As healthcare strategists, the first thing we tell our clients is that all healthcare consumers are on a journey. The story goes something like this: they’re told they or a loved one has a condition, they research and learn more about it, and then they decide to reach out for help. It’s at that inflection […]
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[Podcast] What if Your Personal and Professional Brand Could be the Same? An Interview with Kelsey Flora.
In this episode, Kim talks with Kelsey Flora, former Director of Marketing and Engagement at National Geographic, about how to turn your biggest brand asset – your team members – into your biggest brand ambassadors by sharing work-related content on social media. Listen Now Subscribe Where You Listen Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google […]
Kaizen Evolution of Your Healthcare Website
In this blog series, we explore experience design for the patient and member journey. Strategy to Improve Digital Experiences in Healthcare Continuous Change, Always Consumer-Centered Designing and creating content for a website is not a one-and-done deal. It’s an ever-evolving venture. Your website is your largest and most expensive marketing tool – you’d be remiss […]
Content Creation Tips for Healthcare Marketers
In this blog series, we explore experience design for the patient and member journey. Strategy to Improve Digital Experiences in Healthcare Patient- and Member-Centered Content and Experience Design A hallmark of poorly-considered healthcare content is the tendency to create definition-based pages in isolation of one another. Before you write a word, make sure you understand […]
Reach and Engage Healthcare Consumers
Healthcare marketers want to “Wow” – to help their consumers, teams, and organizations thrive. But they often tell us that they’re struggling to make it happen. While marketers and experience leaders have big goals, the work of connecting all the dots – the data, insights, and integrated tools that drive meaningful, personalized connections – may […]
[Podcast] What If You Never Had to Go to Your Doctor’s Office Again? An Interview With Tom Swanson.
In this episode, Jim talks with Tom Swanson, Head of Industry Strategy & Marketing for Health & Life Sciences at Adobe, about the future of telemedicine and what other industries can learn from what’s happening in the healthcare space. Listen Now Subscribe Where You Listen Apple | Spotify | Amazon | Google | Stitcher Meet […]
Build Winning Healthcare Site Experiences + Keep Internal Stakeholders Happy
In this blog series, we explore experience design for the patient and member journey. Strategy to Improve Digital Experiences in Healthcare Lead With Data Marketing teams often feel the urge to create navigation or journey structures based on departmental structures. Often, services are promoted based on internal seniority instead of what is most meaningful or […]
Tips to Map Healthcare Audiences: Scenarios and Journeys
In this blog series, we explore experience design for the patient and member journey. Strategy to Improve Digital Experiences in Healthcare Dissect the Experience From the Patient or Member Perspective In a previous blog, we explored how to better understand the people you serve. Once you have identified your subjects, you can role-play in context-specific […]
How to Better Understand Your Patients and Members
In this blog series, we explore experience design for the patient and member journey. Strategy to Improve Digital Experiences in Healthcare Healthcare Journeys: Understand Barriers, Disconnects, and Alternate Paths The fundamental place to begin is with a deep and empathic understanding of your audience, their journeys, emotional context, and the specific and logical paths they […]
Experience Design for the Patient Journey
We search for health information in times of heightened emotions: fear, stress, frustration, dread—and even, at times, excitement and anticipation. Irrespective of emotional state, when consumers encounter a healthcare organization’s website, they are not asking to be marketed to, nor are they asking for an accurate representation of departmental structure—they are asking for your help. […]
An Interoperability Success Story: Modernizing Enterprise Data & Integrations in Healthcare
A healthcare experience upgrade – that’s the quest of so many healthcare organizations. Consumers expect better healthcare experiences. Government has even mandated it. And, below the surface, data serves as important connective tissue powering seamless, connected experiences for patients, members, and their care ecosystems. Interoperability helps unlock data’s greater potential — healthcare innovation, more meaningful care […]
How Hospitals and Health Systems Can Leverage Ecommerce to Reduce Hospital Readmissions
A big challenge that hospitals and health systems face revolves around patients being discharged, then re-admitted in short order after they arrive home. This is problematic for a few reasons. Most obviously, patient health and wellness are always a top priority for hospitals and health systems, so when a patient is discharged and they have […]