Linda Watts

Healthcare is undergoing a retail revolution as businesses like Amazon, CVS, Walgreens and others increasingly disrupt how patients receive care. Patients, in turn, expect greater ease and transparency in healthcare, and they’re exercising their rights to choose the health systems that provide the greatest ease in navigating their healthcare needs. How can you, as a […]

You’ve learned about healthcare personas and journey maps. Now you’re ready to create a journey map for your healthcare organization. What’s the process? In our experience of building healthcare journey maps, the most important factor is to have a solid foundation in healthcare. The person who builds the journey map should: Have a strong knowledge […]

Healthcare journey maps are usually drawn as a linear progression with a clear beginning and end. But look closely at the healthcare journey and you’ll see it’s circular. The end of treatment doesn’t mark the journey’s end; instead, it’s a period of maintenance before the next symptoms or life events trigger the journey to resume. […]

Do you wonder why patients don’t engage more with your website? Why they download but never use your app? Why they didn’t react to your campaign? Consider this: perhaps the experiences you’re building aren’t addressing your audience’s true concerns or emotions. Through our work with health systems around the country, we see this disconnect often. […]

Healthcare marketers used to discuss the “patient experience” within their health system. More recently, however, the focus has shifted to “consumer experience,” and the reason is obvious: retail giants keep pushing deeper into the healthcare space, and they’re bringing retail practices and improved consumer experience with them. Before a person becomes a patient, they are […]

“Consumer-centric experience” has become a buzzword in healthcare circles. Working with healthcare organizations across the country, I hear from leadership over and over again: I want to create the Amazon experience! They feel the threat of Amazon and other retail giants moving into their space, and they want to fight back. The problem: While there’s […]

It’s a question healthcare marketers ask all the time: What are the keys to a good healthcare website? We want a formula. Tried and true best practices. Something that will boil it all down to a clear roadmap. If you search the web, you’ll find website checklists galore. And there are some undisputable basics: You […]

What’s the secret to success in any healthcare digital project? Hint: It’s not a snazzy design or lots of bells and whistles. No matter the project, there’s a key step that separates success from failure. And that key is within your grasp. The key? Before you dive into your project, define what success will be. […]

Healthcare journey maps take time to build, require input from multiple groups, and may uncover uncomfortable findings of the patient journey in your health system. So why invest in creating them? Here’s why to build healthcare journey maps: 1. Discover pain points Healthcare journey maps uncover pain points in the healthcare consumer journey. You learn […]

As I returned home after my recent total hip replacement surgery, I saw it again: Our nation’s best health systems may deliver exceptional service at point of care, yet miss the mark at so many other healthcare journey touchpoints. For me, it was just an annoyance. To others, it can be a barrier to accessing […]

In this series, we’re looking at strategy considerations and recommendations for people like you in the healthcare industry who are facing the coronavirus pandemic head-on. TIP: Rebuilding in the aftermath – here’s what healthcare organizations will need to do COVID-19 has been the largest disruptor of the modern healthcare industry, and the situation only continues […]

We’re here to help inform and empower you as you help provide your expertise to healthcare consumers during the coronavirus pandemic.  TIP: How COVID-19 is breaking down silos – rapid response communication requires a true and deep partnership In the old world, marketing, IT, and clinical operations were three largely separate silos. But the rapid […]