eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, January—December 2011
Awards
- 2011 eHealthcare Leadership Award Winners, 11/11
Content
- Ask the Expert: Why Should Healthcare Organizations Develop the Next Generation of e-Health Content? 2/11
E-Business
- Sick, Click, Cured: Online Diagnosis Offers Satisfaction Guarantee, 3/11
- Using Technology to Improve the Doctor-Patient Relationship and Build Revenue, 5/11
- Barnes-Jewish Adopts Mobile Solution to Reduce Medical Appointment No-Show Rates, 12/11
Intranet
- Establishing a Corporate Communications Strategy: The Role of eMail, Intranet, Video, and Other Tools, 4/11
Management and Organization
- Major Medical Center Dramatically Reorganizes Marketing Department to Address Changing Communications Landscape, 6/11
- Five Steps for a Successful Transition from In-Person to Web-Based Customer Interactions, 7/11
Marketing/Communications
- Web Initiative Engages Audience in Relevant Conversation, 1/11
- All in the Family: Creative Audience Engagement Drives Social Media Interaction, 4/11
- The iPad Furthers Physician-Patient Communication, 6/11
- Annual Reports Go Online and Mobile, 8/11
- Hospital Cafeterias Go Digital—More than a Menu, 9/11
- Should Your Press Releases Go Social? 11/11
Mobile Marketing
- Text Messaging Complements Fast ER Service, 3/11
- Early Adopters of Mobile Barcodes Are Finding Success, 3/11
- Planning Your Mobile Strategy, 7/11
- Mobile Sites and Apps Need to Be Given Priority Despite Current Low Usage, 10/11
- Mobile Ads Surpass Browser-Based Ads, 11/11
Relationship Building
- Ask the Expert: How Can I Use the Web to Improve the Health of My Community? 7/11
Search Engine Strategies
- Taking Advantage of Google’s New Sitelink Format, 11/11
Social Media
- Two Baltimore Competitors Make the Case for Blogging, 1/11
- Ask the Expert: Should I Consider Using the Microblogging Platform Called Tumblr? 4/11
- Can Healthcare Learn to Love Location-Based Applications? 6/11
- Hospitals Plug into Mom Bloggers, 7/11
- Keys to a Strong Facebook Presence, 7/11
- Care Community Websites Evolve as Social Media Marketing Tools, 8/11
- Atlanta Hospital Creates Social Media Hub, 8/11
- Hospitals Tap Online Communities for Market Research, 9/11
- The Argument for Open Use of Social Networks in the Workplace, 10/11
- Study: Social Media Sponsorships Well Accepted and Valuable, 10/11
Strategic Web Initiatives
- Kiosk Shows Promise in Reducing Health Disparities, 2/11
- Blood Donation Scheduling Tool Provides Organized and Efficient Process for Employee Participation, 5/11
Strategy/Planning/Site Development
- Major Health System Changes Web Focus to Drive Bottom Line and Better Serve Organization, 2/11
- Midwest Hospital Redesigns Award-Winning Website, 2/11
- Ask the Expert: How Can I Use the Web to Support My Complex Healthcare Organization? 3/11
- Web Tools and Analytics Drive Redesign of Website, 4/11
- Lessons Learned in Major Site Redesign for Academic Medical Center, 5/11
- Ask the Expert: How Can Healthcare Marketing and IT Departments Work Together More Collaboratively in the Future? 5/11
- Ask the Expert: Website ROI—How Do I Get the Hard Numbers? 6/11
- Ask the Expert: How Do I Know If My Site Search Needs an Upgrade? 8/11
- Ask the Expert: What Are the Pros and Cons of a Web Committee? 9/11
- Tips and Advice About Committees, 9/11
- Web Team at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital Meets Challenge of Developing a Separate Site for School’s Pediatrics Department, 9/11
- Cleveland Clinic’s Journey to Improve and Expand Its Digital Initiatives to Significantly Drive Revenue, 10/11
- Ask the Expert: How Do You Go About Choosing the Right Content Management System? 10/11
Technology
- Leveraging Technology to Create Two-Way Communication for Improving Care, Outcomes, and Patient Engagement Inside and Outside Hospitals, 9/11
- Palm-Scanning Technology Sees Growth, Success, 10/11
- When Is a Health Information Breach Not a Breach? 11/11
- MultiCare’s Good Samaritan Hospital Tunes Into Benefits of RFID and Smartboards, 12/11
Trends, Developments, Online Demographics
- Ask the Expert: How Would You Characterize Today’s Level of e-Healthcare Development? Part Two, 1/11
- How Your e-Healthcare Colleagues Consider Some Key Issues, 1/11
- Hospital Marketers Reveal Their Views About Emerging Marketing Approaches, 5/11
- Ask the Expert: What Are the Key Trends in e-Healthcare Development? Part One, 11/11
- Ask the Expert: What Are the Key Trends in e-Healthcare Development? Part Two, 12/11
- Interactive Marketing to Grow Rapidly During Next Five Years, But Traditional Marketing Will Still Constitute Majority of Spending, 12/11
Web Site Reviews
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan—A Healthier Michigan, Genzyme Corp.- Synvisc-One, Adventist HealthCare, 1/11
- Columbia St. Mary’s, Fairfield County Bariatrics, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children—Kids Health Safari, Presbyterian Healthcare Services—Your Story Is Our Story, 2/11
- Integris Cancer Institute of Oklahoma, Let’s Move It—Cleveland Clinic, Xyzal (Sanofi-Aventis), UnitedHealth Group, 3/11
- White Memorial Medical Center, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield—Medicare, Columbus Regional Hospital, 4/11
- Tanner Health System—See Dave Sleep, Steward Health Care System, Story County Medical Center, 5/11
- Parrish Medical Center, Catholic Healthcare West—Careers, 6/11
- Yale-New Haven Hospital, Baystate Health, East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Brown & Toland Physicians—Facebook, 7/11
- Baptist Hospital South Florida, Joslin Diabetes Center, St. Dominic Hospital, 8/11
- Cook Children’s Health Care System, RMH Heart and Vascular Center—Heroes, University of Utah Health Care, Children with Diabetes, 9/11
- MoBap Childbirth Center—Missouri Baptist Medical Center, I Had Cancer, St. Luke’s Medical Center, Emanuel Medical Center—Her Health Content, 10/11
- America’s Health Rankings—State HealthStats, Fountain Valley Regional Hospital & Medical Center, Kosair Children’s Hospital—Coping Club, Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin—Wayfinding, 11/11
- FamilyDoctor.org, South Palm Orthopedics, The Philadelphia Antiques Show—A Benefit for Penn Medicine, Mount Carmel Pink Link Mobile App, 12/11