This post is part of a series of point/counterpoint arguments proposed by different members of the Pixels & Pills staff. We’re strong believers that healthy arguments can yield the best solutions, and we hope that you enjoy our series. Feel free to add your own arguments in the comments section below!
by Krissy Goelz (@krisgoelz)
I’m not [...]
Tags:doctor·doctor's office·doctors practice·Education·epatient·healthcare·information·patient·Pharmaceutical industry·technology·Trends
by Sven Larsen
Twenty-three years ago, World AIDS Day dedicated the first of December to focusing attention on the fight against the disease: raising awareness, fighting to lower infection rates and boost survival rates, and honor those who have been part of the fight.
On a personal level, you can more about World AIDS Day and how you can [...]
Tags:"Getting To Zero"·#worldAIDSday·AIDS·communication·Disease Prevention·diseases·Education·Health·healthcare·HIV·inspiration·World AIDS Day
by Dennis Portello
Everywhere you turn, a wave of seemingly ever-accelerating technology changes impact our world. From computers to communications, from basic research to go-to-market products, technology has increased productivity and, most would argue, increased our standard of living.
Against that backdrop – not to mention the backdrop of individual lives, full of smartphones, computers, iPads and [...]
Tags:developing world·Digital Innovation·global healthcare·Health·Health care·healthcare·impact·Improve·innovation·mobile·patient needs·technology·user needs
by Jason Brandt (@jasondmg3)
What if there were a coordinated healthcare system in which teams of caregivers focused on sharing information and insights about their mutual patients and preventing health issues before they became critical?
Is it a utopian dream or perhaps the mission statement of an advocacy group? No – it’s the original vision developed two [...]
Tags:caremore·Health care·Health Care Reform·healthcare·patient needs·Patients·prevention·prevention models·US Health Care·user needs
by DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound)
Thinking back just 20 years ago, there were a limited number of communication options: the phone call, the letter, the fax. A person’s digital habit – though not thought of in that way – was limited to television or radio, save for a few early adopters exploring computer technology. Today we have [...]
Tags:communication·digital habits·Digital Tools·engagement·Health care·health care providers·healthcare·information·Patients·Trends·user needs
by Krissy Goelz (@krisgoelz)
Recently, we were asked what we thought about how Google+ could affect healthcare, by someone who had read an Xconomy post on the same question.
So, does this newest, mega-hyped social network have the potential to really transform the industry? As you’ve seen with our many point/counterpoint articles, we like to [...]
Tags:Digital Tools·Education·engagement·Facebook·Google·Google Plus·Health care·healthcare·innovation·Legal Issues·social media·Social network·Trends·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 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 Jason Brandt (@jasondmg3)
I don’t understand any of this stuff.
Who has the time to really use this stuff anyway?
No real business can afford to have employees wasting their time on this stuff when they should be busy working.
It’s just a geek thing. Nobody with a life really uses this stuff.
It’s just a kid thing. [...]
Tags:business·communication·Digital Tools·Education·engagement·Facebook·FDA·Health care·healthcare·information·innovation·marketing·Patients·Pharmaceutical industry·social media·Social network·Trends
