by Briana Campbell (@MsMatchGirl)
Here’s the question: How do we help people get healthy and stay healthy?
With all the information that’s available, you’d think it would be a no brainer, right? There are warning labels and public service announcements and calories posted at point of purchase. Yet, people seem not to care. When, for instance, was [...]
Tags:Buster Benson·Communities·community·Compliance·gamification·gaming·Health·Health care·Health Month·healthcare·innovation·marketing·Social network·Trends
by Sven Larsen
Are you ready to make a life-or-death decision?
Most decisions aren’t as dramatic as the one the main character faces in the movie Sophie’s Choice – deciding which of her children will live or die at the hand of Nazi prison guards – but how you approach health care privacy can be the difference [...]
Tags:Communities·community·Digital Tools·Education·Health care·healthcare·information·innovation·patient·Patients·privacy·technology·Trends·user needs
by Briana Campbell (@MsMatchGirl)
Amit Gupta is dying.
And the tech world is rallying to help.
This makes sense, right, he’s a tech guy, protégé of Seth Godin, and founder of PhotoJoJo, and his community wants to help him. They want to heal him. By any means necessary.
Several months ago, as part of Fast Company’s Innovation Uncensored in [...]
Tags:Amit Gupta·communication·Communities·community·digital strategy·Digital Tools·Education·leukemia·National Marrow Donor Program·patient·Seth Godin·social media·social networks·transplants·Tribes
Started in 1996, Cysticfibrosis.com connects a large audience who can’t come together in real life. Here she talks with Pixels & Pills host Alice An, at Digital Pharma East 2011, about the evolution of the site.
Tags:#digpharm·Communities·community·Cystic Fibrosis·cysticfibrosis.com·Digital Pharma East·Jeanne Barrett·patient communities·patient education·patient engagement·patient portal·Patients·user needs
Ed Bennett, Manager of Web Services at the University of Maryland Medical Center talks at Social Media for Social Health about how hospitals are using social media to monitor patient wellness, build support communities and motivate staff and generally improve patient care.
Tags:#sxsh·Communities·community·patient·Patients·social media·Thought Leaders·Trends
Tags:#epatcon·communication·Communities·community·conference·Conferences·events·Health care·healthcare·Thought Leaders·Tweetup·Twitter
It’s the time of year when we spend a lot of time at conferences. And we hope you enjoy our coverage.
We’re pleased to announce that we’ll be back in Philly, October 17 through 20, for the 5th annual Digital Pharma East.
Just a few things you can look forward to:
10 in depth case studies: Pfizer, Johnson [...]
Tags:communication·Communities·community·conference·Conferences·digital strategy·Education·events·Health care·healthcare·information·marketing·Pharma·Pharmaceutical industry·social media·Social network·Thought Leaders
The Defining Moments series looks back at the biggest events of 2010 to see what we can learn from them here at P&P, to work better in our calling, in 2011 and beyond.
It Gets Better
The Trevor Project
On September 22, 2010, a skinny, redheaded 18-year-old changed education and laws [...]
Tags:bullying·communication·Communities·community·defining moments·Education·Facebook·homophobia·innovation·it gets better·social media·the trevor project·Trends·Twitter
by DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound)
We have an interesting relationship with pharma conferences.
On the one hand, we love them. We think the chances to share best practices and nascent ideas, to learn from each other and to network are all fabulous. We’ve been to dozens, shared video and recaps, and told you about “Conferences You Should Be [...]
Tags:communication·Communities·community·conference·Conferences·Education·engagement·events·marketing·Pharma·Pharmaceutical industry·social media·Social network·strategy·Thought Leaders·Trends
If you’re going to ePatient Connections, the odds are that you’ve already made up your mind. You’ve booked your flight and reserved your room. If you’re still on the fence, we thought we’d help you make the right decision.
So we present to you, with apologies to Dave Letterman, the Top 5 Reasons to attend ePatent [...]
Tags:#epatcon·community·conference·Conferences·Education·epatient·ePatient Connections·events·healthcare·information·marketing·pharma marketing·strategy·Thought Leaders·Trends
