Archive for August, 2010
Social media enabled GP practices
Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by phaedrus.
In preparation for a recent visit to my new local GP in the London Borough of Camden, I decided to check opening hours and contact details online. I was surprised and interested to see that, alongside the usual information, user comments and ratings were displayed for my convenience. In fact, through the NHS Choices website, [...]
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Aurora top 20 – August 2010
Posted on 24. Aug, 2010 by phaedrus.
August has been a varied month, both in terms of weather and UK health news. While we can hear the rain outside the office, the Aurora team have all spent some glorious sunny days in delightful ways this month, and enjoyed an interesting mix of health-related news stories. We hope you had a good Bank [...]
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Children with rare ageing disease ‘found’ through global media campaign
Posted on 23. Aug, 2010 by Handbaglady.
Further to my post last October about the launch of GLOBALHealthPR’s awareness campaign ‘Find the other 150′ I am now pleased to announce the fantastic results… Thirteen new children from seven countries with the rapid ageing disease Progeria have been found as a direct result of the campaign, bringing the total known cases in the [...]
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Informed privacy decisions and informed openness
Posted on 14. Aug, 2010 by neilcrump.
Ed Purkins wrote a blog post a few weeks ago that has had my mind whirling. The post read: The author of a report which features the personal details of 100 million Facebook users says he released the information to highlight the privacy issues associated with social networking. This has received widespread media pick-up because [...]
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Happy first birthday #hcsmeu
Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by phaedrus.
Birthday wishes from the members of the #hcsmeu twitter group, as it reaches one year of age: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Buzz it up Buzz it up Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Tell a friend Print for later Bookmark [...]
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Pharma comms in the age of austerity
Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by phaedrus.
This month’s issue of Pharmaceutical Marketing (PM) contains a fascinating look at the road ahead for the pharmaceutical industry in the age of austerity. Aurora MD and co-founder Claire Eldridge’s cover story insights are realistic yet optimistic. Click here to read the article. With massive health service funding cuts pledged by the Lib-Cons, the pharmaceutical [...]
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Aurora austerity makes cover story
Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by neilcrump.
Aurora MD Claire Eldridge wrote the cover story for the latest issue of Pharmaceutical Marketing magazine. In the article Claire writes about the state of the public finances, the impact on the NHS, and how pharma should, in our view, respond. Read the article online here: http://www.pmlive.com/find_an_article/allarticles/categories/General/2010/august/features/sink_or_swim Posted via email from auroracomms’s posterous Bookmark on [...]
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#hcsmeu 1st birthday video
Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by neilcrump.
Hi all To celebrate the 1st birthday of the #hcsmeu community and inspired by this excellent video (spotted by @pharmaguy and shared on the #hcsmeu Facebook page)… …here is an idea… Compile a video of the #hcsmeu community members saying “hcsmeu” from the birthday gatherings on Friday 6th August (if you cannot attend a birthday [...]
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We hate social media bloopers
Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by neilcrump.
In the making of our ‘We Hate Social Media’ videos the Aurora team had to put themselves in front of a camera… We put ourselves through this ‘ordeal’ because we believe that it is time for pharma companies to embrace social media with rigour and make a valuable contribution to the global health discussion that [...]
