An Innovative Approach to Informing Research: Gathering Perspectives on Diabetes Care Challenges From an Online Patient Community

Emily B Schroeder   ^{1, 2} , MD, PhD ;   Jay Desai   ³ , PhD ;   Julie A Schmittdiel   ⁴ , PhD ;   Andrea R Paolino   ¹ , MA ;   Jennifer L Schneider   ⁵ , MPH ;   Glenn K Goodrich   ¹ , MS ;   Jean M Lawrence   ⁶ , MPH,ScD ;   Katherine M Newton   ⁷ , PhD ;   Gregory A Nichols   ⁵ , PhD ;   Patrick J O'Connor   ³ , MD, MPH ;   Marcy Fitz-Randolph   ⁸ , DO,MPH ;   John F Steiner   ^{1, 2} , MD, MPH

¹ Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado, Denver, CO, United States

² Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO, United States

³ HealthPartners Institute for Education and Research, Minneapolis, MN, United States

⁴ Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, United States

⁵ Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR, United States

⁶ Department of Research & Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, United States

⁷ Group Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, United States

⁸ PatientsLikeMe, Cambridge, MA, United States