# Impact Communication Partners, Inc.

> Impact Communication Partners is a West Hartford medical communications agency that turns complex science into programs for healthcare professionals. Its work spans strategy, medical education, congress programs, field support, peer-to-peer engagement, and digital and print content; its most distinctive offering is virtualHarkness, an asynchronous, blinded discussion platform designed to draw out considered expert feedback before, after, or instead of a conventional meeting.

- **Founded:** 1981
- **Headquarters:** West Hartford, United States
- **Products:** virtualHarkness, Strategic planning and insight generation, Peer-to-peer connection, Congress presence, Field and internal support
- **Notable:** More than 40 years of operating experience in medical communications., Developed virtualHarkness, a proprietary platform for asynchronous, blinded healthcare-professional engagement., Joined The Bloc's global health-native agency network while retaining a specialist Impact identity.

## Products & services

- **virtualHarkness** — A proprietary asynchronous engagement platform where invited participants review materials, answer questions in a blinded fashion before seeing peers' responses, and discuss follow-up prompts with a moderator. Impact supplies a post-session summary with strategic recommendations.
- **Strategic planning and insight generation** — Client-specific strategy and research programs for pharmaceutical and biotechnology medical and commercial teams.
- **Peer-to-peer connection** — Healthcare-professional education and engagement programs, including advisory boards and moderated expert exchanges.
- **Congress presence** — Scientific communications and engagement support around medical congresses.
- **Field and internal support** — Scientific and educational materials for client field teams and internal stakeholders.
- **Digital and print communications** — Scientific storytelling, content creation, biovisualization, education, and branded materials across digital and print formats.

## Achievements

- More than 40 years of operating experience in medical communications.
- Developed virtualHarkness, a proprietary platform for asynchronous, blinded healthcare-professional engagement.
- Joined The Bloc's global health-native agency network while retaining a specialist Impact identity.
- Built a multidisciplinary team spanning clinical, scientific, editorial, educational, strategic, logistics, visualization, and former field-medical experience.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Impact promoted a live facilitation session on moderation tactics for advisory boards and steering committees, led by JoMichelle Corrales.
- **2026-08** — The company continued its Making an Impact employee-introduction series, featuring associate Olivia Potvin.
- **2025-01** — Impact's current website emphasized its multidisciplinary team, The Bloc membership, expanded capabilities, and virtualHarkness platform.

## Links

- Website: https://www.impactbiomed.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impactbiomed/

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Last updated: 2026-09-23