Sally Okun

Does anyone in healthcare want to be understood?

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About Sally Okun

Sally Okun is the Vice President for Advocacy, Policy and Patient Safety at PatientsLikeMe in Cambridge, MA. She is responsible for the company’s patient advocacy initiatives; she participates and contributes to health policy discussions at the national and global level; and she is the company’s liaison with government and regulatory agencies.

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Sally Okun of PatientsLikeMe, one of the first social networks for health, reveals what has emerged from years of openly sharing data: The patients' lexicon.

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