Tag Archives: User Experience

Can Innovation Be a Pharma Game Changer?

By DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound) Are you looking for a real competive advantage in 2010? If I were you I would focus on innovation. Crumpleitup.com turns fun brainstorm projects into reality, to...
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How Can Pharma Communicate Better?

By Guy Mastrion (@gmastrion) We've been grousing about how pharma doesn't take its own reputation seriously enough. So we decided, okay, let's be productive and think of ways to better that. First...
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Is Web MD the 800 Pound Gorilla of Healthcare Information Providers?

By DJ Edgerton WebMD - sine qua non, in online health information. Over 40 million people enter a WebMD search - every month. US News & World Report called it "the Mall of America of health web...
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Do We Need FDA Hearings on SEO & User Experience?

By Sven Larsen (@zemoga) How much attention should the government be paying to social media? As the Pixels and Pills team gears up for their coverage of the FDA hearings on social media, I've been...
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The New Buzzword for 2010 – Transmedia

By Sven Larsen What is going to be the biggest trend of 2010? The continued growth of mobile platforms (the "third screen")? The practical uses ofaugmented reality?Adobe going to a daily schedule...
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How Are You Using Your Gift?

By Guy Mastrion I recently finished reading the 25th anniversary edition of The Gift by Lewis Hyde. It remains stellar for anyone involved in the making of art and, maybe even more...
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Healthcare Reform – A New Public Option?

By Guy Mastrion Our governments failure to enact a public health plan is ripe with ramifications. Many of which have nothing to do with healthcare, but maybe its not too late to suggest another...
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Patient 2.0: The Consumer’s Healthcare Experience

By DJ Edgerton The recurring series of Patient 2.0 posts looks at what goes on outside the marketing company and the exam room. Where are the other links in the healthcare chain and how can...
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How Social is Your Healthcare Professional?

Surgeons are brilliant but cantankerous. Pediatricians are patient and easy-going. The idea that different medical professions attract different personalities is actually not only stereotypical -...
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Compliancy, Creativity and Consumers – User Interface Design in the Pharma Space

By Guy Mastrion The debates never seem to end about the ideal UI design. And the truth is there really is no ideal. However, there is a best-case scenario for just about every situation. It takes...
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Patient 2.0: The Consumer’s Healthcare Experience

Second in a recurring series, Patient 2.0 posts look at what goes on outside the marketing company and the exam room. How can digital technology help the other links in the healthcare chain? #2: The...
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Social Media – What Do You Bring to the Party?

By Guy Mastrion Open your Web browser¢‚Ǩ¬¶tweet your tweets, post to Facebook, flick on Flickr, show yourself on YouTube, link up on LinkedIn, and blog away¢‚Ǩ¬¶ wow, there are a...
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