Tag Archives: caregiver

29 Apr/11

Marketing to Boomers

By Catlin Renaud (@catlinrenaud) Baby Boomers the 77 million people born between 1946 and 1964 are redefining aging and shattering traditional assumptions about the sixth and seventh decades of...

Posted in Social Media | Tagged affluence, age, aging, applications, baby boomers, Blog, caregiver, comments, consumers, demographic, disease mangement, Facebook, fitness, food, games, Health care, influence, interactive, lifestyle drugs, marketing, medical care, nutrition, online, opportunity, patient, podcast, population, smartphone, social gaming, Social network, spa, technology, traditional media, youth | Leave a comment

17 Mar/11

Using Twitter & Technology to Save Lives

This Monday, March 14th, Pixels & Pills' very own DJ Edgerton delivered a presentation at the SXSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX. Here are the slides from that presentation: Follow Me: Using...

Posted in Social Media | Tagged API, caregiver, Compliance, dashboard, doctor, emergency, followme, healthcare, interface, Medicine, mobile, patient, Pharma, prescription, social media, tweet, Twitter | Leave a comment

14 Feb/11

Technology and Elderly Care

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...

Posted in Digital Health | Tagged caregiver, communication, elderly, entertainment, privacy, research, resources, retirement, safety, senior citizens, social media, technology | 3 Comments

1 Dec/10

Social Media Mining: Raw, Unfiltered Patient Insights Drive Innovation

Today's guest blog post comes from Chris Kelly, MEd, MA, Director of Health Education at HealthEd. Prior to HealthEd, Chris was director of education for the Alzheimer's Association and also served...

Posted in Social Media | Tagged Alzheimer's, barriers, caregiver, community, drivers, Education, healthcare, innovation, insight, journey, marketing, mining information, self-management, side effects, social media, symptoms, treatment | 1 Comment