In order to conduct meaningful clinical trials, it’s important to have solid metrics for tracking disease trajectories and patient experiences. Developing these patient outcome measures is the goal of PatientsLikeMe’s new open-participation research platform, funded by a $1.9 million grant...
Explore the data: Which NHS service contracts are up for grabs as the government's NHS reforms continue? Chris Cross Simon Rogers
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A cold wind is blowing in from the north, blowing so hard that at times that the rain seems to be falling sideways, echoing off the windowpanes like handfuls of pea gravel. The leaves from the walnut trees, that had prematurely yellowed, dance a minuet as they slowly make their way to the ground in Read...
If you watch too much television your brain will fry. Sometimes I feel like mine is in a crepe pan that was left sitting on the stove too long. Two nights ago I’m watching Nova or some comparable show on PBS. The topic of the show was to outline all the events that took place [...] Read More...
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Pardon the idiom, and yes, the misspelling was deliberate. You may want to grab a sandwich, this is a long read. For the longest time it has occurred to me that most companies find themselves in a state of what I like to label Permanent Whitewater. As they careen through the rapids, it is anybody’s Read...
The web never ceases to amaze me. I’ve gotten to the point if I can’t find something I’m looking for, no matter how obscure, I figure that I did something wrong in how I framed the search. For example, I was trying to connect to a high school classmate, someone I hadn’t spoken with since before [......
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The one application of crowdsourcing that is most overlooked is one which hardly fits the definition. This type is not premeditated. It is the type where the “machine” is a means to an end, and it does not originate at the organization. In fact, the organization is the target of this type of crowdsourcing...