By DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound)
If you could go to the one place where 58% of your customers are…would you go?
Well, you’re here reading Pixels & Pills, so clearly you’re of above-average intelligence, and therefore, your answer is “yes.”
Right now, 30% of doctors in the United States have iPads, and another 28% plan to get one soon, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'therapy'
iPad Spotlight
June 8th, 2011 · No Comments · Opinion, Trends
Tags:Apple·apps·client·database·diagnostic·dicovery·doctors·Education·EHR·EMR·information·iOS·iPad·laptop·mobile device·patient·Pharmacy·phone·physician·promotion·therapy·website
How Spirits Would Reinvent the Healthcare Industry
April 11th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Opinion
By Andy Smith (@andysmithpalio)
What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for, says an old Irish adage. While that might not track well with today’s focus on healthier lifestyles, the health care industry, thankfully, offers a range of options for people to feel better whether that’s improved living through pharmaceuticals, therapeutic approaches to pain [...]
Tags:blogging·branding·Compliance·condition·consumer·dialogue·diet·distribution·experience·focus·Health·healthcare industry·intergration·lifestyle·marketing·messaging·pain management·personality·personalization·Pharmaceutical industry·Pharmacy·prescriptions·private·regulation·revenue·sale·spirits·sponsorship·sponsorships·therapy·value
New Technology For Self-Care
March 14th, 2011 · No Comments · Opinion, Trends
By Jason Brandt (@JasonDMG3)
Recently, we’ve talked about how new technologies are helping patients on transplant waiting lists live a normal life out of their homes, instead of confined to a hospital bed, and how they’re helping caregivers monitor senior citizens in a thorough but respectful way. That got us to thinking about all of the [...]
Tags:computer·home·medical equipment·mobile·self-care·technology·therapy·User Experience
Gaming and Addiction Therapy
March 8th, 2011 · No Comments · News, Opinion
By DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound)
Even while traveling, I have to say, it’s hard to ignore the recent Charlie Sheen Media Spectacular. His very public fall from grace has dominated the headlines, trumping the crisis in Libya and the Royal Wedding. Once the lead star of TV’s top-grossing sitcom, Charlie Sheen has become good ol’ American folly.
Whatever [...]
Tags:addiction·ADHD·Charlie Sheen·drug abuse·gaming·phobia·PTSD·therapy·treatment·winning
Are You Game?: Gaming and the Healthcare Industry
August 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Opinion, Trends
By Todd LaRoche (@toddlaroche)
I wasn’t more than a small child the first time I hyper-spaced through the galaxy in Asteroids. Within seconds of whizzing past meteors and shooting stars, I was hooked – and I wasn’t alone. Over the past 40 years, video games have changed our culture. They influence the way we live and [...]
Tags:communication·Communities·Education·gaming·healthcare·interactive·marketing·support group·therapy·video games