Brrr, it’s cold!!! For most of us in the US, and definitely for us in Atlanta this week, we’ve had a lot of extreme weather conditions so far this winter. Spring simply can’t get here fast enough. But other than sharing a personal observation, how does that relate to healthcare marketing? In an article on big data, David Meerman Scott, one of th

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It’s hard to believe that we’ve already been home from  New Orleans for a week and that the 17th Annual Healthcare Internet Conference is "in the books." We had so many attendees and exhibitors tell us this was our best conference yet, and we hope that is true and that you agree. Here are a few highlights that stuck with us during the week:

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It won’t be long before we head to New Orleans for the 17th Annual Healthcare Internet Conference at the New Orleans Marriott, starting on November 4th. If you’re a client of Greystone.Net and/or Krames StayWell, we hope you’re planning to arrive in NOLA a day early for the annual Greystone.Net/Krames StayWell Client Conference. The client confe

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If you haven’t already signed up for this week’s HCIC: Backstage Pass presentation to be held on Thursday, August 15th, there's still time, but you’ll want to sign up today! At Noon CDT on Thursday, Joe Ebeling and Cesar Paredes, both from Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, will speak on the topic of “Google Analytics: Beyond PageVie

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We’re seeing a lot of 17s this year. First of all, Greystone.Net celebrated its 17th anniversary on July 15th. It's hard to believe it’s been that long since we got our start! It’s both humbling and amazing to consider all the growth and changes that have occurred in our industry over the past 17 years. Thanks to all who helped make this happen.

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The Web site for the 17th Annual Healthcare Web site is now available at www.hcic.net, where you can also view the full conference brochure. This year, the conference will be held at the New Orleans Marriott on November 4-6, 2013. The conference will feature 48 concurrent educational sessions in six tracks: Strategy Development Web Solutio

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If you haven’t already signed up for this week’s HCIC: Backstage Pass presentation to be held on Wednesday, June 19th, you’ll want to be sure to sign up today! At 12 noon CDT, Christine Bon, Senior Web Specialist and Jonathan Fine, Director, Web Services at Advocate Health Care in Oak Brook, IL, will speak on the social media topic, "Marketing Phys

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We’ve been talking a lot lately about the rise of mobile technology and the implications of continual evolution of digital and mobile technology. We’ve discussed the impact of this evolution on our marketing strategies. We’ve also looked at the evolution of the healthcare consumer as it relates to changing technology. One topic that, while i

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It's hard to believe it is almost May, but I am looking forward to our first Webinar of 2013 later this month. It features Stephanie Cannon, Director of Web Communication & eBusiness for Nationwide Children's Hospital talking about Scorecards for eHealth initiatives. Developing Interactive Scorecards That Make Sense to Your "C-Suite" Wednesda

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As we’ve covered briefly in our GreyMatters e-newsletter over the last few months, the era of Big Data is upon us. Have you wondered where marketers stand on the Big Data topic? While not healthcare specific, some answers to those questions are available. Recently, the CMO Council and SAS published results of their cross-industry survey of world

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The future is here. Those hand-held devices that have been wished for, written about for decades and portrayed in movies and on TV (think Star Trek, for example) are here. And not only are they here, they’re usurping the PC in rapid order. MoovWeb recently released a Post-PC Infographic that describes a so-called “Post-PC Revolution,” which has

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We all know that Big Data is a hot topic. In fact, according to Reuters, Big Data will grow by 45% annually to reach a $25b industry by 2015.  And, it's a hot topic in healthcare too; although the  focus of many articles on the topic tend to center around the use of data to improve care or disease management, and rightly so. By using data to track

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The Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list published recently. A number of healthcare provider organizations made the list and congratulations to them! But this isn’t about them; it’s about your organization and thinking about it in relation to those 100 organizations. Great Places to Work® studies the inner workings of workplaces around the

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I know, I know ... you're hearing a lot about voting these days, but here's a little different take on the subject. Voting is now open for the 2012 Greystone.Net and Krames StayWell 2012 Best-In-Class Awards. The finalists have been announced in eleven categories, and you can have a say in who the winners will be. Between now and September 28, 2012

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In about four weeks, a group of us will gather in Atlanta to review the "state of mobile" in healthcare and discuss how hospitals and healthcare are, or should be, preparing for and using mobile. It seems certain that a mobile revolution is coming. There are nearly 6b mobile devices worldwide and recently Morgan Stanley estimated that mobile Web

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Two days just wasn’t enough time to cover the number of compelling and thought provoking topics the OpenSpace group brought to the table. One big take away for me was recognizing the pace at which our industry is maturing. Whether you support a stand-alone hospital, health system or academic medical center, there is no shortage of Web initiatives.

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It's hard to believe, but the process of locking down the program for the 16th Annual Healthcare Internet Conference is upon us. In the next 4-6 weeks the program will be set, the brochure will go out, and registration will begin. And we are already collecting speaker proposals -- the call for speakers ends on April 27th. So, if you have been think

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I find myself shm (shaking my head) at hospital executives - even some marketing professionals - who time and again dismiss the value of a Facebook strategy. Sure, I know all the "cons" and all the challenges of developing a robust Facebook approach, but there is one absolute truth about Facebook:  it has viral value.  In fact, a recent Pew Interne

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There are two gigantic decisions hospitals make that have the greatest impact on the future success of their Web endeavors. One is picking the right personnel to lead the Web effort and the other is picking the right content management system (CMS). In a future blog, I will talk more about picking the right people, but today, as I sit in the air

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Last week, I was on site at a client’s, conducting the final meeting of a planning engagement. As we discussed the next course of action, I began thinking about the dramatic increase in healthcare organizations’ Web needs over the past five years since I have been part of the Greystone team. I was reminded of just how far the industry has come in t

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