The Three Letters That Kill Social Media in Pharma
An interview I did recently for an organisation conducting some research into the future of social media use by the pharmaceutical industry prompted me to remind them, and myself, that…
RSNA 2013: President’s Address Encourages Radiologists to Embrace Multidiscinplinary Teams
This year’s theme for RSNA is “The Power of Partnerships” and it has been easy to see this in action simply by walking the halls of the McCormick Convention Center…
RSNA 2013: Imaging Key to Diagnosing Brain Injuries in Veterans
Using a special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), researchers have found that soldiers who suffered mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) induced by blast exposure present long-term brain differences, according…
Health 2.0 Europe: “Improving and Enriching the Patient-Provider Relationship”
Last week, I had the opportunity to demonstrate Wellpepper and participate on a panel on “Improving and Enriching the Patient-Provider Relationship” at the Health 2.0 Europe Conference in London. I’m…
9 Best Practice Tips and Techniques for Superior Podcasts and Audio Content
Online audio content—such as podcasts, webinars, interviews and the like—have grown in popularity and availability in the past year or two…with (currently) over a million podcast downloads per month. Online…
Dr. Ronan Kavanagh Discusses Video’s Role in Physician-Patient Communication
Dr. Ronan Kavanagh, rheumatologist in Galway, Ireland, has a way with video. He uses it to communicate with certain patients, with many correspondents, and since his presentation at Doctors 2.0…
Nanoparticle Pills Usher Medicine Into the Future: No More Needles!
Although nanomedicine is a promising area of research, scientists have been unable to figure out a way to deliver drugs using nanoparticles other than by injection, which is both distasteful…
HINZ: Health IT in New Zealand
My colleagues had warned me and sure enough, the moment I got off the airplane in Rotorua, New Zealand, I immediately picked up the rotten egg aroma of sulfur that…
Social Media, Research and Community Managers
One of the best perks of my new job at ELLICSR at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre is the opportunity to collaborate with a team of researchers, most notably Jackie…
Attack of the Superbugs: Time to Stand Up Against the Antibiotics Feeding Frenzy
The warnings keep coming. The studies keep warning. We are overdoing it on antibiotics. They are over-prescribed by our doctors. They are over-supplied to our farm animals. And we seem…
