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Social media and prescription drugs: A study

World of DTC Marketing

QUICK READ: A two-month analysis of social media and prescription drugs found the number one reason online health seekers use social media is to share and ask questions about medication side effects. ” – Patients were sharing experiences of switching to, or starting, prescription drugs.

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A realistic view of healthcare in 2022

World of DTC Marketing

Yes, there will be changes in healthcare in the coming years but put away the thoughts that telehealth and wearable devices will revolutionize healthcare. Semaglutide’s study results were enough to warrant plenty of hype for obesity treatment despite the list of potential nasty side effects.

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Value-Based healthcare won’t work

World of DTC Marketing

SUMMARY: Value-based healthcare is a healthcare delivery model in which providers, including hospitals and physicians, are paid based on patient health outcomes. In a country where people really don’t care of themselves value-based healthcare won’t work. Americans are not healthy.

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Should you change your DTC marketing buckets?

World of DTC Marketing

We’re finding that healthcare treatment choices vary wildly by health condition. Despite all the emphasis on healthcare this year, the number one channel to quickly build awareness is still TV. However, clickstream analysis via Alexa clearly shows that TV ads also lead to searches for competitive treatments.

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Health literacy is a huge problem

World of DTC Marketing

Over one-third struggle with basic health tasks, such as following prescription-drug directions. 9 Potential communication barriers between patients and health care providers created by low health literacy may lead to a variety of negative health outcomes for the patient. Nearly 36 percent of adults in the U.S.

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Leading speciality pharmacies in pharma

Pharmaceutical Technology

Speciality pharmacies play a crucial role in medication dosing, disease and side effects management, and patient care. The expert services rendered by them help in improving patient outcomes, minimising costs of the healthcare system, improving medicinal adherence and persistency and saving clinicians’ time.

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Can pharma really leverage social media?

World of DTC Marketing

Rather than mentioning the brand, we sent a Tweet with “learn about the side effects of new products to treat psoriasis,” which linked to a page within the product website on side effects. According to the CDC, prescription drug use increases with age, from 18.0% of children under age 12 to 85.0%

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