title: Calling all patients.
abstract: Disease-orientated consumer online communities radically change the way in which individuals monitor their health, but they could also create new ways of testing treatments and speed patient recruitment into clinical trials.
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*