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Should doctors refuse to treat obese patients?

World of DTC Marketing

IN BRIEF: Doctors are not required to treat obese patients who won’t do anything to lose weight but the problem is more than reminding patients they need to get exercise and drop pounds. Susan knew she needed to lose weight, especially when her doctor told her that her A1C indicated that she was prediabetic.

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An app can never replace a doctor

World of DTC Marketing

million doctors, nurses, and midwives expected by 2030. Too many marketers believe that older consumers are not technology-enabled. The “hot” market is in apps the can diagnose and help treat problems from AFIB to depression, but there are risks. The post An app can never replace a doctor.

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Doctors don’t have time for digital

World of DTC Marketing

QUICK READ: Patients are returning to their doctor’s office, and it’s not uncommon for appointments, or routine visits, to be scheduled weeks or months in advance. When I sent an email to my doctor’s office, I was shocked when she said the earliest appointment she had for physicals was in September.

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Even on social media “listen to the doctor”

World of DTC Marketing

The post Even on social media “listen to the doctor” appeared first on World of DTC Marketing.com. The world of online health-seeking has become more complicated but with some common sense you can find HCPs who know that they are talking about.

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Consumers want convenient, online doctor-finding tools

pharmaphorum

When it comes to pharma marketing, historically companies have had to either market direct to consumers — and trust them to find a doctor and bring up the company’s product with them — or to send sales reps to doctors — and hope they had the right mix of potential customers among their patients.

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Digitally engaging doctors around the world

pharmaphorum

Pharmaceutical marketing budgets are going through a period of readjustment as companies explore and exploit a myriad of different digital channels to deliver content to, and engage with, their doctors and other audiences. Tailoring content to different markets. Delivering impactful campaigns.

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Doctors are consumers too! How DTC media impacts HCPs

Bio Pharma Dive

The findings have implications for how pharma teams should think about their DTC and HCP efforts — they are no longer two separate marketing channels.

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