EPG Health Media

EPG Health Media Social Directory

Healthcare Professional Communities Social media tools such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook are increasingly being used within the medical community to help spread new information, build relationships and promote support.

Use the EPG Health Media social media directory to stay connected and share information with fellow industry professionals and the wider medical community.

Go to social media directory for healthcare professionals (on epgonline.org)
Go to social media directory for patients/consumers (on epgpatientdirect.org)

Blogs | Marketing Professional Communities | Twitter

Blogs

BlogA blog is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary

  • Action for better Healthcare
    Action for Better Healthcare invites guest bloggers to join the healthcare conversation. If you work in the healthcare industry and have information and expertise that would be helpful to the public, we want to hear from you!
  • AdPharm
    AdPharm is a blog about healthcare and pharmaceutical communications, but viewed through the interested eye of an ad creative. This is the little brother site to AdPharm.net, the largest online pharmaceutical and healthcare advertising gallery.
  • Advertising and Health
    Our goal is to share knowledge, debate and reflect on advertising, communication and healthcare from all of their perspectives, both online and offline, and to generate an archive that may be useful for anyone visiting the blog.
  • CenterWatch
    The global source for clinical trials information: offering news, analysis, study grants, career opportunities, and trial listings to professionals and patients.
  • Compass Healthcare Blog
    When it comes to specialty brands and those that treat serious and chronic conditions, every person who touches that brand matters. At Compass, understanding and reaching these many audiences is our mission. 
  • The Cross-Border Biotech blog
    The views expressed here are solely the authors’ and should not be attributed to any of their firms or clients.
  • Diabetes Mine
    Here you'll find 5 years' worth of info on every imaginable aspect of living with diabetes — from food scales to pharma news and book reviews, to the exasperating things other people say.
  • Drug Channel
    Expert viewpoints by Dr. Adam J. Fein on pharmacy economics and the pharmaceutical supply chain.
  • e-patients.net
    Tom Ferguson coined the term e-patients to describe individuals who are equipped, enabled, empowered and engaged in their health and health care decisions. He envisioned health care as an equal partnership between e-patients and health professionals and systems that support them.
  • The eCTD Summit
    The eCTD Summit is an electronic submissions blog providing thought leadership and status updates on current regulatory trends, eCTD readiness, and best practices in the development and delivery of global dossiers.
  • ePharma Rx
    A blog for discussions around pharmaceutical eMarketing, written from an agency point-of-view. From Wendy Blackburn and others at Intouch Solutions.
  • ePharma Canada
    Pharma marketers are ever so keen on social media. Patients are out there talking about their conditions, and their medications. Pharma would love to join, and no doubt influence, the conversation.
  • ePharma Summit
    The ePharma Summit brings together leaders in digital marketing to share best practices and discuss innovative marketing strategies.
  • Eye for Pharma
    We believe that the ultimate driver for the pharmaceutical industry’s health is meeting the needs of patients, like us, for affordable and accessible healthcare.
  • Extrovertic
    Founded by marketing veterans Dorothy Wetzel and Mark Drossman, Extrovertic is a new kind of agency that helps healthcare companies create brand advocates by strategically infusing social media and other non-traditional methods into their marketing mix.
  • ePharmaSummit
    Leverage Innovative Digital Marketing Strategies to Drive Business Growth.
  • Future of BioPharma
    The Future of BioPharma blog provides timely coverage of news that directly impacts the business strategies of the biotech, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. In addition to news coverage, the Future of BioPharma blog features live event coverage from IIR's Biopharmaceutical and Healthcare division.
  • The Health Care Blog
    The Health Care Blog (THCB) has acquired a reputation as one of the most respected independent voices in the healthcare industry.
  • Health Populi
    Jane Sarasohn-Kahn is a health economist and management consultant who has worked with health care stakeholders in the U.S. and Europe for over two decades.
  • HealthCareVox
    Know More Media offers a variety of expert advice, news, tips, resources, and opinions on various business-to-business topics through its rapidly expanding online network of business trade blogs.
  • HealthTalker
    After working in the pharmaceutical industry for 13 years, Founder and CEO Andy Levitt was familiar with the challenges companies face in influencing consumer behavior with the regular mix of direct to consumer (DTC) programming.
  • Healthy Conversations
    Imagining & Creating New Value For Health Brands & Consumers.
  • Kru Research
    Kru Research is a global think tank focused on "empowered patients" - those who are increasingly marshalling digital technologies and communicating with peers to actively manage their health.
  • Marketing 4 Health
    Natalie Bourre, founder of Marketing 4 Health Inc., is a Medical Marketing and Social Media Consultant with over 13 years of experience in pharma sales and marketing.
  • Medical Brochures Blog
    Enrich your marketing capabilities in the pharmaceutical industry with the online gallery of creative Pharmaceutical Advertisments designs, printing and videos with critique.
  • Pharma 2.0
    Exploring the convergence of social media and the life sciences
  • PTR Pharmacy technology resource
    The Pharmacy Technology Resource offers a best in class technology consortium and consulting dedicated to the needs of the independent retail, regional chain, closed door-long term care or hospital pharmacy.
  • Pharmafocus
    InPharm.com is published from the Wiley Head Office, Chichester, UK along with the print products Pharmafile and Pharmafocus.

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Marketing Professional Communities

Online Social CommunitiesCommunities focused on pharma and/or healthcare marketing

  • FDA
    This Web site has been created as a free service to the healthcare communications industry and its related stakeholders that are interested in following the news, blogs, and tweets regarding the FDA public hearings on the use of the Internet and Social Media for health-related communications, as well as the process to developing guidance for manufacturers of FDA-regulated products.
  • Ideagoras Community
    My Ideagoras is the place of assembly of those embracing the new Social Communications in Healthcare.
  • medXcentral
    Medical & Healthcare Industry Social Media Network
  • Path of the Blue Eye Project Online Community, Living the Path
    Living the Path is a global online community for health marketing communications professionals. Consultants, executives, students, journalists, social marketers and others are welcome. Educate yourself, share knowledge and more!
  • Pharma Marketing Network Forums
    The Leading Online Community of Pharmaceutical Marketing Experts.

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Twitter (Industry Observers)

Twitter Industry observers (non-pharma and healthcare company employees) using Twitter

  • Jack Barrette
    CEO of WEGO Health - I believe health is social media's higher calling.
  • Wendy Blackburn
    Blogger, digital marketer, focused on pharma. EVP for @IntouchSol digital marketing agency.
  • Janet Carlson
    Founder and CEO of One Eleven Interactive, an interactive and mobile agency connecting pharma and physicians
  • John Chilmark
    IT analyst focusing on consumer-facing HIT
  • Sally Church
    Icarus Consultants, Pharma, Biotech, Marketing Strategy, Competitive Intelligence, Social Media Monitoring, Science, Market Research, Oncology, Hematology
  • March Drossman
    Founding Partner, Chief Creative Extrovert, Extrovertic
  • Jim Edwards
    Bio Writer for Brandweek and BNET
  • EPGOnline
    EPGOnline.org is a medicines (pharmaceutical drug), disease and treatment knowledge base. A reference source and decision support tool giving doctors, physicians and other healthcare professionals free access to drug databases, diagnosis and treatment tools, clinical guidelines and medical news.
  • Timothy Graham
    Bio Former Apple employee, now I do online marketing/social media for pharma companies and all in all try to have a good time
  • Fabio Gratton
    Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer of Ignite Health. Passionate about Health, Digital, and Social Media.
  • Ellen Hoenig Carlson
    Simplify consumer and healthcare marketing for elegant solutions in a complex world.
  • Carlen Lea
    Connector of people, ideas and information.
  • John Mack
    Pharma Marketing Pundit & Critic, Blogger & Publisher of Pharma Marketing News
  • Kevin Pho (Kevin MD)
    Social media's leading physician voice. Member of USA TODAY's Board of Contributors.
  • Allison Rigel
    Marketing Manager for the Pharmaceutical Division at IIR
  • Dorothy Wetzel
    Consumer healthcare communication expert
  • Steve Woodruff
    Pharma + marketing + eHealth + training + speaking + networking
  • Fierce Pharma
    FiercePharma's 140. Join 50,000 pharma insiders on our free newsletter at FiercePharma.com
  • PharmaProEditor
    Pharma industry news, trends, FDA updates and manufacturing technology
  • Aurametrix
    Health Management Systems based on Next Gen diagnostic technologies assessing all aspects of health and wellness - from food intolerance to aging and more.
  • ExL Pharma
    A leader in developing innovative, educational events that serve the healthcare community and allied professionals.
  • Partnerships with CROs
    Partnerships in Clinical Trials is the must attend clinical operations and outsourcing and event of the year!
  • ePharma
    The ePharma Summit brings together leaders in digital marketing to share best practices and discuss innovative marketing strategies.
  • Future of Biopharma
    What's next in Pharma?
  • Breat Cancer Survivors
    Connecting the leaders of MyBreastCancerNetwork.com with patients, survivors and their loved ones. Ask us questions. Lend support. Share your cancer story.
  • Kurt Mueller
    Roska Digital combines customer and market insights, technology and creativity to deliver interactive online programs that compel customers to take action.
  • Life Science Leader
    This site is updated by Dan Schell, chief editor for Life Science Leader (LSL) magazine. LSL is a B2B magazine for pharma and biopharm executives.
  • Eye for Pharma
    eyeforpharma exists to assist the pharma industry in creating real patient value, care and service
  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
    ASCO is the American Society of Clinical Oncology. Making a world of difference in cancer care.
  • Bertalan Meski
    Medical doctor, founder of Webicina.com, health 2.0 consultant, blogger; Second Life resident, Wikipedia administrator doing PhD in genetics.
  • Janet Carlson
    Founder and CEO of One Eleven Interactive, an interactive and mobile agency connecting pharma and physicians.
  • Pierre Yves Arnoux
    pharmacist into biotech, pharma, drug discovery, innovation, web 2.0, health 2.0, music and photography among other things. @substanceactive founder.
  • The HealthEdGroup
    Tweets from Jeff Greene & Charlie Tarzian of HealthEd, a specialized agency that uses education to achieve better health outcomes
  • Centerwatch
    The global source of news, directories, proprietary market research, and analysis for clinical trials professionals and patients.
  • Betsy Stevenson
    Public Relations business owner; expert counsel and support for biotech and pharma industries
  • Emily Downward
    Digital health marketer/communicator.
  • Eric Brody
    Bio President of Trajectory Branding & Marketing. We help to grow health-focused businesses by creating greater and new value for companies and customers.
  • Andres Heuberger
    Specialized language services for pharmaceutical & medical device companies by ForeignExchange Translations.
  • Joel Selzer
    Entrepreneur and Innovator in Health Care and Social Media. Co-Founder & CEO of Ozmosis, Inc., The Trusted Physician's Network.
  • Getting2ihm
    Tracking the science, research, practice, business, consumer experience and new wellness thinking shaping integrative health and medicine.
  • Daniel Ghinn
    Director of Digital Engagement, Creation Healthcare & Editor, Engagement Strategy e-journal for leaders & communicators in healthcare.
  • Dominic Tyer
    Web Editor for Pharmafocus and InPharm.com, author of Digital Pharma blog.
  • Alex de Carvalho
    Working on social media for the pharmaceutical industry.
  • Pharmaphorum
    pharmaphorum.com is a new online pharma discussion and networking site, designed to be a central hub for debate in the healthcare industry.
  • Kevin Clauson
    Academician focused on consumer health informatics and Web 2.0 from a pharmacy perspective.
  • David Brightmore
    Working in medical education, looking to learn all things digital and social media related.
  • Kurt Proctor
    Patient Safety, Medication Safety, ePrescribing, MTM technology pharmacist.
  • Kathie Clark
    Kathie Clark is Director of Professional Services for GlobalSubmit. Kathie has an extensive background in document management and electronics submissions.
  • Melissa Davies
    Social Media Practice Lead at Return on Focus. Passionate about healthcare and social media.
  • Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA)
    Tweets about the IPHA, medicines, healthcare and the research-based pharmaceutical industry in Ireland | Supporting Irish patients and the Irish economy.
  • Myelin Repair Foundation
    Reducing the time it takes to discover and develop treatments for MS Patients.
  • Stuart Gandolf
    Medical marketing and health care advertising entrepreneur, writer, speaker and Co-Founder Healthcare Success Strategies. 

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