Healthcare Archive

News23 September 2020

More American consumers willing to share sensitive data

The US public have become slightly more willing to share more sensitive data such as social security numbers, financial and health information, according to a survey by the Advertising Research Foundation.  

News16 September 2020

ICO to examine Public Health Wales Covid-19 data breach

Liam Kay

Public Health Wales has apologised and notified the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after publishing data online from 18,105 people who have tested positive for Covid-19.

News11 September 2020

Schlesinger Clinical appoints Figueroa

Clinical research recruitment and data collection company Schlesinger Clinical Research has appointed Erica Figueroa as senior vice-president, client solutions.

News10 September 2020

CMI hires SVP for health division

Research and data enablement firm CMI has hired Pete Kuz as senior vice-president of its health and pharmaceuticals division.

News28 August 2020

Report examines impact of disinformation on UK society

Researchers from King’s College London have called for a more “nuanced” approach to countering disinformation as a report outlines how Covid-19 has offered new evidence of its impact on society.

News20 August 2020

Fake health news seen 3.8bn times on Facebook, report finds

Liam Kay

Facebook has been labelled a “threat to public health” after a campaign group claimed health misinformation had been viewed 3.8bn times on the social media platform in the past year.

News12 August 2020

Cello Health acquisition completed

Private equity firm Arsenal Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of health advisory business Cello Health for £181.8m.

News27 July 2020

Junk food ad ban could see advertising jobs lost, warns IPA

Liam Kay

A proposed pre-9pm ban on the advertising of foods with high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) content would have little impact on childhood obesity and cost jobs in the advertising sector, the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has warned the government.

Feature24 July 2020

How do different cultures handle crisis uncertainty?

Oliver Sweet

While Covid-19 is a global crisis, how we respond to uncertainty and anxiety has cultural differences.

News23 July 2020

InCrowd parent company acquires SurveyHealthcare Globus

Apollo Intelligence Corporation, a portfolio company of Saroras Private Capital, has acquired healthcare data collection and survey firm SurveyHealthcare Globus.