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Healthcare by the Numbers

January 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Opinion, Trends

Today’s guest post is from Brady Walcott, VP of Strategic Marketing and Development at imc² health & wellness.
825. 750. 622.
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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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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