Scientist.com Adds Accomplished Pharma Executive Arne Brandon to Management Team

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Scientist.com, the life science industry’s leading online marketplace for outsourced research, announced today the appointment of Arne Brandon to its senior leadership team. As the company’s chief commercial officer, Brandon will focus on growth of the platform within global pharma and biotech markets. “We are delighted to have someone with Arne’s breadth of … Continued

Doctible Closes $2.2M Preferred Seed Round

I am pleased to announce today that Doctible has closed our $2.2 million funding round from lead investor ClearVision Equity Partners, with participation from returning investors, Bootstrap Incubation and Keshif Ventures. This round of funding will help us further accelerate our footprint across the nation and greatly increases our investment in product innovation to leverage … Continued

CARD-LINKED OFFERS – BRICK & MORTAR’S NEW BFF?

The customer loyalty space has evolved over the last few years from predominantly coupon driven rewards to including card-linking offers (CLO) embraced by the online-to-offline (O2O) industry. Card-linked offers enable consumers to receive a discount or cash back automatically when they pay with a debit or credit card that has been linked to an offer. … Continued

ROI vs VOI, managing online reviews, and combating the opioid crisis

This week we compared ROI vs VOI for measuring onsite workplace clinic effectiveness, witnessed the power of online reviews for DPC practices, experienced how independent physicians are leading the efforts to combat opioid abuse, saw how national healthcare policy has evolved, and learned how independent physicians are managing their business under the value-based care model. At … Continued

Take Back Your Weekends

We are in the midst of a data management crisis and NO ONE has a magic bullet or a secret sauce to solve the remote monitoring data deluge. What we do have is an immense, talented, and deeply committed allied health professional workforce who are working around the clock to attempt to dam the flood … Continued

Tech Snapshot™: Tracking the Digital Transformation in the Life Sciences

A few readers of this blog series might recall the thrill of operating the so-called Genetics Computing Group “Wisconsin Package” running on the OpenVMS operating system. Subsequently, its GUI SeqWeb became a precursor to today’s cloud computing concept. Users interacted with a locally-hosted yet high-end computing server through a thin-client application running on a local … Continued

BUT ARE YOUR DOCTORS PROVIDING GOOD CARE VIRTUALLY?

Like people in general, doctors aren’t all the same. Some doctors have a great bedside manner and make patients feel like they are a family member. Some physicians perform complicated procedures that require a combination of clinical and technical acumen. Although patients may never see the radiologist who reads their CT scan, or the pathologist … Continued