Tag Archives: communication

What Pharma Could Learn from Mad Men

by Jason Brandt (@jasondmg3) Mad Men protagonist Don Draper works in the shows fictional advertising agency, but the challenges he faces are real, and not much different than what many healthcare...
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The Tyranny of Tech: Can your Business Work Unplugged?

by Sven Larsen We spend quite a bit of time on Pixels & Pills talking about the benefits of technology. And why not? From e-prescribing to the rise of social media as a marketing tool and...
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Defining Moments: Arsenic-Based Life

As we come to the end of 2011, we also come to the end of our year-long Defining Moments series. Once a month, all this year, weve looked back at the biggest events from exactly 12 months prior,...
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World AIDS Day 2011

by Sven Larsen Twenty-three years ago,World AIDS Day dedicated the first of December to focusing attention on the fight against the disease: raising awareness, fighting to lower infection rates...
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Addressing the Digital Habits of Consumers and Health Care Practitioners

by DJ Edgerton (@wiltonbound) Thinking back just 20 years ago, there were a limited number of communication options: the phone call, the letter, the fax. A persons digital habit though not...
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When Social Media Hands you Lemons

by Briana Campbell (@MsMatchGirl) Ever since social networking became a popular way to communicate, people have been sharing with gusto, whether thats the minutia of their daily lives (I had the...
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Does This Look Familiar?

by Jason Brandt (@jasondmg3) I dont understand any of this stuff. Who has the time to really use this stuff anyway? No real business can afford to have employees wasting their time on this...
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Amit Gupta Is Dying | Can The Social Web Save Him?

by Briana Campbell (@MsMatchGirl) Amit Gupta is dying. And the tech world is rallying to help. This makes sense, right, hes a tech guy, protégé of Seth Godin, and...
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Making a Social Media To-Dont List

by Briana Campbell (@MsMatchGirl) Its a dog-eat-dog world out there, so for companies to succeed, they need to either dream big or go home. However, in a competitive world, turning a dream into...
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Patient Empowerment As The New KOL

by Jason Brandt (@jasondmg3) Are patients the mega opinion leaders of the future? Thanks to increasing accessibility and availability of information, patients are becoming experts on their...
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Our ePatCon Tweetup – In Pictures

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There’s An App For That: From Diets to Diseases

by Krissy Goelz (@krisgoelz) Weight Watchers - SparkPeople - Livestrong - Tap & Track - iFitOne - FatSecret - Diet Organizer - do any of these sound familiar to you? If youre part of the...
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