has seen major changes, namely its summer acquisition by UnitedHealth Group. ...

Three out of four patients want easy data sharing between physicians

By Aditi Pai 11:10 am March 19, 2015

Some 75 percent of US adults said it is "very important" that their important health information can be easily shared between physicians, hospitals, and other health care providers, according to a survey of 1,011 adults conducted by ORC International. The Society of Participatory Medicine published the study. "What this survey points out is that when critical health information can't be shared...