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Thinking Doctors? Think Smartphones.

August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Opinion

Photo courtesy of Fast Company
By Sven Larsen (@zemoga)
A recent survey investigated physicians’ use of smartphones, and how it fits in to their detailing preferences. Here are some of the top findings:

The majority of doctors own smartphones.
While just about all of them still permit detailing rep visits, the numbers are dropping.
And almost [...]

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Can Pharma Have an Old Spice Guy? Pharma’s Problems With Personality

July 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · News, Opinion

By Kimberly Reyes (@CommDuCoeur)
It’s no shock that on Monday, February 8, 2010, people were buzzing about the Superbowl game the day before.  What was a surprise is that they weren’t necessarily talking about the New Orleans Saints first Superbowl win against the Indianapolis Colts – they were most likely gushing over the Weiden + Kennedy [...]

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Friend or Foe: The iPad and the iPhone

July 12th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Opinion

By Bob Mason (@BobMasonPalio)
Whether you’re ready or not, iPad and iPhone apps are invading the business world and the pharma industry is no exception. As the workforce becomes more mobile, the ability to complete tasks and access information remotely will become even more indispensible to medical professionals in the future. While tablet devices are nothing [...]

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Pixels & Pills’ Ultimate Guide to Mobile Devices

May 27th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Knowledge

By Dan Bobear (@dbobear)
No, this is not a shopping guide. Go check out Engadget or Gizmodo if you want advice on the latest shiny things. We’ll wait.
…Back? Good. Because here, we’re not going to tell you about whether the iPad is worth buying or how to hack your new phone or what the latest Android [...]

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Healthcare Is Going HITECH – And Pharma Should, Too

March 2nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · News, Trends

By Kimberly Reyes (@CommDuCoeur)
When 4 out of 5 doctors agree on something, people pay attention.  So when 4 out of 5 doctors say that mobile technology and software is crucial to ensuring the efficiency of their practice, the government took notice.  On February 17th, 2009, President Obama signed The Health Information Technology for Economic and [...]

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Are You Ready for GPS Medicine?

February 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Knowledge, News

By Russ Ward (@russcward)
Bill Davenhall of ESRI, a geographic information software developer, spoke at TEDMED in a talk that’s just been posted called “Your Health Depends on Where You Live“.
He shows an iPhone prototype app that could provide “geomedicine” data – locating the user and mapping it against all of the maps of publicly available [...]

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How Can We Make Healthcare More Social?

January 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · Opinion

By Russ Ward (@russcward)
Buying many things can be an outing or an event – or at least a collaborative effort, in which you share links to product listings and discuss pros and cons. But how social of a process is purchasing your healthcare?
Many people ask for help with health research, especially if they know someone [...]

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More Notes From the Design Ghetto

January 20th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Opinion

By Guy Mastrion (@gmastrion)
The recently announced demise of I.D. Magazine strikes a sad note for me, as I consider the need to spread good design thinking around the globe and how that thinking has enabled the creation of emergency potable water systems like those in use in Haiti as well as innovations like the iPhone [...]

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Why is Pharma Ignoring a $2.4 Billion Business Opportunity?

October 28th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Opinion, Trends

By Sven Larsen
Quick, what’s the fastest growing segment in the digital space? Facebook? Twitter? Both of those platforms have posted impressive growth over the last year. But perhaps, the most astounding story in terms of consumer & developer adoption has been the growth of the iPhone Apps store. Mashable reports today that the number of [...]

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Here Comes 2010!

October 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Opinion

Welcome to the last quarter of 2009! And you know what that means.
Well, yes, it does mean that the Aughts are about to end and now we can start listening to people argue over what the next decade should be called. (Can you call it the Teens before 2013?)
But that’s not the point here. The [...]

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