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Advertising Showcase: Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center’s “Get Back to Being You” Campaign

April 15, 2024

Each month, the Strategic Health Care Marketing Advertising Showcase features challenges, tactics, and outcomes of a multimedia advertising campaign, offering strategic and creative insights from some of the nation’s leading hospitals, health systems, and health-related organizations. Penn Medicine Princeton Health Spine Services Campaign PLATINUM WINNER Opportunity In spring 2022, Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (PMC) Read More

Conference Preview: HMPS24 Will Keep You Educated, Informed, and Connected

March 28, 2024

Dean Browell, chief behavioral officer, Feedback

When a health care conference sends out a call for speakers nine months in advance, you might wonder how current the sessions will be by the time the live event rolls around. That’s where the Healthcare Marketing & Physician Strategies Summit (HMPS24) advisory committee — made up of industry leaders convened by conference producer Judy Read More

Advertising Showcase: Centra’s “It’s My Life” Brand Campaign

March 25, 2024

Each month, Strategic Health Care Marketing Advertising Showcase features challenges, tactics, and outcomes of a multimedia advertising campaign, offering strategic and creative insights from some of the nation’s leading hospitals, health systems, and health-related organizations. “It’s My Life” Brand Campaign Opportunity In early 2022, the Centra marketing team recognized the need to evolve the look Read More

A Conference Hand-Crafted for You

March 5, 2024

Susan Alcorn, president, Alcorn Strategic Communications and counsel, Jarrard, Inc.

The Healthcare Marketing & Physician Strategies Summit (HMPS24) planning team has put together a star-studded program covering today’s top issues that will keep you educated, informed, and connected. // By Jane Weber Brubaker // When a health care conference sends out a call for speakers nine months in advance, you might wonder how current the Read More

Understanding the Hispanic Population’s Health Care Needs and Challenges

January 18, 2024

About 1 in 5 people living in the U.S. are Hispanic, an increase of 23 percent from 2010 and 2020. By 2060, it is estimated that 1 in 4 Americans will be Hispanic. How well does your health system understand this population’s needs? If you and your doctor speak the same language, communication is easier. Read More

Data-Driven Media Planning: How to Optimize Your Strategy

January 4, 2024

Maggie Checinski, director, integrated media, SPM Marketing and Communications

The continued growth in channels makes precision media buying more important than ever. Today, consumers have a seemingly endless array of media options to choose from, causing many health care marketers to ask: “How should I allocate my limited budget to maximize the effectiveness of media buying?” It’s a crucial question that will often determine Read More

Survey Identifies Barriers to Care for the Rapidly Growing Hispanic Population

December 29, 2023

Miriam Browning-Nance, vice president, WHY, multicultural lead

About 1 in 5 people living in the U.S. are Hispanic, an increase of 23 percent from 2010 and 2020. By 2060, it is estimated that 1 in 4 Americans will be Hispanic. How well does your health system understand this population’s needs? // By Jane Weber Brubaker // If you and your doctor speak Read More

How Health Care Organizations Can Use Media Data to Effectively Target Market

December 18, 2023

The continued growth in channels makes precision media buying more important than ever. // By Brian Griffin // Today, consumers have a seemingly endless array of media options to choose from, causing many health care marketers to ask: “How should I allocate my limited budget to maximize the effectiveness of media buying?” It’s a crucial Read More

A B2B Marketing Approach to Increasing Physician Referrals and Growing Patient Volume

December 14, 2023

Loren Farquhar, principal, Farquhar Marketing and Communications

The population of the Phoenix metro area is booming. During the past decade (2012-2022), the region gained 800,00 residents to surpass the 5 million mark in population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This is good news for Phoenix Children’s health system, which is benefiting from an influx of young families moving into the area. Read More

Phoenix Children’s Focuses on Increasing Physician Referrals to Grow Patient Volumes for Specialty Care Services

November 29, 2023

Shelly Caldrello, director, physician relations at Phoenix Children’s

Building strong relationships with providers is the centerpiece of a multiphase marketing initiative. // By Brian Griffin // The population of the Phoenix metro area is booming. During the past decade (2012-2022), the region gained 800,00 residents to surpass the 5 million mark in population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This is good news Read More

Creating the Blueprint: 5 Ways to Develop National Health Care Brand Recognition

November 9, 2023

An effective public relations effort can give organizations a megaphone to amplify health care brand recognition. As a faith-based, mission-oriented organization, OSF HealthCare (OSF), founded in the late 1800s, has historically met internal and external challenges through innovation. In the past decade OSF, headquartered in Peoria, Illinois and serving patients in Illinois and Michigan, has Read More

How a Data-Driven Media Strategy Can Deliver Cost-Effective Results

November 2, 2023

Andrea Becker, senior director, marketing, WellSpan Health

Last year, Central Pennsylvania-based WellSpan Health established two major goals to combat breast cancer and strengthen the health system’s market position: 1) heighten awareness of breast care services, and 2) increase mammography screenings. These relatively common goals for health care organizations are often supported by the same time-worn tactics that marketers have used for years Read More

How OSF Healthcare Makes Its Presence Known Nationally

October 31, 2023

An effective public relations effort can give organizations a megaphone to amplify brand recognition. // By Cheryl L. Serra // As a faith-based, mission-oriented organization, OSF HealthCare (OSF), founded in the late 1800s, has historically met internal and external challenges through innovation. In the past decade OSF, headquartered in Peoria, Illinois and serving patients in Read More

The Critical Importance of Transparency in an Age of Misinformation

October 25, 2023

Paul Gadd, director of internal communications, University of Utah Health

How University of Utah Health intentionally becomes the voice of authority for internal and external audiences. // By Wendy Margolin // In March 2020 Paul Gadd, director of internal communications at University of Utah Health, answered a call from the emergency management director. Senior leadership decided to set up BLU-MED tents — emergency management tents Read More

Data-Driven Approach to Media Planning for WellSpan Health’s Breast Cancer Initiatives Delivers Cost-Effective Precision Marketing

October 23, 2023

Thorough research identified target audiences and pinpointed their media of choice. // By Brian Griffin // Last year, Central Pennsylvania-based WellSpan Health established two major goals to combat breast cancer and strengthen the health system’s market position: 1) heighten awareness of breast care services, and 2) increase mammography screenings. These relatively common goals for health Read More

How to Combat the Public Health Crisis of Black Maternal Mortality

September 19, 2023

It takes a village to raise a child, and it takes a village to save their mothers’ lives. // By Wendy Margolin // The U.S. is the only high-resource country in the world with a rising maternal mortality rate. As shameful as that is, it gets worse. One group of women — Black women — Read More

How to Navigate Today’s Fragmented Health Care Media Landscape

June 22, 2023

Kara Rozek, VP, media, SPM Marketing & Communications

Today’s health care media landscape is drastically different from the era of print magazine ads and TV spots. It is now characterized by a fragmented array of channels and diverse media formats, which has made media planning more complex than ever. Do you recall what media buys looked like five, 10, or even 20 years Read More

Meeting the Right People at the Right Time in a Fragmented Media Universe

June 12, 2023

Today’s media landscape is a far cry from the days of print magazine ads and TV spots. It’s fragmented across countless channels and media formats, making media planning more complex than ever. We sat down with Kara Rozek, VP, media at SPM Marketing & Communications, to learn how health care marketers can adapt to today’s Read More

AI in Health Care: 4 Things to Consider for Your Future Content

March 23, 2023

Rachael Sauceman is director of strategy for Full Media

You get into work, grab your coffee, boot up your computer, and look at your to-do list for the day. The one and only thing you’ve left for yourself on the to-do list is the thing you’ve been putting off for days — weeks even: Write that blog on the dangers of high blood pressure. Read More

Four Questions to Ask Before Using AI-Generated Content in Health Care

March 13, 2023

4 Questions to Ask Before Using AI-Generated Content in Health Care

In-house marketers and agencies alike grapple with how and whether AI should become just another part of our marketing toolkit. What are the benefits? What are the pitfalls? // By Rachael Sauceman// You get into work, grab your coffee, boot up your computer, and look at your to-do list for the day. The one and Read More

Tips for Mastering Short-Form Video Production for Your Health Care Brand

November 23, 2022

“So, you’ve been assigned to create a short-form video for your health care organization. Maybe you even have a ring light, a tripod, dedicated studio space, or a quality microphone. Now what?” says John Ferin, content strategy and development lead at ddm. In a new article, Ferin shares three tips that will serve you well Read More

How to Make Short-Form Videos for Your Health Care Brand

November 21, 2022

John Ferin leads the content strategy and development team at ddm

You have a smartphone. You take lots of pictures and videos. You share them on social media. Why not use those talents for the benefit of your organization? Learn some quick tips and tricks here. // By John Ferin // So, you’ve been assigned to create a short-form video for your health care organization. Maybe Read More

Post Health System Brands: The Future of Health Care Marketing?

September 15, 2022

Welcome to a new age of “Post Health System Brands.” This is another way of saying that moving a brand beyond the product offered to deeper meaning is now expected by consumers as well as by the workforce and the communities where they live, work, and play. Health system brands have been built the same Read More

Raising Louisiana’s Health Esteem

September 6, 2022

Health system brands have been built the same way for 40 years, with a focus on self-promotion: If you get sick, we’re the absolute best to treat you and get you on the road to recovery. But if the past two-plus years have taught us anything, it’s that this approach may no longer be enough Read More

Advancing Racial Justice and Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (HEDI) in Times of Turmoil

July 2, 2022

David Simpkins, vice president for marketing and communications at Johns Hopkins Medicine

// By Brian Griffin // Two tragic events sparked Johns Hopkins Medicine to strengthen its commitment to racial justice and HEDI through microsites and community outreach. In May 2020, the killing of George Floyd rocked the nation and sparked civil unrest and cries for racial justice that continue to reverberate today. At Johns Hopkins Medicine Read More

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