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How do you turn the flood of news and information into something useful?

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There are some websites that try to filter and narrow journal articles down, and doctors go to conferences for continuing medical education, but there’s still a problem with getting the new information to all of them.

Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

Daniel Kraft: Health Media for the Future

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Free tools you can use to study healthcare customers online

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Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

An analysis of a particular therapy area (using various gastrointestinal conditions as examples), using free online tools that can be used to gain a general idea of what the online healthcare landscape looks like before embarking on a long-term digital campaign planning journey.

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Defining Digital Opinion Leaders

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Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

Daniel Ghinn writes that "in the context of the new healthcare engagement environment and having considered the role of healthcare professionals in the digital era, it is clear that the influence of stakeholders including healthcare professionals, patients, and policymakers upon each other has been disrupted by digital channels. We must therefore consider the concept of ‘Digital Opinion Leaders’ with an open mind. This is true not only now, but at all times in the future as we continue to learn through engagement with, and observation of, digital stakeholders."

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Healthcare Professionals in the Digital Era

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Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

To plan how to engage and activate healthcare professionals online, it is worthwhile considering the kinds of digital channels being used by healthcare professionals and the role that each channel plays. We might broadly categorise these channels into three groups:

Healthcare professionals’ social networksDedicated digital tools and resources for healthcare professionalsMainstream digital channels

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