Author Archives: Marietta Cerami

Cancer.gov Puts People at the Center of Care

I’m always keeping an eye out for good pragmatic uses of mobile in healthcare and I came across a stellar example at the e-Patient Connections conference in Philly earlier this month. Jonathan Cho, Chief of Communications Technology at the National…

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What Digital Can Offer Pharma Following the Patent Crisis

Although marketers have used digital strategies in healthcare communications for almost 20 years, they are still having trouble selecting the most effective channels to distribute engaging content to their audience.  The explosion of social media has only complicated this landscape…

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Connected Health Shows Promising Benefits for Both Patients and the Healthcare System

There is a lot of talk about how challenging it can be for people to understand and manage their health conditions. An argument could be made that it is because of limited access to medical information and medical opinion on…

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Hale Celebrates its First Anniversary: Women’s Rights, Health, Education and of Course…Mobile

This month, Beth and Zoe celebrate the official one-year anniversary of Hale Advisors, Inc. – a partnership that stemmed from shared savvy business acumen and a similar vision for company growth and success. As a way to commemorate, it was…

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Demystifying Health Information: The Drug Facts Box

The dissemination of health information has become too complex.  The amount of content available to sift through can be overwhelming; not to mention downright frustrating if it’s not relevant to what the consumer is looking for. According to a study…

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Lap-Band Finds The Perfect Fit For Mobile

Nothing gets me more jazzed than seeing awesome examples of brands using mobile, especially in healthcare.  Recently one of best case studies we have seen at a conference is Allergan’s mobile approach for their Lap-Band product.  It includes a mobilized…

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Social Media Best Practice Examples Outside of Pharma

Often our clients will ask us to take a look outside the industry to see how other companies are successfully employing their social media strategies.  Although most organizations don’t have to deal with the unique challenges pharma faces, we can…

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A Sustainable Business for Social Good: G3Box

As a socially conscience business, we believe it is important to promote sustainable practices throughout the healthcare and medical field. We were inspired by this story of four engineering students from ASU who turned a class project into a real…

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Lessons for Pharma in Social Media from the Financial Industry: SunTrust Bank

Pharma certainly isn’t alone when it comes to dealing with regulatory boundaries concerning customer engagement within social media.  As we are aware, the financial industry faces similar barriers with unclear guidance from government regulatory bodies and conservative legal review boards. …

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Takeaways From BDI’s Mobile Healthcare Communications Conference

As avid preachers of mobile, it only makes sense that Hale Advisors would attend the BDI Mobile Healthcare Communications Conference at the CUNY Graduate Center in NYC last Thursday.  We heard from a number of notable speakers including Monique Levy…

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