Tag Archives: information

ePatient Connections 2011

We don't know about you, but we're really excited for next month's ePatient Connections, in Philadelphia, PA! Bigger than before, this year's conference brings together experts from life sciences,...
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PharmaCONNECT: A New Way For Pharma to Meet Physicians

Last week, we had the pleasure of speaking with Andy Nimmo, the president of Physicians Office Resource. POR is a media publishing company that offers a catalogue of medical devices and in-office...
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Can Video be Your Brand Differentiator?

by Sven Larsen (@zemoga) There are a lot of people looking for jobs, but theres definitely a shortage of talent. Pharmaceutical companies are facing a specialized knowledge skills gap, whether...
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Running Scared: Pharma and the Facebook Wall

by Briana Campbell (@MsMatchGirl) The talk, for a long while now, has been about Facebooks change of guidelines, no longer allowing pharmaceutical companies to turn off comments on their Facebook...
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POINT/COUNTERPOINT: Is It Time To Give Up On Social Media For Rx Info?

This post is part of a series of point/counterpoint arguments proposed by different members of the Pixels & Pills staff. Were strong believers that healthy arguments can yield the best...
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Defining Moments: H1N1

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. Where were you on...
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On The Death of Google Health

by Jason Brandt (@jasondmg3) On May 19, 2008, the medical and digital communities were abuzz with the news of a new Google product, one that could organize all of a users health information...
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Caveat Emptor?

by Briana Campbell (@MsMatchGirl) A recent Pew Internet study, released June 16, 2011, shared the following statistic: Facebook users are overall more trusting than non-internet others. 43% of...
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Are Robots Our Future?

by Jason Brandt (@jasondmg3) Our culture has long been fascinated by robots. From the Jetsons Rosie the Robot to Star Wars C3PO and R2D2 and Disneys Wall-E, its not surprising that the field of...
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Is Your Doc Social?

by DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound) Its been several years now since the pharmaceutical industry first began to try to figure out social media - what it was, how to use it to find customers, how...
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Branching Out

By Jason Brandt (@jasondmg3) Moving beyond your niche is a tricky thing. Done wrong, you end up like New Coke or Michael Jordans baseball career - forced to retreat, tail between your...
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Signing off from BDI Social Communications & Healthcare 2011 Case Studies and Roundtables

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