Digital Marketing, Communications and Strategy for Healthcare Leaders

User Experience (UX)

Captive Customers: Do Your Patients Visit Your Website Because They Want To or Because They Have To?

July 7, 2016

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // “Every single touchpoint you have in healthcare, we should have the same consistent experience,” says Chantal Stephens of Orlando Health, formerly of Ritz-Carlton and Disney, two organizations renowned for exceptional customer service (eHST, January 2016). The implied word in this sentence is “positive”—a consistent positive experience. When any aspect Read More

Net Promoter Score: Are Your Patients Promoters, Passives, or Detractors?

July 5, 2016

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Net Promoter Score is a mechanism that collects consumer feedback by asking the question: How likely is it that you would recommend [brand] to a friend or colleague? Memorial Hermann uses Net Promoter Score to measure consumer sentiment across a range of online experiences. “We can get a gauge Read More

Online Billing Patients Love (Not Merely Tolerate)

May 25, 2016

Online billing: From the patient perspective, it seems like the best you can achieve is a silver lining to an otherwise dark cloud. But Memorial Hermann health system in Texas has implemented an online payment solution from Simplee that is garnering rave reviews. “We understand that paying a healthcare bill isn’t always pleasant, that healthcare is Read More

How To Keep Your Healthcare Organization’s Mobile Apps Evolving and Fresh

May 11, 2016

St. Louis Children’s Hospital was an early adopter of mobile apps. Kid Care, its first app, launched more than six years ago as a symptom checker for parents. “Back in January 2010 it was just cool to have an app,” says John Odom, Webmaster at St. Louis Children’s. “But as we thought about it over Read More

Rave Reviews About Online Billing? How Memorial Hermann Solved a Patient Pain Point

April 29, 2016

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // “The easiest bill to understand and pay I’ve ever seen…” “Awesome way to pay—prompt and efficient…” “Very easy to use…” These are just a few examples from the 2,000+ comments Memorial Hermann has collected since implementing an online payment solution from Simplee. “We understand that paying a healthcare bill Read More

St. Louis Children’s Evolutionary App Strategy Drives Key Business Objectives

April 27, 2016

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // St. Louis Children’s Hospital was an early adopter of mobile apps. Kid Care, its first app, launched more than six years ago as a symptom checker for parents. “Back in January 2010 it was just cool to have an app,” says John Odom, Webmaster at St. Louis Children’s. “But Read More

Which User Testing Tool Is Right For You?

April 27, 2016

Bill Citro, Communications and Marketing Senior Analyst at Nebraska Medicine

You’ve been working on your website redesign for many months. At key points along the way you solicited feedback from your physician committee and other stakeholders in your organization. Now you’re finally ready to let internal users test the site before the public launch. What are the right tools to use to get user feedback? Read More

3 User Testing Tools: Seeing Your Hospital’s Website Through Users’ Eyes

April 5, 2016

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // You’ve been working on your website redesign for many months. At key points along the way you solicited feedback from your physician committee and other stakeholders in your organization. Now you’re finally ready to let internal users test the site before the public launch. Or maybe you revamped your Read More

Protect Your Investment With Usability Testing and Eye Tracking

March 1, 2014

// By Sandra Fancher // Mark Twain once said, “Supposing is good, but finding out is better.” As a Web and marketing professional, you know it’s easy to immerse yourself in a Web project and assume every choice or assumption you make will be clear to everyone. You know what’s worked in the past. You Read More

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