KOLs: It’s time to rename them key influencers (KIs)

It has been said numerous times that nature abhors a vacuum, or at the very least, stagnant air. Therefore, it should not come as a surprise that we are approaching the shelf life of key opinion leaders (KOLs) in their present incarnation. When I started in this business, KOLs were our faculty, those go-to guys and gals who spoke on our behalf at congresses, dinner meetings, and other events where healthcare professionals gathered to hear ...

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Mobile Apps: Too much technology with too little patient input?

I just counted 11,340 health and medical apps at the iTunes App Store. That’s twice as many as last February. And according to a Pew Research Center report, 18- to 29-year-olds (Millennials) are more likely to use these mobile health apps. Market research giant GfK has coined a new phrase for this rising consumer market: techfluentials. Techfluentials see technologies like mobile health apps as extensions of themselves. And as Millennials age, ...

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