How Small Hospital Planners and Marketers can Manage Multiple Responsibilities within One Role
By Hank Neuhoff
For planners and marketers at small or independent hospital systems, prioritization can be one of the greatest challenges. Many who have “Marketing” in their title are also responsible for planning and strategy as well, and it’s apparent that this phenomenon is due to one of two things:
- Strategy has increasingly become a more important function for the hospital or health system so this job was given to the department that made the most sense: marketing.
- Or, the planning position was eliminated over time and the function was consolidated with the marketing function.
Regardless of why or how things progressed in the way they did, one thing is certain; planners and marketers in these situations must be strategic in their efforts and find ways to accomplish more work with fewer resources. In this post, we’ll offer some tips and suggestions on how this can be done.
