by Briana Campbell (@MsMatchGirl)
Imagine the embarrassment of your sexual dysfunction being made public.
Imagine the worry, especially in this tenuous economy, of your employer finding out that you have a genetic condition that could grow to be debilitating.
Imagine trying to protect your family’s privacy only to discover that your child’s schoolmates have learned [...]
Tags:Electronic health record·electronic health records·electronic medical records·EMR·patient·Patients·privacy·safety·technology
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
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.
In July 2010, over 90 thousand documents related to the war in Afghanistan were leaked by WikiLeaks to major [...]
Tags:Compliance·conf·confidentiality·online·online security·privacy·security·transparency·wikileaks
by Jon Fisher (@jmfisher)
Summer days used to mean scraped knees from wiping out on a bicycle or not heeding a lifeguard’s warning about no running around the swimming pool. These days? My fear of getting scraped is no longer from a reckless streak or summer sports; Like others sharing personal and health information online, I’ve [...]
Tags:communication·Communities·community·Legal Issues·patient·Patients·privacy·social media·Trends
By Rob Kempton (@manonthemooncon)
When you think cutting-edge use of social media, you’re probably not thinking of the FDA. While the agency has been criticized for not expediently issuing social media guidelines for pharma, they’re getting up to speed using social media to promote transparency in the agency’s operations, activities, processes and decision-making. The FDA released [...]
Tags:access·agency·communication·community·criticize·empower·engagement·FDA·government·guidelines·information·initiative·innovation·monitoring·patient·privacy·real time·social media·transparency
By Carl Turner (@leftyrightbrain)
Pharma leaders are coming together at Digital Pharma West for an exciting exchange of innovative ideas in digital communication, especially in a heavily regulated industry. Whether social media is new territory or you are already executing a strategic multichannel communication plan, privacy is more important than ever.
Consider Zuckerberg’s Law: Back in 2008, [...]
Tags:communication·Communities·Compliance·confidentiality·data·digital·doctor·EHR·EMR·healthcare·law·medical advice·multichannel·patient·penalty·policy·privacy·reputation·sharing·social media·violation
By Jason Brandt (@JasonDMG3)
Just a decade or two ago, that headline would have meant something very different. It would conjure up memories of those “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” commercials for medical alarms, or those chair lifts you always wished you could play with as a kid. But today, the senior population is [...]
Tags:caregiver·communication·elderly·entertainment·privacy·research·resources·retirement·safety·senior citizens·social media·technology
By Krissy Goelz (@krisgoelz)
Happy Friday, Pixels & Pills readers! It’s been a long and snowy week here in the Northeast and we’re delighted to see that the weekend forecast calls for…more snow. Oh well.
Remember how on Monday we gave you an awesome little set of marketing ideas, absolutely free of charge? Well, in the same [...]
Tags:applications·branding·business·communication·community·Facebook·HootSuite·link·messaging·privacy·scheduling·settings·snow·social media·strategy·style guide·TweetDeck·Twitter·Video
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By Sven Larsen (@zemoga)
Sometimes we get so focused on social media guidelines for ourselves as Pharma marketers that we don’t always notice when something very interesting happens, and our neighbors set up some guidelines of their own….which is precisely what the American Medical Association has done. Here’s a little summary for you:
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Tags:American Medical Association·communication·doctors·Education·Facebook·FDA·guidelines·hospitals·News·Patients·privacy·rules·social media·training·Twitter
Little Comments, Big Privacy
May 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Opinion
(via Chuck and Beans)
By Jason Brandt (@JasonDMG3)
“Great story. Loved the last part; very moving.”
“I disagree completely – this is what’s wrong with America today!”
While adding a comment to a blog post or a news article may seem trivial, it’s part of a larger and very important story.
Interactivity – the idea that you can offer your [...]
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Tags:Blog·comment·communication·conversation·crowdsourcing·data·experience·Facebook·Google·information·interactivity·internet·law·membership·News·Opinion·participation·philosophy·privacy·settings·social networks·technology·Wikipedia