PatientsLikeMe

PatientsLikeMe is an open source health resource for the individual patient. It is like Google Health in that is it geared towards the individual user/patient and focuses on empowering them with the knowledge of their medical records and health conditions. However, this resource differs from Google in its platform. PatientsLikeMe has been formed upon an "openness philosophy." It is not only about empowering the user using open source software, but it also focuses on the sharing of information amongst users. Within PatientsLikeMe, there are communities for users to join to understand their diseases, ailments, and aches/pains better. It is through the sharing that the founders of PatientsLikeMe believe that cures can be reached faster/better because of this central information exchange.