16th January 2015

Is Telehealth the Future for Prenatal Care? Guest blogger Dr Jason Collins shares his experiences.

Ali Whittaker

“Urgent, Urgent, Urgent” stated the e-mail from a mom in Switzerland. Her recent ultrasound documented a cord around the neck of her 32 week old baby....

9th January 2015

3D Printing and Healthcare

Chiara Facco

Another year over, and a new one just begun... What does the medDigital Blog have in store for you in 2015? We've been tweeting and blogging about cou...

20th November 2014

Let's Encrypt - Delivering SSL/TLS Everywhere

Ali Whittaker

Scheduled to launch in Summer 2015, and sponsored by the EFF, Mozilla, Akamai and Cisco, Let's Encrypt is a new certificate authority that is free, au...

15th October 2014

The Sharing Economy - The UK's next big export?

Felix Jackson

I was very interested to see that the UK Government has launched a review of the sharing economy because two of my favourite apps are Uber and Airbn...

6th October 2014

Guest Blogger Marc Southern on Putting medical records in the hands of the patient

Neeta Camadoo

When online banking was first introduced it seemed like an alien concept. Now years later it’s part of everyday life. The new alien concept is online...

17th July 2014

Social Media extends the reach of medical conferences

Felix Jackson

The Internet enables people to create and exchange content through ‘Social Media’. Every minute of every day people are using highly-interactive mobil...

18th June 2014

mHealth apps which the FDA will not regulate

Neeta Camadoo

The FDA issued its mobile medical application guideline back in 2013. This guideline applies only to medical apps that transform a mobile device into...

8th May 2014

Digital Influence in Pharma

Neeta Camadoo

Pharmaceutical companies have increased their investment in digital strategies such as social media, websites and digital marketing despite the heavil...

5th February 2014

How does a pharmaceutical company increase awareness and engagement in a highly regulated sector?

Ali Whittaker

Being one of the world’s largest Pharmaceutical companies Boehringer Ingelheim is dedicated to the research and development of products, including pre...

16th January 2014

FDA releases draft social media submission guidance

Ali Whittaker

Four years after the FDA began drafting guidance on the use of social media, they publish directions on how digital media submissions to the FDA shoul...
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