Today’s guest post is from Brady Walcott, VP of Strategic Marketing and Development at imc² health & wellness.
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This is not a phone number. Or a GPS location. But one of those numbers could be your credit score. And while the majority of Americans don’t know their credit score by heart, many can [...]
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Healthcare by the Numbers
January 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Opinion, Trends
Tags:data collection·devices·health technolgy·quantified health·quantified self
Will Nursing Be the Next Field Disrupted by Technology?
January 25th, 2012 · No Comments · Opinion, Trends
By Krissy Goelz
Between the ongoing debate about U.S. healthcare reform, rising costs and an explosion of new technologies, what does the future hold for nursing?
It’s a vital question. The nation’s millions of nurses are front-line caregivers; virtually anything that impacts healthcare impacts nursing, and vice-versa. Figuring out changes to the profession based on healthcare reform [...]
Tags:nursing·nursing informatics·technology·telehealth·telemedicine·telemonitoring
Lean Digital Strategy
January 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Opinion, Trends
by Jason Brandt (@jasondmg3)
Can two of the hottest organizational and operational trends from the last 20 years – Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma – be adapted to pharma? That’s a trick question: They already have been, and quite successfully.
But, how about online pharma marketing? It’s a more interesting proposition.
First, some definitions for the majority of [...]
Tags:analytics·analyze·digital strategy·Education·innovation·Lean Digital Strategy·marketing·Pharmaceutical industry·six sigma·strategy·technology·Trends
Making the Case for Mobile in Healthcare
January 18th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Trends
We’ve been writing a lot about the case for mobile in healthcare over the past couple of years. And we’re going to keep writing about it. With one quarter of US adults turning to their mobiles for healthcare information, it’s important that the industry keeps pushing forward with innovative sites, apps and tools that will [...]
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Apps: HeartBeats for Android
January 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Knowledge, Trends
You’ve told us that you want to see more about what goes on at Zemoga, the sponsor of this media property, so we thought we’d give you a quick look in at a recent project that the team is especially proud of. Maria Rueda gave us the lowdown on one of Zemoga’s new babies, the [...]
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Why Aren’t We Talking About H-Commerce?
January 12th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Knowledge, Opinion, Trends
By Sven Larsen
These days everyone is familiar with e-commerce. And our more social media savvy readers are probably all clued up on f-commerce (that’s Facebook commerce folks). I’ve even heard Google’s Adwords and Adsense business referred to as g-commerce. But what about the next letter in the alphabet. How come no one is talking about [...]
Tags:Digital Tools·h-commerce·hcommerce·Health care·healthcare·innovation·marketing·online resources·Pharma·Pharmaceutical industry·strategy·technology·Trends·user needs
In Light of FDA Draft Guidance? Keep Going
January 9th, 2012 · 8 Comments · Opinion, Trends
by Briana Campbell (@MsMatchGirl)
By now, you’ve all had time to review the FDA’s draft guidance on Responding to Unsolicited Requests for Off-Label Information About Prescription Drugs and Medical Devices. And you’ve had time to read the multitude of responses that came after (if you didn’t, Fabio Gratton has compiled many of them for you). And, [...]
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Life Sciences Innovation Forum
January 6th, 2012 · No Comments · News, Trends
Here at Pixels & Pills, we like to push the envelope (or, better, encourage all of you to push it) when it comes to innovation in the healthcare space. That’s why we were so excited to have the opportunity to cover the Life Sciences Innovation Forum, produced by our friends at ExL Pharma in a [...]
Tags:biotech·conference·Conferences·events·ExL Pharma·innovation·life sciences·life sciences innovation forum·medical device·Microsoft·Pharmaceutical industry·technology
Have You Evolved?
January 4th, 2012 · No Comments · News, Trends
We recently chatted with Paul Simms, Chairman of eyeforpharma, the mastermind behind the ‘Pharmasuiticus reps’ YouTube nature “documentary,” which you may have seen doing the rounds in your social networks.
Pixels&Pills: Why did you decide to make this video?
Paul Simms: We find ourselves quite frustrated with the current situation in pharmaceutical sales management. This is still [...]
Tags:Digital Tools·eyeforpharma·Health care·innovation·marketing·Paul Simms·Pharma·pharma reps·Pharmaceutical industry·Pharmasuiticus Rep·Sales·sales reps·sales tools·technology·user needs·Video
The Case For Mobile in Healthcare
January 2nd, 2012 · No Comments · Knowledge, News, Trends
by Briana Campbell (@MsMatchGirl)
“If it’s not mobile, it won’t work in 2012 and beyond,” Jason Falls is quoted as saying in Awareness Networks 2012 Social Marketing and New Media Predictions. “We’re a marketplace conditioned to look down on our screen first. It’s not a B2C vs. B2B thing. If your users are people, you’re going [...]
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