KEY TAKEAWAY: Today, 1 in 20 searches on Google is for health-related information.Digital engagement is now a fundamental part of how patients, caregivers, physicians, pharmacists, and others live their lives and there are multiple opportunities for pharma that require organizational shifts. Continue reading
KEY TAKEAWAY: The first step in developing a pharma website is to ask “who is our audience?” and “what our objectives?”. Yet, too many pharma websites remain in the past and try to sell patients who are consumers of healthcare. Continue reading
KEY TAKEAWAY: Internet marketing is too important to your brand to rely, 100%, on an agency. Every pharma brand should have a brand team member who is dedicated to digital marketing to ensure that your interactive dollars are not wasted. Continue reading
The IMS Institute of Health Informatics released a report today called “riding the technology wave in life sciences” and there are some troubling findings. Among one of their key findings “despite abundant and growing amounts of data being generated and accessed by life sciences companies, analytic systems designed to interpret and create actionable insights have not kept pace.” Continue reading
A LinkedIn colleague of mine yesterday reminded me that there still are a number of pharma product websites which do not render correctly in browsers like Chrome and Safari. Frankly, that is inexcusable because you only have one chance to make a first impression and patients are using product websites as they evaluate medications. Here is a list of basic website operation for marketers so that they can ensure their digital marketing drives patient behavior. Continue reading
According to Search Engine Land “if there’s ever been any question that SEO marketers need to put user needs first, 2013 was the year the search engines made it clear. Nearly every innovation in search — algorithm updates like Google Hummingbird, SERP enhancements, social integrations — was aimed at creating a better experience for the searcher. These innovations require SEO marketers to think more closely about the value their content creates for users and to take the technical steps that communicate that value to the search engines. ” What this means for DTC marketers is that a lot of money used for search engine marketing could be wasted. Continue reading
It is a mandate that requires physicians to transition to computerized versions of patients’ paper charts by 2015, according to healthit.gov, and is another unfortunate arm of the Affordable Care Act. Doctors who don’t jump on board will lose 2 percent of their Medicare reimbursements starting in 2017. The government believes that electronic medical records will save Medicare funds and improve patient care. According to the small-scale study of one ED, physicians spent 44% of their time entering data in their EHR. They spent 28% of their time in direct patient care, 12% reviewing test results and records, 13% in discussion with colleagues, and 3% on other activities. Continue reading
