The impact of social media on the healthcare market and value chain

Social media and social networks are being utilized very differently along the healthcare value chain, by medical technology vendors, healthcare providers, and patients. How could social media impact the relationships among stakeholders and change the power of patients in the value chain. This talk will highlight the MegaTrends that could alter the healthcare. Speaker: Greg Caressi Greg Caressi is Sr. VP of the Healthcare and Life Sciences group at Frost and Sullivan, serving as the business unit leader for North American and Latin American operations. He oversees research teams covering Healthcare and Life Sciences IT, Medical Imaging, Patient Monitoring, Pharma, Medical Devices, Drug Discovery and Clinical Diagnostics. The past ten years he has served in executive roles covering subscription services, consulting projects, sales and business developments teams. He has directed Frost and Sullivan’s business expansion into Latin America and China. Prior to joining Frost and Sullivan, Greg worked in the fields of economics, marketing, and trade in the US and China. He was an instructor of Corporate and International Finance and Business Intelligence at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA. Followed by a demo: Neurosky.com