Having not attended TEDMED previously, in some ways I expected it to be interesting but draining, like so many other health conferences. I found the opposite to be true, and I’ve walked away more energized […]
The Agency of Now
Rock Health Innovation Summit – A Disruptive Force in Healthcare
We just got back from an inspiring 2 days at the Rock Health Innovation Summit in San Francisco. It felt like a true intersection of digital health disruption and “old guard” transformation. Keynote interview Ian […]
Community Service Never Felt So Good
There are few things in this world that feel as good as giving back to one’s community – especially if it has a positive impact on young people. This past Friday, our agency executed its […]
Featured App Friday: Like Instagram, For Doctors
This week we featured an emerging app, Figure 1, akin to Instagram for doctors. It’s attracted over 100,000 healthcare providers since the launch in May 2013. Check them out! – Lucy Li, Associate Director, Mobile Strategy & […]
Wanted: Creatives Who Care
We are all calorie-counting, device-wearing, label-reading, sugar-avoiding, Fitness Pal addicts. Our current obsession with the quantified self shows just how much we are embracing health in our day-to-day lives. I get a bubble of excitement […]
What the World Cup Can Teach Us about Facebook Sharing
During the recently concluded 2014 World Cup, I found it very frustrating to share my enthusiasm on Facebook. To be more specific, my difficulty was sharing the outcomes of individual matches. After chatting with Digitas […]
Saving 100,000 Lives With Data
At the Google I/O developer summit in June, Larry Page, Google’s CEO and cofounder, said that Google isn’t currently mining healthcare data. He then went on to claim. “If we did, we’d probably save 100,000 lives a […]
Featured App Friday – EMR AnyWhere
Happy Friday again! This week we picked a pretty innovative app in the mHealth space, emrAnyWhere, an app that allows patients to view their lab results and clinical notes, make prescription requests, and securely interact […]
New Technologies Are Here, Ready or Not
I recently gave a talk at the Columbia University School of Public Health. As a guest speaker for Dr. Francois Simon’s Executive Health MBA class, I wasn’t sure what to expect from the audience. The […]
Featured App Friday – HealthTap
Happy Friday! This week we featured HealthTap’s upcoming app on the wearable platform, which is the first health app on Google’s Android Wear. With wearables becoming ubiquitous, it’s time for pharma companies to begin thinking […]