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There are a lot of web sites out there to help match cancer patients to clinical trials. I'm extremely proud of the results that HealthScout gives and how they are personalized to the patient's specific cancer situation. But many of the other sites also claim to deliver personalized and helpful …

Some big updates to HealthScout are here! I will keep this post brief because the walkthrough video on the home page shows the updates and features nicely.

The major changes are:

1. Now you enter patient information in a chat system that will ask clarifying questions if anything …

Emmett is a clinical research coordinator at Stanford who helps build and test HealthScout.

During my onboarding as a clinical research coordinator, I was struck by the breadth of coordination that goes into even a single blood collection. Each task—from processing a kit to logging data—represents the combined efforts …

I'm excited to share three updates to HealthScout that will help more patients find clinical trials that may be right for them.

Expanding Beyond Lung Cancer to Breast and Colon Cancer

We launched HealthScout for clinical trials for non-small cell lung cancer. Today, we’re expanding to include advanced/metastatic …

The Beginning

The idea for HealthScout started when I was seeing a patient with an uncommon kind of cancer in my radiation oncology clinic. Their cancer had spread throughout the body and was growing despite drug treatments. Their medical oncologist had told them they did not know of any …