According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 25% of the public are hesitant to receive the COVID-19 vaccines, even though an abundance of research suggests they are safe and effective. How can we contribute to ending the pandemic by inspiring trust in the vaccine? Stellar COVID-19 Content Examples for Healthcare Communicators You’re probably living and breathing… Read more
I always enjoy reviewing our most popular blogs of the year to see what resonated the most with our audience. Unsurprisingly, one key theme emerged in 2020: You wanted information on how to communicate about COVID-19 — and you appreciated hearing healthcare marketers discussing their experiences. But other themes emerged as well. People searched for… Read more
What Did You Learn? Episode 22 Beebe Healthcare’s marketing communicators were in a unique situation when the pandemic began. The health system is located in a large tourist destination in Delaware. Christina Deidesheimer, VP of Communications Outreach and Chief Communications Officer, and her team had to navigate COVID-19 messaging for a diverse audience, of people… Read more
What Did You Learn? Episode 20 It’s our 20th episode of “What Did You Learn?” and I couldn’t imagine having a better guest for this special occasion. In this episode, Jay Baer, the founder of Convince & Convert and one of the premier content marketing thought leaders join me. We discuss why emotion needs to… Read more
What Did You Learn? Episode 19 “When you can promote content, when that’s one of your skills, you need to be deliberate about who you work with, how you apply that, what you’re driving traffic to and if you’re honoring the attention to the visitor. You have to determine if you are responsibly using your… Read more
What Did You Learn? Episode 18 These past 7 months have accelerated consumerism in healthcare in a shorter period than ever before. People expect more out of what they can do online, from making appointments, accessing health records and continuing with the telehealth they experienced during the pandemic. “Once we get over mental or attitudinal… Read more
What Did You Learn? Episode 17 Healthcare marketers have a crucial role in communicating the information people need to know throughout the pandemic. Between educating the public, sharing knowledge with frontline workers, and providing health and safety protocol information to all staff members, hospital marketers have never been stretched as thin or have a more… Read more
What Did You Learn? Episode 16 Weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, Nemours Children’s Health System treated kids with some of the first cases of multi-system inflammatory syndrome in children or MIS-C, a pediatric disease believed to be linked to COVID-19. Sarah Sanders, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Nemours explains how they handled… Read more
What Did You Learn? Episode 15 Johns Hopkins Medicine has been at the forefront of the international response to COVID-19. Their coronavirus resource center and dashboard have helped countless organizations and individuals track the status of COVID-19 in real-time. Aaron Watkins, Senior Director of Internet Strategy at Johns Hopkins, explains the thoughtful decision-making behind one of… Read more
What Did You Learn? Episode 14 This spring, when the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic was in New York City, Mount Sinai Health System treated thousands upon thousands of COVID-19 patients and returned more than 10,000 of those patients back to health. During that time, Mount Sinai’s healthcare marketing team created content to support patients,… Read more