One of the biggest challenges facing health care is staffing. The shortage of nurses is an ongoing problem at medical facilities across the country. Recruiting more people into the nursing profession is one way to address the shortage, but that’s not the only solution to the problem. Predictive analytics can help medical facilities make the […]

Advances in medical technology have given clinicians ways find the genetic cause of disease and, in some cases, precisely match a drug to the precise needs of a patient. But one of the most significant advances in medical care is something that patients might take for granted, something that was not initially developed with medical […]

The Pharmaceutical industry still lags behind other industries in the use of digital marketing, but there is a significant upward trend in the spend on digital advertising directed to consumers and healthcare professionals. eMarketer forecasts that pharma marketers will spend $1.81 billion on paid online and mobile advertising in 2016, up from $1.64 billion in […]

New York-Presbyterian is one of the largest hospitals in the country, in both size and scope. Besides providing a wide range of healthcare services, the institution is a teaching hospital and a research center. The health system says it employs 29,000 and serves more than 2 million patients each year. Now the hospital is taking […]

If you’re still dealing with high costs, long timeframes and other restraints associated with digital development, you are missing out on some exciting new developments. Healthcare marketing and communications professionals are breaking free of traditional web development cost and time restraints, while also benefitting from innovative content marketing solutions made possible by new software platforms. […]

Doctors have always struggled with getting patients to implement their advice, since patients often lack the follow-through that is required for a complete cure. An article in HealthDay points out only one-third of people who are prescribed medicine actually follow the instructions on the bottle: the rate of patient adherence is dangerously low. As the […]

As far as clinical trials have come adopting new technology, there are still areas where devices haven’t been able to make the research process faster or more efficient. Clinical trials still struggle to recruit participants in a speedy manner, and when patients are recruited, clinical investigators have difficulty collecting patient data. Technology giant Apple offered […]

The so-called Internet of Things is making its mark on various aspects of medicine, bringing new ways to monitor and diagnose medical conditions. But much of the discussion about IoT in health care involves treating patients in a clinical setting. Two behemoths of industry, Pfizer and IBM, are now joining forces to bring IoT into […]

For a growing number of people, the main way to communicate with people, both personally and professionally, is through their smartphones. While digital communication has become widely accepted, there is one place where its adoption is lagging: health care. U.S. News and World Report points to a Nielsen survey that shows that the vast majority […]