
The Latest Hospital Digital Marketing Articles
GreyMatters is your hospital digital marketing guide, with articles on hospital digital marketing best practices, trends, updates and more.
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Blockchain and Healthcare
Sep 26, 2018
A lot of people are talking about blockchain. But what is it? And how does it apply to healthcare?
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DYK? Jay Baer’s Truths About Video
Sep 26, 2018
Learn one of Jay Baer's truths about videos from his recent webinar.
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Are You Ready for Voice?
Sep 26, 2018
The use of voice technology is quickly becoming the norm. Is your organization ready for bringing voice into your marketing strategy?
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St. Luke's Health System in Idaho is bringing telehealth to the entire state of Idaho. Other health systems are doing the same.
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Voice Technology Applications in Healthcare
Sep 4, 2018
Read about voice technology currently in use by Cigna and Boston Children's Hospital.
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Read more about how email remains a viable, effective marketing tool in the face of newer, more advanced options.
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Generating More Engagement with Social Media
Sep 4, 2018
A list of tactics to help improve social media engagement.
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YouTube will soon overtake Facebook as the 2nd most visited site. Learn more about why this is happening.
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A recent report from Sprout Social shows a divergence of opinion in what marketers choose to post on social media and what consumers want to see.
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Routine Website Checks You Should Be Doing
Aug 9, 2018
After you’ve spent a lot of time, effort, and resources on getting your website just right, it’s tempting to sit back and relax for a while. But a website is not a “fix it and forget it” kind of thing. It needs your attention on a routine basis.
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Healthcare providers and marketers have become aware that consumers expect the same sort of digital experience from healthcare organizations as they find in other industries. While healthcare has been slow to catch up to other industries with digital offerings, our industry is making strides toward improvement.
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Educating Patients Via Social Media
Aug 9, 2018
Patients want health information and they have many options for getting it. If you provide the information they’re seeking, that can help to connect your organization with patients. Everyone is on social media these days, so what is the best way to get health information to your patients with social media?
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Are You Ready for a Social Media Crisis?
Aug 9, 2018
As social media becomes more ingrained into our lives, it takes on greater importance for everyone – especially organizations and brands. When a crisis occurs, social media becomes a big player in communication efforts. How an organization handles a crisis can have a lasting effect on that organization.
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After years of complaints and requests for change, Twitter has finally acquiesced and increased the per-Tweet character minimum to 280. For those of us who have difficulty being concise, this is a godsend. However, how will this affect your Twitter strategy?
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You’ve put a lot of thought and effort into your website. It looks great. But then you start looking at the metrics. Why is your bounce rate so high?
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Digital Hospitals in 2027
Aug 9, 2018
What do you think hospitals will be like in the next decade? A group of 33 experts from around the world recently participated in a crowdsourcing simulation to imagine how rapidly-evolving technologies and demographic and economic changes might alter hospitals over the next 10 years.
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After much planning and hard work, your organization’s new website is ready to be launched. Hallelujah! But wait – have you thoroughly vetted your relaunch plan? Did you include the search experience as part of your design?
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Improve The Bottom Line With mHealth Messaging
Aug 9, 2018
Healthcare organizations are using mHealth strategies more and more as they seek to improve engagement with their patients. However, most of their mHealth efforts have focused on more clinical-related messaging, such as reminders for preventive care services, appointment reminders or providing health information. But mHealth messaging efforts can also be used to improve the bottom line.
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Reaching Older Demographics With Social Media
Aug 9, 2018
Younger demographic groups are important to all marketing strategies, but don’t forget the older generations. Seniors are using social media, just not in the same way as millennials and Gen X. Marketers have used data from Pew Research Foundation to learn how to engage with seniors on social media.
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What does Amazon have to do with healthcare? What Amazon has done to the retail sales industry with its digital presence is very similar to what telemedicine is doing to traditional healthcare providers via digital. Is your organization ready for the change?
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