Tag: healthcare copywriting

Health content communicators and marketers: How can you raise your content level from “resonating with the audience” to “motivating them to take action?” You know your target audience: They have questions about their health and they’re looking to you for answers. You know how to reach them: Write empathetic, factual content that trumpets your brand’s… Read more

Get ready to write about GERD. (And diabetes, bunions and concussions.) Patient education materials are the new must-have for a successful digital marketing strategy. You need online content describing conditions, tests and treatments for the information-hungry consumer. Yes, this type of health information already exists on sites such as WebMD. But why lose users to… Read more

If you’re still writing about “drug addicts,” “alcoholics” and “substance abuse problems,” it’s time for a refresh. Healthcare writers need to write about substance use disorders with the same support, empathy and sensitivity we use for those with cancer or heart disease: We’ve learned a lot about the disease in the last 60 years, but… Read more

Not everyone in your audience wants to “live their best life” or “get back to an active lifestyle.” Some simply wish to feel better. It’s time to turn the spotlight on a health topic that can help them: palliative care. This crash course in palliative care content discusses what this service is (and isn’t), why… Read more

You work hard to create trustworthy content that helps people make informed healthcare decisions. But fake health news is a real problem — and causing real damage. How Google is Fighting Fake Healthcare News Google and social media channels are combating the problem by: Rewarding sites that have reliable content Penalizing ones that produce inaccurate,… Read more

Case Study: Increase audience by 137% and engage more than 86,000 participants to improve their health through interactive challenges, blogs and social media content. Summary In 2017, the ANA Enterprise — a platform dedicated to empowering nurses — launched Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™ (HNHN). HNHN is a national initiative to improve the health of the… Read more

Your audience goes beyond the nearly 44 million adults who experience mental health problems each year — it includes their caregivers as well. In 2015, there were 8.4 million caregivers of people with mental health concerns. As you prioritize your content, consider these 5 tips for creating and curating behavioral and mental health content that… Read more

It’s one of our most challenging jobs: How do we capture the essence of a treating physician while conveying expertise, experience and most of all trust? At Aha Media Group, we’ve been writing physician bios for 10 years. We polled our writers to better understand their approach to these projects. The overwhelming theme? The importance of humanizing your doctors. We’ll show you how we make this happen.

Only one in 10 adults has the skills to obtain, process and use online health information. Even people with advanced skills can have difficulty when they are dealing with stress or illness. In the five years since the Affordable Care Act set the stage for improving health literacy, health care organizations across the country have… Read more

It’s the challenge that every healthcare marketer faces: How do you represent your physicians so patients will choose your hospital or practice? We polled patients over a six-week period in May and June of 2014 to find out what information sways consumers to choose physicians. (You can see their demographics at the end of this… Read more