by Tomy Ames In the last month’s issue of eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, we left off when things were getting good: The importance of context when it comes to looking at your key performance indicators (KPIs). This month, we’ll examine how to determine appropriate categories so that you can accurately assess your site’s successes and Read More
by Mike Maloney and Katrina VanTyne In 2012, Google published a landmark study about the hospital selection process, “The Digital Journey to Wellness.” According to the study, 75 percent of searches by prospective patients revolve around four specific areas: conditions, diseases, symptoms, and departments. Our web team at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT, Read More
Ask The Expert with Mark S. Gothberg There is no more important feature on a healthcare organization’s website than its doctor directory. This directory is often the critical first step for consumers to begin a relationship with a physician and develop a long-term association with a health system. For the millions of newly insured Americans Read More
Ask The Expert with Ted Balowski With the healthcare Web environment rapidly changing, new technologies are constantly emerging and are being adopted in varying degrees by demographic target groups. Now, four generations have unprecedented access to healthcare information and the providers that deliver it. According to a 2013 survey by Econsultancy, four in 10 global Read More
by Julie Pelaez and Dagmara Scalise As a hospital marketer, you might have had this scenario play out in your head: Droves of new patients show up at your hospital simply because they know it offers them exactly what they need. And you didn’t even have to tell them about it! Instead, someone they trust, Read More
Ask The Expert with Ben Dillon Content management is one of the most difficult – and most overlooked – pieces of Web development. The average hospital website comprises more than 1,500 pages of unique content. Creating and maintaining all that content requires more work than most administrators can easily manage, especially if they lack full-time Read More