Tag Archives: Health
How Digital Is Changing Family Health
By Krissy Goelz (@krisgoelz) Twenty years ago, a Robitussin commercial called "Dr. Mom was a sexist, ham-handed parody of family division of labor. Its even a bit worse for wear when you watch it...
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Tagged advertising, commercial, dads, database, digital, diseases, doctor, electronic health records, environment, family, genetic, Health, humor, internet, mobile, technology, TV, website
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How To Talk To Cyborgs About the Human Body, Part II
By Krissy Goelz (@krisgoelz) Yesterday we started off talking out about cyborgs. Today well get a little further into that. In the Amber Case TED Talk we shared yesterday, she tells a great story...
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Tagged body, comunication, cyborg, emotion, Health, human, innovation, marketing, meaning, mobile, technology
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How To Talk To Cyborgs About The Human Body, Part I
By Krissy Goelz (@krisgoelz) Have we watched one too many shows on SyFy? Nope: Talking to cyborgs about the human body is what we do every day. Were not crazy. As anthropologist Amber Case says,...
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Tagged application, clients, communication, cyborg, digital, gadget, Health, interactive, iPad, tablet, technology
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WIRED Magazine’s Thomas Goetz Reveals His Strong Interest in Health Medicine and Explains His Concept of I.W.F.
Thomas Goetz, Executive Editor of WIRED Magazine, discusses how technology can help people make better decisions about their health, and explains the concept of Information with Feeling, or I.W.F.,...
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Tagged #epharma, conference, decisions, Design, ePharma Summit 2011, events, Health, IIRUSA, interview, IWF, Medicine, technology, Thomas Goetz, Video, WIRED Magazine
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Defining Moments of 2010: January
Photo by Shaul Schwarz (Getty) for TIME The Defining Moments series looks back at the biggest events of 2010 to see what we can learn from them here at P&P, to work better in our calling, in...
Posted in Digital Health, Social Media
Tagged action, aid, citizen journalism, community, crisis, crowdfunding, death, devastation, disaster, Earthquake, Education, fund, future, Haiti, Health, healthcare, help, information, inspire, lives, local, map, media, mobile, News, photos, PSFK, relief, SMS, social media, Teach Shirts, text, Twitter, viral, wiki
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Children and Disease Stigma – What Are We Doing To Teach Tolerance?
Image courtesy of Disney's Recess By Kimberly Reyes (@CommDuCoeur) As adults, nearly all of us look back on our middle school days and shudder: some of us were too skinny, too large, too tall, or...
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Tagged adherence, adolescent, chronic condition, circle of care, communication, Communities, depression, disease, Education, engagement, epatient, Health, healthcare, innovation, management, marketing, MySpace, National Psoriasis Foundation, Pew Research Center, Pharma, pre-teens, research, social, social media, stigma, technology, teens, treatment, user needs
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Get in the Game!
By DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound) Back in August, we talked about how games have evolved from Pong and Space Invaders, to currently popular social-network games like Farmville. As we pointed out,...
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Tagged Augmented reality, condition, console, diabetes, disorder, doctor, Education, group, Health, health management, innovation, patient, physical therapy, rehabilitation, social media, Virtual reality
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Celebrate “Patients Week” with EyeForPharma!
By Kimberly Reyes (@CommDuCoeur) The e-patient movement has driven people to take control of their health and work collaboratively with their circle of care on managing and overcoming health...
DigitalMill’s Ben Sawyer Talks About Reaching Patients Through Games For Health
Ben Sawyer, President of DigitalMill, describes how he became involved with ePatient Connections and the significance of gaming to global health, general wellness, and rehabilitation function...
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Tagged #epatcon, Ben Sawyer, caregivers, DigitalMill, engagement, ePatient Connections, events, gaming, Health, Patients, rehabilitation, Video, Wellness
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Elizabeth Lyons, PhD, MPH Discusses “Exergaming”
Elizabeth Lyons, PhD, MPH, Interdisciplinary Obesity Center, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill explains how video games don't require any...
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Tagged #epatcon, caregivers, Elizabeth Lyons, engagement, ePatient Connections, events, gaming, Health, Lineberger Cancer Center, obesity, Patients, UNC Chapel Hill, Video, Wii Fit
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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital’s Sam Yohannan Is Teaching Pharma Marketers About Connectedness
Sam K. Yohannan, PT, MS, Senior Physical Therapy Specialist & Burn Researcher for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital discusses how games can distract patients from pain and advance the effects of...
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Tagged #epatcon, caregivers, engagement, ePatient Connections, events, games, Health, Patients, physical therapy, Sam Yohannan, Video
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Getting Answers
By Kristin Phillips (@klaphillips) Are you a victim of cyberchondria? That is, do you spend much of your time on Google looking up various symptoms, causes, diseases, treatments, and other...
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Tagged ChickRx, cyberchondria, disease, Education, Google, Health, information, online, Pharma, physician, research, thought leader, WebMD, women
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