Partnering Pharma Marketing and Non-Profit Public Health
As a health researcher, it was interesting to me that pharma marketers noted during different presentations today that they were “listening” to client (or potential client) online activity and not yet actively participating or interacting with it (aka not acting on the data quite yet). To me, this means that the presentations reporting on patient, HCP, or client data during the summit are really just the tip of the iceberg, that there are rich stocks of digital data marketers have available and are still gathering. As a non-profit researcher, this means that there is tons of valuable data out there, already gathered an...
Source: ePharma Summit - March 2, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: ePharma ePharma Live HCP health researcher MYUMC non-profit NYU pharma marketer Source Type: blogs
Personalizing it right: “right content, to the right person, at the right time”
On day two of the ePharma Summit Steve Case, CEO of REVOLUTION and AOL chairman, gave the keys to success: convenience, community, and personalization. In order to make this happen, according to Case, you need better technology to garner senses of community and create tailored innovation even in an industry that is under greater regulatory scrutiny than its peers. It seems as though pharmaceutical industries have been able to mesh the ideas of convenience (mobile app accessibility) and community (social media platforms), personalization is where there is room to grow and innovate. While social media and mobi...
Source: ePharma Summit - March 1, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: #ePharma16 AOL Digital Health Digital Pharma Marketing ePharma Summit ePharma Summit 2016 Social Media Steve Case Source Type: blogs
How to Recognize Auditory Processing Disorder in Children
Editor’s Note: This post was excerpted from Audiology Island’s blog.
What is an auditory processing disorder?
The simplest way to explain what defines an auditory processing disorder (APD) is to realize the role of the central nervous system, or CNS, in APD. The CNS malfunctions and causes an uncoordinated relationship between the ears and the nervous system’s ability to fully process sounds and language.
APD causes issues with:
Understanding language
Remembering information
Processing conversation
However, several other disorders share these hallmark symptoms. Similar disorders that might get mistaken for...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - March 1, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Zhanneta Shapiro Tags: Audiology auditory processing disorder Hearing Assistive Technology hearing loss hearing protection Source Type: blogs
An open letter to The Lancet, again
On November 13th, five colleagues and I released an open letter to The Lancet and editor Richard Horton about the PACE trial, which the journal published in 2011. The study’s reported findings–that cognitive behavior therapy and graded exercise therapy are effective treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome–have had enormous influence on clinical guidelines for the illness. Last October, Virology Blog published David Tuller’s investigative report on the PACE study’s indefensible methodological lapses. Citing these problems, we noted in the letter that “such flaws have no place in publis...
Source: virology blog - February 11, 2016 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Information chronic fatigue syndrome Lancet mecfs myalgic encephalomyelitis PACE request for data Richard Horton vexations Source Type: blogs
Generic Management of Health Care Non-Profits, Brought to You by Leaders of (Sometimes Failed, or Bailed Out) Finance on the Board?
Introduction - Managerialism We have frequently posted about what we have called generic management, the manager's coup d'etat, and mission-hostile management. Managerialism wraps these concepts up into a single package. The idea is that all organizations, including health care organizations, ought to be run people with generic management training and background, not necessarily by people with specific backgrounds or training in the organizations' areas of operation. Thus, for example, hospitals ought to be run by MBAs, not doctors, nurses, or public health experts. Furthermore, all organizati...
Source: Health Care Renewal - January 7, 2016 Category: Health Management Tags: boards of trustees finance generic management generic managers managerialism Source Type: blogs
3 postdoctoral positions at NYU Shanghai
We are pleased to announce that three postdoctoral positions in system, computational and cognitive neuroscience will be available at New York University Shanghai http://shanghai.nyu.edu/research/brain. The positions will be in Shanghai and are expected to start March 1, 2016, each for a two-year term, with the possibility to extend. Focuses of cognitive neuroscience position include but not limited to neural bases of speech and language, decision making and memory. Qualified applicants are expected to hold a Ph.D. in Psychology, Neurolinguistics, Neuroscience, and other relevant quantitative disciplines. Successful candid...
Source: Talking Brains - January 6, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: David Poeppel Source Type: blogs
Health Law Events at AALS 2016
This article identifies a
potential backdoor solution to this problem — recent health care reforms that
encourage health care providers to move beyond traditional medicine and give
greater attention to the social determinants of poor health. Unfortunately,
providers lack the incentives and capacity to independently address many of the
root causes of poor health. Effecting far-reaching changes in the social
determinants of health instead will require providers to join forces with other
sectors across a broad range of initiatives designed to improve the
population’s health.
Elizabeth Y. McCuskey
Body of Preem...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 2, 2016 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope Tags: Health Care medical futility blog syndicated Source Type: blogs
Announcing First-Ever Tobacco Harm Reduction Conference - April 22, 2016
To the best of my knowledge, the first-ever national tobacco harm reduction conference will be held this spring. The "Tobacco Harm Reduction Conference" will take place on Friday, April 22, 2016 at the New York City College of Technology in downtown Brooklyn. The conference will be jointly sponsored by the New York City College of Technology, City University of New York and Community Access.Among the topics to be discussed at the conference are the efficacy of nicotine patches and other medications, the efficacy of electronic cigarettes, the safety and relative safety of electronic cigarettes, current e-cigarette controver...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - December 23, 2015 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
AMA Adds Twenty Schools to Their Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium
With medicine and health care delivery in the United States constantly changing in new and exciting ways, the American Medical Association is focused on trying new, innovative ways to ensure the physicians and health care professionals of the future are receiving a medical education that is keeping pace with the changes.
In 2013, the AMA created the Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium, with eleven founding schools: Indiana University School of Medicine; Mayo Medical School; New York University School of Medicine; Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine; Pennsylvania State University Colle...
Source: Policy and Medicine - December 18, 2015 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs
Preventing Older Adults From Falling: Evaluation Of A New York Foundation’s Initiative Shows Success
Chances are that you have fallen at least once or twice in your life. You’ve tripped over the dog or slipped on ice. If you’re lucky, you might end up with a bruised knee (and maybe a bit of a bruised ego), but you move on with your day.
However, as you get older, the consequences of a fall can be much more severe, even deadly.
Each year, nationwide, one in every three adults age sixty-five and older falls. Because of a fall injury, more than 700,000 patients a year end up being hospitalized, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. National statistics from Indiana University show that older adults are hosp...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - December 11, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Katharine McLaughlin and Amber Slichta Tags: Costs and Spending GrantWatch Medicaid and CHIP Medicare Aging Chronic Care Consumers fall prevention Health Care Costs Health Philanthropy Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW Hospitals injuries New York State Source Type: blogs
2016 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry
Nadrian ‘Ned’ Seeman, professor of chemistry at New York University and Section Head of F1000’s Biomimetic Chemistry Section has won the 2016 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry. The Franklin Institutue has the aim of preserving Benjamin Franklin’s legacy by recognizing … Continue reading → (Source: Naturally Selected)
Source: Naturally Selected - November 18, 2015 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Adie Chan Tags: Awards/honors Source Type: blogs
Reminder: Health Affairs Briefing: Food & Health
The November 2015 issue of Health Affairs takes a comprehensive look at the complex relationships between food and health. What we eat, where we eat, how much we eat, and how we produce our food all have consequences for individual and community well-being. All of these topics are explored in this month’s Health Affairs.
You are invited to join us on Thursday, November 5, 2015, in person or via live webcast, at a forum featuring authors from the new issue at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. Panels will cover obesity, food insecurity, systems, restaurant and food labeling, and food shopping.
WHEN:
Thursday,...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - November 3, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Tracy Gnadinger Tags: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs Public Health Food and Health RWJF Source Type: blogs
Meet Disruptive Woman to Watch: Dara Richardson-Heron, M.D.
A physician by trade, an advocate by choice.
That’s how Dara Richardson-Heron, M.D., the chief executive officer of the YWCA, describes herself. And while her would-be patients would almost certainly have benefited if she had continued actively practicing medicine, there is no doubt that society as a whole – and particularly those facing the greatest life challenges – is better because of Dr. Richardson-Heron’s decision to devote her talents and energies to social activism.
Under her leadership, the YWCA has become far more than an iconic organization with over 1,200 locations in 47 states. It has proven itself...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - November 3, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Advocacy Source Type: blogs
Narrative Matters: On Our Reading List
Editor’s note: “Narrative Matters: On Our Reading List” is a monthly roundup where we share some of the most compelling health care narratives driving the news and conversation in recent weeks.
Why Doctors Need The Humanities
Danielle Ofri, a physician at Bellevue Hospital and associate professor of medicine at New York University School of Medicine, has made a name for herself as a doctor who writes—and writes well—with four books published and a slew of narrative medicine publications in the lay press and scholarly outlets. Yet when she was starting out as an attending physician at a teaching hospital ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - October 30, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Jessica Bylander Tags: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs Equity and Disparities Health Professionals Narrative Matters On Our Reading List personal stories Physicians poetry Source Type: blogs
Health Affairs Briefing: Food & Health
The November 2015 issue of Health Affairs takes a comprehensive look at the complex relationships between food and health. What we eat, where we eat, how much we eat, and how we produce our food all have consequences for individual and community well-being. All of these topics are explored in this month’s Health Affairs.
You are invited to join us on Thursday, November 5, 2015, at a forum featuring authors from the new issue at the Capital Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. Panels will cover obesity, food insecurity, systems, restaurant and food labeling, and food shopping.
WHEN:
Thursday, November 5, 2015
9:00 a.m. ...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - October 23, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Tracy Gnadinger Tags: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs Featured Public Health Source Type: blogs
