Jamie Heywood
Co-Founder of PatientsLikeMe | Disrupting Healthcare and Increasing Patient Power
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Jamie Heywood is the co-founder and former chairman of PatientsLikeMe, a pioneering online community that empowers patients to share their health data and experiences. Heywood's work has focused on using technology to transform the healthcare system, giving patients a stronger voice.
He previously co-founded ALS Therapy Development Institute, the world's largest ALS research lab, after his brother was diagnosed with the disease. Heywood's keynotes provide a unique patient-centric perspective on the future of healthcare, sharing insights on how data and community can improve outcomes and increase individual agency.
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The big idea my brother inspired
When Jamie Heywood's brother was diagnosed with ALS, he devoted his life to fighting the disease as well. The Heywood brothers built an ingenious website where people share and track data on their illnesses -- and they discovered that the collective data had enormous power to comfort, explain and predict.
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