Tag Archives: data

Can Pharma Harness Social Media for Product Research and Development?

by DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound) The question seems almost nonsensical at first your Twitter followers may be really outstanding people, but theyre not organic chemists or researchers. And your...
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Waiting to Exhale

by Jason Brandt (@jasondmg3) For over half a century, the Breathalyzer has given law-enforcement officials a portable, fairly reliable instrument to test for, and prevent, driving under the...
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Scratch, Sniff and Learn with UnNiched

Were excited to be participating in another UnNiched(micro) breakfast at the CUNY Graduate Center in October. This one, however, will prove to be a little different from other events that UnNiched...
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Leave the Experts Alone!

by DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound) Economist and author Noreena Hertz says that, "In a world of data deluge and extreme complexity, we believe that experts are more able to process information than we...
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Autism and Technology: A Look at How Technology Can Help Autism Educators in Teaching with ABA

This is the second installment in our special guest blog post series by Alexander Price, who teaches children with autism and works collaboratively with the families of children and adults with...
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Pinching Pennies, 21st Century Style

By Jason Brandt (@JasonDMG3) In many ways technology is the realm of the rich. Here in the developed world, were used to the latest hardware and ubiquitous wi-fi to help us access the open-sourced...
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Trans-Media Storytelling

By Sven Larsen (@zemoga) You probably know that you should be telling stories in your work. But do you know how? The concept of storytelling as an art form gained prominence in recent years in...
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Social Media and Privacy

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...
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Crowdsourced Clinical Trials?

By Russ Ward (@russcward) Recently Ed Silverman wrote about Patient-Reported Outcomes on Internet Sites on Pharmalot - based on a study published in last months Nature Biotechnology that was...
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Everyones Free (to Access Health Data)

By Andy Smith (@andysmithpalio) Theres a treasure trove of high-value health information in government archives that can aid in the delivery of health care. Now, the U.S. Department of Health and...
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Social Media, Healthcare, and Ethnic Minorities

By Jeremy Lichtenberger (@ Air_Master_J) Could social media be just what the doctor ordered for improving health care for minority groups? Quite possibly according to recent data from Pew...
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Little Comments, Big Privacy

(via Chuck and Beans) By Jason Brandt (@JasonDMG3) "Great story. Loved the last part; very moving." "I disagree completely - this is whats wrong with America today!" While adding a comment to a...
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