1) New patient profile header
Based on feedback from last release's profile redesign, we made some adjustments to the profile header to make it easier for you to comment on each other's profile while being able to see first symptom and diagnosis date and other info without leaving the page.
Here is a patient profile header collapsed:
and here it is when you click "see more"
2) "Mentions" autocompleter:
We added the ability to "mention" another patient last release, but we required that you automatically match the username. Now we've built an autocompleter to make it easier to find the member you are trying to mention. Just type @ and the first few letters of the username to see possible matches.
3) Follow a condition
Now you can "follow" a condition to get updates in your feed when a user adds your condition.
When you follow a condition you will only see when a user adds that condition or when a user adds a treatment evaluation for a treatment taken for the purpose of that condition.
4) Mild MS relapses
Previously MS patients could only enter a relapse as moderate or severe. Now there is an option to enter a mild relapse. The mild relapses will appear with a yellow band.
5)Nonprofit partner pages upgrades
As part of our partnerships with nonprofits, we want them to use a similar layout to the new patient profile.
Here's what organizations will look like when they have employees, a logo and announcements.
Here's an organization profile with no employees listed:
Additionally, now nonprofits that have a relationship with PatientsLikeMe will be listed on the relevant condition pages
6) Android version of Android InstantMe
We now have a version of the InstantMe mobile working for Android.
m.patientslikeme.com
7) Ask to confirm atypical lab results
Sometimes patients enter data that is medically possible, but extremely unlikely. So now if you enter a lab value that falls into that category, you will get a prompt to confirm your entry before it will save the data.
1) Profile sidebar
When you log in, you'll now go directly to your profile page which has a new and improved navigation sidebar. We've added sections to help you stay organized called Tools (which has things like your Doctor Visit Sheet and 3 Star Guide), What’s new (this includes what were formerly called subscriptions), and More About Me. You can open and close each section to show or hide what you would like.
2) Follow is the new subscribe
The follow button (formerly called subscribe) has a new look, but you’ll see it in all the same places—profiles, treatments, forum threads, and forum tags. All of your previous subscriptions now appear on your following section, and anyone who subscribed to you appears under followers. Be sure to follow things and people you are interested in to take full advantage of this improved feature!
3) Feed comments and mentions
Now that your feed is not hidden on your profile it’s much more robust and allows you to add comments and mention others in your conversations. Your can now comment on activities including data updates from other members and your data updates—which means you can annotate on more than just your InstantMe. If someone replies to your activity, including anything you’ve commented on, you will receive a notification in the notifications toolbar (located next to your messages). If you want to mention someone else in the conversation you can put @ in front of their username and they will get a notification that they’ve been mentioned. If someone has a space in their username—like many admins do—use single quotes around their username @’liz morgan’.
4) Guides
To help new members get started and existing members brush up on all that we have to offer, we’ve added more guides to explain how some of these new features work. If there’s something you’d like to see explained, please send an email to support@patientslikeme.com
5) MyCycle
In addition to the changes above, we’ve also added a new feature called MyCycle. Menstrual cycles can have a big impact on lots of health conditions and having the ability to track periods has been one of our most requested features. We’re excited it’s finally here! MyCycle is available to anyone who has selected “female” as their gender in basic info.
1) Psoriasis features
We have several new features available for PatientsLikeMe members with psoriasis.
The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) is a new survey that will help you measure the impact of psoriasis on your day to day life.
When you answer these 12 questions, you will get a graph of your results on your profile charts so you can see how things change over time.
Body Surface Area (BSA) is a lab that measures the percentage of your skin that is affected by psoriasis. Your palm represents about 1% of your body surface area so you can use the number of palms you think might be affected as a good proxy to estimate the percentage of your body affected.
Psoriasis nugget
Patients who list psoriasis as their primary condition will have a new patient icon or nugget. This icon incorporates the latest DLQI and BSA scores, along with your age, gender and latest instant me status.
2) Guides
You may have seen guides on the treatment history page before, but now we've redone them to only show one at a time. These guides will appear automatically the first time you visit the page, and you can either dismiss them right away, or get them back later by pressing "show guides" at the top of the page.
We hope to add guides to many other pages soon.
3) Sortable labs
A few weeks ago we launched the labs feature. As more labs get added we realized many of you wanted to sort your labs in the order that made most sense to you. So now you have 2 options you can drag and drop them into any order you like, or you can hit the arrow to move any lab to the top of the list. So if you have one lab you update more frequently (say blood glucose) you can move it to the top of the list for easy updating.
Labs and Tests
We are excited to share some big upgrades to the labs and tests available on PatientsLikeMe. Previously labs and tests were only available to patients with certain conditions, and we received lots of suggestions asking for more detailed labs and test results on the profile.
We still support the labs and tests we previously added and we're in the process of adding several more. You can search or browse the list of available options, and if there is a particular lab or test you would like to see added email the Health Data Integrity team ( dataintegrity@patientslikeme.com ) to ask them to add it.
Public condition page changes
Last release we debuted new condition pages for logged in users. Now we are testing those changes (with a few small tweaks) for logged out visitors.
Additionally, the condition names in the header of your profile charts now have a link to the condition pages. So if you view another member's profile and see a condition you don't recognize, you can click the link to view the condition page and learn more about that condition. Or click the link on your own profile page to learn more about who else has your condition at PatientsLikeMe.
1) New condition pages (logged-in only)
We are excited to share a new look and feel for our condition pages. Here's the IBS page as an example.
These condition pages are organized around 5 central questions we think patients have when they are learning about a condition at PLM.
What is this condition?
What is it like to have this condition?
What do people take to treat this condition?
Who has this condition at PatientsLikeMe?
Where can I talk to patients with this condition?
The public condition pages still look the same. For now. :) There are a lot of future improvements we have planned for these pages, so stay tuned for more soon.
2) Hide User Option in the Forum
Users can now hide content from specific members in the forum. Each username in the forum now has a pulldown menu where a member can chose to Hide member's posts:
When a member selects this option, the posts are hidden and this placeholder appears:
If the member has accidentally selected this option, there is a one time opportunity to undo this action.
Users can see all of the members whose posts they are ignoring by visiting the blue side bar of any top level forum room page and clicking Show additional options.
Here users can see and edit the content they are hiding.
