Health Care Consumerism

“Fasten Your Seatbelts”: Health Care Trends to Watch Out For in 2024

Political, social, and marketplace trends crisscrossing the health care landscape going into 2024 present actionable strategic and operational challenges — and opportunities. Overall, the 2024 forecast for the health care sector is “fasten your seat belts.” Investments in technology adoption or replacement, labor costs, spending on infrastructure, and a volatile economy translate into higher insurance Read More

Health Care Trends 2024: Sector-by-Sector Watchlist

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Political, social, and marketplace trends crisscrossing the health care landscape going into 2024 present actionable strategic and operational challenges — and opportunities. // By Lindsay Resnick, MHA // Overall, the 2024 forecast for the health care sector is “fasten your seat belts.” Investments in technology adoption or replacement, labor costs, spending on infrastructure, and a Read More

Report Download: Kyruus’ 2022 Patient Access Journey Report

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Digital self-service is a key part of the entire patient access journey—from scheduling to pre-visit tasks. New research from Kyruus highlights just how important self-service options are to consumers when finding, selecting, and accessing care.

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Report Download: Service Line Growth: Optimized Search & Social Campaigns Supercharge Health Risk Assessments

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Heath Risk Assessments offer an effective way to educate and motivate at-risk patients to take action to improve their overall health – and our Heart Health Assessment, one of our most popular HRAs, is no exception.

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Report Download: Provider Perspectives on Digital Access

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Learn providers’ latest thoughts on their digital presence in both internal and third-party channels, their new-found respect for online scheduling, and what tools are helping them mitigate workforce shortages.

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White Paper Download: Kettering Health – Be Your Best

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Building and maintaining a strong hospital or health system brand is no easy task for healthcare marketers today.

Download this case study and discover how Kettering Health successfully launched a system-wide rebrand – despite consolidation, consumerism, and COVID – that drove a 26% increase in their Net Promoter Score and boosted patient loyalty.

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Free Guide: Your Find Care Experience

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With nearly 60% of consumers turning to the internet to find new care options, it’s more important than ever for healthcare organizations to make it easy for consumers to search for, select, and schedule care in a single Find Care experience.

For new insights into consumer preferences and actionable strategies for creating a holistic Find Care experience—plus a self-assessment checklist—download the guide.

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Free White Paper: Returning to Profitability in a Post COVID Environment

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Hospital systems world-wide have been one of the hardest-hit industries during the COVID pandemic. Not only are they struggling with the current and future management of the crisis, but they’re also learning how to dissect the “new normal” by re-engaging with their communities and promoting revenue-generating service lines and elective procedures.

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Free Research Report: 2021 Patient Access Journey Report

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Kyruus’ 5th annual patient access survey of 1,000 people shows that consumers increasingly utilize, and prefer, digital access channels—a consistent trend over the past five years. The findings also illuminate the multitude of factors consumers consider when looking for a new provider or service, where they go for information, and trends in how they prefer to book appointments.

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Free Report: The State of Digital Patient Access

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Digital access is critical for new patient acquisition as demand for convenient, online self service continues to rise. However, an analysis of the top 20 US News and World Report ranked hospitals’ websites reveals that significant opportunity remains to optimize the care search and scheduling experience.

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Free Report: Bridging Provider & Payer Digital Care Navigation Gaps

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Did you know that nearly 60% of people looking for a new healthcare provider turn to the internet? And while many rely on Google, a growing number are expanding the search to include health system and health plan websites.

To learn why now is the time to consider integrating health plan directories into your patient acquisition strategy, download Bridging Provider & Payer Digital Care Navigation Gaps: Three Reasons to Make Health Plan Connectivity Part of Your Health System’s Patient Acquisition Strategy.

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Lessons from Retail: How Health Care Can Win by Adapting to Changes in Consumer Behavior

Annie Haarmann and Adeline Ashley

Discover how ProMedica uses customer feedback and a digital-first approach to consumers to achieve stellar results across more than 400 facilities in 28 states.

A Strategic Health Care Marketing webinar for marketers, communicators, and strategists at hospitals, health systems, and physician groups

Your Presenters:

  • Annie Haarmann, Head of Strategy and Consulting, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Reputation
  • Adeline Ashley, Director of Digital Strategy and Marketing Communications, ProMedica

Learn how to harness the power of digital to deliver a more retail-like experience in a changing environment. You’ll see real-world examples and learn best practices from health care leaders and industry disruptors.

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Free Report: 2021 Healthcare Reputation Report

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This report gives the healthcare industry insight to improve patient care based on Reputation’s proprietary Reputation Score — the industry’s leading ranking of healthcare reputation. The report also offers crucial insight into how people search for care and what matters most to them during the pandemic.

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Free White Paper: Powering Patient Acquisition and Retention with Your Find-a-Provider

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To attract consumers to your website and differentiate your brand, it is important to invest in your health system’s find-a-provider to deliver the modern experience consumers are seeking.

In this white paper, you will learn:

  • What consumers are looking for in their digital experiences
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Free Report: Patient Access Post-Pandemic

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As care demand rebounds, healthcare organizations have the opportunity to differentiate themselves by creating increasingly flexible, patient-centric access and delivery models.

For more insights on how to meet changing consumer preferences, download the full report.

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Free Guide: Patient Acquisition During COVID-19

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This guide includes 13 tips and tactics to help welcome new patients and boost loyalty and engagement among existing patients.

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Reactivating Patient Access and Navigating Recovery in the COVID-19 Period

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As your organization responds to the COVID-19 pandemic and navigates the accelerating trends towards consumerism and digital self-service, it is essential to innovate for the pandemic and beyond by ensuring your patient access model is flexible, scalable and sustainable.

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Learn From the Retailers. They Are Stealing Your Customers.

Gary Druckenmiller, senior vice president, strategy and innovation at Healthgrades

See those retailers in your rearview mirror? They are the health care disruptors you’ve been hearing about — Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, Amazon, Google — and they are coming for you. They are closer than they appear, and they will steal your customers — if you don’t disrupt back. “The retailers have already nailed positive customer Read More

Why Consistency at Your Call Center Is so Important

Rachel Donovan, managing director, enterprise marketing strategy, Nemours Children’s Health System

Google is often the place people look first when seeking health information online. Assuming your health care system has done all the right things to optimize discoverability, the patient’s next step is to access care, most often by making a phone call. That first impression determines the course for a potentially long-term relationship. For a Read More

Retail Disruptors Stealing Your Customers? Time to Disrupt Back

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// By Jane Weber Brubaker // See those retailers in your rearview mirror? They are the health care disruptors you’ve been hearing about — Walmart, Walgreens, CVS, Amazon, Google — and they are coming for you. They are closer than they appear, and they will steal your customers — if you don’t disrupt back. “The Read More

Is Your Call Center Creating Loyal Customers?

Marcia Simon

// By Marcia Simon, APR // Google is often the place people look first when seeking health information online. Assuming your health care system has done all the right things to optimize discoverability, the patient’s next step is to access care, most often by making a phone call. That first impression determines the course for Read More

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