The way people consume television – and advertising – is changing, quickly. When reaching people living with chronic health conditions, the complex and fragmented media landscape, along with fragmented attention spans, creates challenges for pharma marketers who are trying to drive awareness and interest in their brands.
Download a free webinar to learn what Millennials expect from their healthcare experiences and how Health Union’s open, online health communities can help you develop smarter, more effective programs to meet their needs.
While today’s technology allows us to be more connected than ever, we’re also lonelier and more socially isolated. Results from a 2018 survey of more than 20,000 respondents found that nearly half (46%) of adults in the U.S. reported feeling (sometimes or always) lonely. Interestingly, Generation Z adults, who are presumably the most connected socially, are actually lonelier.
Recognizing the growing role of patients and caregivers in healthcare decisions, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are looking for ways to easily and accurately infuse the voice of the patient and caregiver into strategic marketing decisions. The need to do so quickly, efficiently and accurately, particularly with hard-to-reach patients, creates a need for online patient communities. However, the approaches and philosophies behind these communities can vary greatly.
Results from the qualitative analysis demonstrate that people with cancer are broadly misinformed about the benefits of palliative care and have some confusion around the timing and components of hospice care.
Research from Health Union’s Chief Community Officer Amrita Bhowmick, MPH, MBA, and Executive Director of Community Development Sara Hayes, MPH, and co-authors will be shared at the 40th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM). The poster sessions featuring research from two of Health Union’s online health communities, Migraine.com and LungCancer.net, will be presented at the conference, which takes place on March 6-9, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
Content strategy is a key component of Health Union’s approach to community development. Hear first-hand from the people who are immersed in our communities and why Health Union’s approach works through this Q&A with Brian M. Green, Executive Director of Community Development.
Engagement is a key component of Health Union’s approach to community development. Hear first-hand from the people who are immersed in our communities and why Health Union’s approach works through this Q&A with Rebecca Braglio, Senior Director of Community Development.
Moderation is a key component of Health Union’s approach to community development. Hear first-hand from the people who are immersed in our communities and why Health Union’s approach works through this Q&A with Kristine Zerkowski, Vice President of Community Development.
While our office is wrapping up the end of the year, celebrating our accomplishments and the relationships we’ve built with one another, we’re spending a lot of time crunching numbers to quantify the kind of impact we’ve made this year as a business.