Adapting Your Growth Strategy to Meet the Needs of Aging and Racially and Ethnically Diverse Patient Populations
By Michael Shipley
Senior Product Manager
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Why a Shift in Terminology is Needed for More Effective Strategic Growth
The title of this post is inspired by a quote from Dr. John Boornazian, Medical Director for Huggins Hospital. I worked with him and others at Huggins to develop their strategic plan in just six months. During their planning process, the team wrestled with how to describe the people they served—were they customers or patients? The executive team at Huggins was comfortable with the word customer, but the staff wanted to use the term patient.
In the end, it was Dr. Boornazian who persuaded the staff to use the word customer, a word he had previously detested. His change of heart occurred when he came to terms with the new reality of patient choice and mobility. If a patient determines that better quality or service can be obtained elsewhere, they will travel past your hospital to a provider they deem more worthy of their loyalty. In today’s healthcare world, patients expect to be treated with a certain level of customer service, and a shift in mindset is needed to meet these new patient expectations.
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Tags: happy customer, healthcare customer, healthcare patient, patient experience, customer experience
Cultivate Experiences that Inspire Loyalty and Trust
By Carly Farlow
Stratasan team members have been busy attending conferences these last few weeks. In particular, Inbound and SHSMD. A recurring theme at both conferences was an emphasis on creating memorable experiences for current and potential customers through human-to-human (H2H) marketing. Inc. describes H2H marketing in this way:
“Machine learning is giving marketers more insights into what people are doing and searching. Yet, despite the proliferation of software tools, there's a shift back to the good old days of personalization at a 1:1 level. At the end of the day, regardless of whether you're in marketing for a business-to-business (B2B) or business-to-consumer (B2C) organization, it's about creating human-to-human (H2H) connections.” Sangram Vajre, Inc.
Customer success and traditional marketing are blending to create a new category of marketing—one that’s focused on the person on the receiving end of your brand experience. No amount of data, demographics, or psychographics can replace the value of tailored, personable communications.
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Tags: healthcare marketing, marketing development, hosptial marketing, patient experience, digital marketing
Establish a Patient-Focused Culture and Drive Growth
In the past decade, patient experience has been a game changer for providers looking to surpass the competition and increase community impact. “Improving the patient experience can help a hospital improve its financial performance by strengthening customer loyalty, building reputation and brand, and boosting utilization of hospital services through increased referrals to family and friends,” states a recent report from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions.
Fostering positive customer experience is the secret sauce for any organization. While different terminology is used across industries, the concept is the same: focus on delighting the people you are serving. As a healthcare provider, arming oneself with an understanding of what an excellent patient experience looks like will be a key component to meeting your hospital’s long term goals.
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Tags: hospital strategy, healthcare patient, hospital growth, employee experience, patient experience, customer experience
