by Jason Brandt (@jasondmg3)
For over half a century, the Breathalyzer has given law-enforcement officials a portable, fairly reliable instrument to test for, and prevent, driving under the influence.
However, when you start to listen to the critics of the technology complain that diabetics, dieters, hyperventilaters, mouthwash users, cold medicine users or smokers can have incorrect results [...]
Tags:analyze·breathalyzers·data·Digital Tools·future·patient·Patients·Pharma·Pharmaceutical industry·technology·Trends·User Experience·user needs
by Krissy Goelz (@krisgoelz)
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the healthiest one of all?
Imagine if looking in the mirror could reveal more than just the lines on your face or the state of your hair. What if the mirror was magic and could know what medications you needed to take or whether your blood sugar [...]
Tags:Compliance·Design·Digital Tools·Education·engagement·future·Health·Health care·healthcare·information·innovation·magic mirror·RFID·technology·User Experience·user needs
by Jason Brandt (@jasondmg3)
Daniel Kraft of Singularity University gave a TED Talk earlier this year on the future of digital health, in which he explained how “leveraging cross-disciplinary exponentially growing technologies was affecting the future of health and wellness”. It’s a rapid-fire, brilliant, fast-paced 18 minutes and 22 seconds worth checking out, but we [...]
Tags:Daniel Kraft·Education·future·Health·healthcare·Singualrity University·strategy·TED·Thought Leaders·Trends·Video
Futurist Dr. Jeff Bauer talks about the future of healthcare and how the solution will involve contributions from numerous industries and organizations.
Tags:#digpharm·digital pharma west·future·healthcare·Pixels and Pills·Trends
By Dan Bobear (@dbobear)
Looking around the business landscape just a year or two ago, economic uncertainty lingered in the air. There was hesitancy as far as the eye can see. Whether the issue was hiring, funding a new initiative, putting money into product development or any one of countless other issues, the feeling from Wall [...]
Tags:business·competition·economic crisis·economy·framework·future·investment·manager·outcome·possibility·product development·research·risk·strategy·uncertainty
By Krissy Goelz (@krisgoelz)
It’s the 41st annual Earth Day today. The holiday started small, with a Wisconsin teaching day declared in 1970, but today, it’s celebrated in almost every country on the planet.
(Hey, isn’t it great to have at least one holiday that hasn’t been co-opted by Hallmark? Oh, wait….)
We’re used to hearing about school [...]
Tags:alternative fuels·altruism·antibiotics·business·carbon-neutral·cleanup·company·corporation·disposal·Earth Day·environment·future·holiday·industries·litter·media·medication·necessity·Pharma·prescription·sustainaibility·water supply
The Presentation by Bob Harrell of Shire Pharmaceuticals and Dr. Peter Diamandis of the X Prize Foundation at the ePharma Summit 2011 in New York City, Tuesday, February 8th.
Tags:#epharma·announcement·Bob Harrell·conference·ePharma Summit 2011·events·future·IIRUSA·Medicine·Peter Diamandis·presentation·Shire Pharmaceuticals·technology·Video·X Prize Foundation
Photo by Shaul Schwarz (Getty) for TIME
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.
By DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound)
Early Tuesday evening, January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the middle of [...]
Tags:action·aid·citizen journalism·community·crisis·crowdfunding·death·devastation·disaster·Earthquake·Education·fund·future·Haiti·Health·healthcare·help·information·inspire·lives·local·map·media·mobile·News·photos·PSFK·relief·SMS·social media·Teach Shirts·text·Twitter·viral·wiki
Image courtesy of Dvice
By DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound)
Here’s a recent social-media post you may have missed: “5 Trends That Will Shape the Next Few Years of Social Media” by David Reinhardt for The Next Web.
Who doesn’t love a list post? It’s the No. 1 most retweeted type of post internationally.
And a prognosticating post? That’s the No. [...]
Tags:collaboration·embedding·Facebook·future·healthcare·integration·location·monitor·organization·privacy·regulation·sharing·social media·Social network·technology·Trends·Twitter
Frank Dolan, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Medpanel, reviews major themes at the EyeForPharma eCommunications & Online Marketing Summit, and talks about the role of patients, metics, and communication in Pharma’s future.
Tags:#efp·conference·eComm & Online Marketing·events·eye for pharma·Frank Dolan·future·Medpanel·metrics·Patients·Pharmaceutical industry·themes·Thought Leaders·videos
