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Council of Medical Specialty Societies

The Promise of Patient-Led Research Integration

January 18, 2023 By Susannah Fox 5 Comments

In Dark Times Shine Your Light Brighter

The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) and Patient-Led Research Collaborative (PLRC) have developed a collaborative research model for use by patients and patient organizations, funders, research institutions and other traditional biomedical research teams. The project was funded by a grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). The model is represented by a set […]

Filed Under: participatory research, patient networks, policy issues, research issues Tagged With: Council of Medical Specialty Societies, Gina Assaf, Hannah Wei, Patient-Led Research Collaborative, PCORI

Patient-led research is a key element of pandemic response

August 14, 2020 By Susannah Fox 11 Comments

Puzzle with missing pieces

On August 12, the Council of Medical Specialty Societies hosted the fifth webinar in their series focused on COVID-19 and clinical registries. If you missed it — or want to watch it again — here’s the video: Here, also, are the panelists’ slides and a collection of tweets posted in advance of and during the […]

Filed Under: health data, participatory research, patient networks, peer-to-peer health care, research issues Tagged With: Body Politic, Council of Medical Specialty Societies, COVID19, Emily Sirotich, Gary Wolf, Gina Assaf, Hannah Davis, Helen Burstin, LongCovid, patient registries, Quantified Self, rheumatoid arthritis

Advancing clinical registries to support pandemic treatment and response

July 27, 2020 By Susannah Fox 23 Comments

Close up of fuzzy dandelion seeds

The biomedical research model has a blind spot. People living with a condition or disease are traditionally seen as passive sources of data, not active participants in the research. We as a society miss out on promising avenues of inquiry. It’s time to widen our lens. On August 12, I’ll moderate a discussion about how […]

Filed Under: health data, peer-to-peer health care Tagged With: Body Politic, British Medical Journal, Council of Medical Specialty Societies, COVID19, Emily Sirotich, flip teaching, Gary Wolf, Gina Assaf, Hannah Davis, Helen Burstin, LongCovid, patient registries, Quantified Self, rheumatoid arthritis

Accelerating real-time electronic data capture for COVID-19 tracking and response

July 13, 2020 By Susannah Fox 1 Comment

UC Health line graph showing COVID19 cases across their hospital system in July 2020

The Council of Medical Specialty Societies and the Association of Academic Medical Colleges, with support from the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation, are hosting a webinar series focused on COVID-19 patient registries. They are being offered free and open to the public. The second in the series took place on July 8 and addressed the […]

Filed Under: health data Tagged With: Andrew Ip, Atul Butte, Body Politic, Council of Medical Specialty Societies, COVID19, Jessie Tenenbaum, patient registries, Subha Madhavan, Tellen Bennett

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