Microblog: Patients as Innovators

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CanBiotech Inc. — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 12:39:47 -0400

The Patient Innovation European Tour
The exhibition features projects related to citizens who took action and became scientists, and shows that you don’t have to be in a lab and wearing a white coat to make a difference.
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CanBiotech Inc. — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:10:36 -0500

GTCbio's Diabetes summit will be showcasing a few patient entrepreneurs working on different aspects of treatment and management of the disease. The summit will be held at the Hyatt Regency on April 5th – 7th, 2017 in Boston, MA. The following entrepreneurs and their companies will be participating in the Patient Entrepreneur Panel:

Karin…

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CanBiotech Inc. — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 11:04:42 -0400

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) now invites patients to join researchers to review research results. Join us for a special workshop hosted by PCORI at Medicine X 2016 to learn more!

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CanBiotech Inc. — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:14:30 -0400

The Patient as an Innovator Executive Summary
This Executive Summary provides an overview of the Patient as an Innovator workshop.
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CanBiotech Inc. — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 20:53:48 -0400

Stanford Medicine X co-leads Precision Medicine workshop at the White House
The workshop focused on a core principle of President Obama’s Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) – engaging participants as partners in research.
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CanBiotech Inc. — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:56:17 -0400

A Patient-Designed Do-It-Yourself Mobile Technology System for Diabetes
Nightscout Project, an innovative do-it-yourself mobile technology system for type 1 diabetes, was created by patients for patients. This bottom-up, patient-driven approach to health production has important lessons for a new era marked by patient engagement.
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CanBiotech Inc. — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 18:05:01 -0400

Defining Patient Experience

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CanBiotech Inc. — Tue, 01 Mar 2016 16:44:41 -0500

A physician's personalized quest for better health
Chu’s blog, Precision: me, chronicles the first 90 days of his effort to lose weight and reverse prediabetes. On it, he tracks his weight, lab values, medications, food, exercise, and symptoms like hunger and headaches.
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CanBiotech Inc. — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 11:15:04 -0500

The Diabetes UnConference
A patient-peer conference enabling for discussion, empowerment and health management.

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CanBiotech Inc. — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 14:12:49 -0400

Patient Solutions
By PharmaVoice

Following the patient journey from diagnosis, disease management including treatment choice and optimization, and eventual health management.
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CanBiotech Inc. — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:54:32 -0400

JOHNS HOPKINS EPILEPSY STUDY IS FIRST RESEARCHKIT APP TO USE APPLE WATCH
--EpiWatch is an epilepsy research study that monitors seizure symptoms with Apple Watch to improve seizure detection, improve medication adherence and enhance quality of life for those who suffer from seizures.

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CanBiotech Inc. — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 14:25:53 -0400

Is there a disparity between what patients think are research priorities and the focus of academic/industry studies? Patients become experts in regard to disease and health management; their research priorities can often differ from those of academic/industry based researchers.

Dr. Braden Manns and Brenda Hemmelgarn from the University of…

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CanBiotech Inc. — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:19:18 -0400

A team of advisors at PatientsLikeMe develops guidelines for researchers-best practices for engaging patients.

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CanBiotech Inc. — Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:17:10 -0400

PatientsLikeMe engages patients to create new health measures. Read more about the development of pain measures that assess the impact on daily functions/activities.

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CanBiotech Inc. — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 11:14:46 -0400

Pharma Foods:

With the ability to self-monitor symptoms and disease outcomes and with the increased focus on pharma foods to prevent disease and augment health through nutrition, the industry needs to re-assess its strategy of drug design and development in isolation. Clearly the time has come that patient self-management and wellness…