Science and Research

How Can Technology Improve Healthcare?

By Mitchell Gavillion, guest blogger Healthcare providers in the U.S. are looking for ways to wring value out of every dollar spent, and technology factors prominently into their working strategy. Currently, consumers and insurance providers spend about $1.7 trillion annually in the U.S. on healthcare, and it’s cost is only expected to rise. One particular [...]

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Can pharma really afford to “be more human”?

The recent hullabaloo with some pharma companies pulling out of Facebook got me thinking about whether it is even probable for pharma companies to come across as “more human” and therefore viewed as willing to connect with consumers/patients beyond the PR and marketing scripts. For example, can pharma companies — whether on Twitter or Facebook [...]

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Entrepreneurs? Please — Disrupt Healthcare!

I was inspired to write this post to answer a question on Quora: “Can a consumer internet entrepreneur cross over into the healthcare space with limited domain expertise?” Absolutely. But you will need – A compelling motive. I know of a CEO who was trained as a lawyer. Her child had a rare disease and [...]

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74% of Medical Students Believe Pharma Sponsored Grand Rounds are Biased

PLoS medicine did an analysis of medical students’ attitudes toward pharma marketing to them, and not surprisingly, they’re skeptical and confused. I say not surprising because that attitude translates to how physicians feel about pharma, except they are more indignant: “What, Me, corruptible?! How dare you! Sir, I am a PROFESSIONAL!” I’ll let Robert Cialdini, [...]

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Human Resources Management Roles

Dear NakedMedicine readers: we have a special guest author writing about HR management in healthcare. Please give a warm welcome to Mr. Brandon Clark! Human Resources Management Roles Brandon Clark February 21, 2011 Human Resources Management Roles             Human resources departments play a vital role in the health care industry, by understanding the delivery of [...]

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