Building a marketing plan and strategy is important, but the evolution of health system marketing is creating a demand for something bigger - the development of a business case. In this episode, hosts Chris Boyer and Reed Smith discuss the challenges that healthcare marketing is facing and how by moving outside of simply patient acquisition and branding requires us to build partnerships with the CFO and CIO. 

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Many health systems have begun to formally develop a customer experience center strategy. But what does that actually entail? In this episode Reed Smith and Chris Boyer discuss the design and technical elements of s customer experience center, the purpose and ways that organizations can find value when adopting this critical strategy.

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In the annual “Year in Review” show, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer reflect back on the past year of the Touch Point podcast, sharing some of their most popular topics, favorite shows, including a special shout-out to our Guest of the Year - Stephanie Petrazzi of Nuvance Health. They also share their perspective on “virtue signaling” in our industry and close out the show with their predictions for the upcoming year. 

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In our annual holiday “butter-board” episode, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer highlight clips from some of the shows on the Touch Point Media Network, including conversations about Apple and Amazon’s healthcare moves, diversity in clinical trial recruitment, the differences in hospital vs. academic marketing, innovation in nursing and child-care. Listen in and enjoy these audio “spreads” from the leading healthcare podcasting network, Touch Point Media. 

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Recent news revealed that a number of hospital websites were found to have passed sensitive PII (personal identifiable information) to the Meta company via the use of the Facebook Pixel. In this episode, hosts Chris Boyer and Reed Smith discuss the importance of pixel tracking for digital marketers, how many websites encourage the use of tracking pixels and the legal and privacy concerns that arise from the widespread usage. Jeremy Harrison from Multicare joins to share his perspective on the challenge of the Facebook Pixel for health systems. 

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Healthcare organizations face incredible industry challenges in 2022, they also must rethink their patient experience, marketing and data strategies. In this episode, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer share ways leading health systems have implemented “big ideas” in their marketing, and how focusing on patient experience can help healthcare leaders transform their strategies. They are joined by Chris Hemphill who shares their perspective on implementing responsible AI and data strategies. 

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The healthcare industry is facing extreme pressures to change and transform. In this episode, hosts Chris Boyer and Reed Smith discuss the outlook for healthcare - both at a macro and micro level - and ask if we are finally seeing the long-promised transformation of our industry. They are joined by Carrie Liken, Head of Healthcare Industry at Yext, who shares her predictions on how health systems and providers will change to meet the needs of consumers today. 

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In this special episode, hosts Chris Boyer and Reed Smith discuss the various health observances that health systems use as part of their content calendars and ponder if they are useful or not. They also discuss whether Seasonal Marketing can align to the strategic plan as well as tap into consumer emotional states, and if that has an impact on various hospital strategies. 

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For organizations, the connection between reputation and brand is inextricably linked. This is even more important for hospitals and health systems focused on recruitment and retention efforts. In this episode, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer discuss the relationship between reputation and brand, and share ways in which corporate reputation can be adopted by organizations that sometimes struggle with change. Dean Browell, Chief Behavioral Officer of Feedback, joins to share how he works with health systems to use social listening to provide critical insight into their employees. 

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In this episode, hosts Chris Boyer and Reed Smith discuss the top challenges social media companies are facing, and how the recent evolution of social platforms are conducive to health system marketing and communications strategies. From the challenges with content, the movement to paid approaches and the steady loss of importance of social media followers, it’s important to ask: is social media (as we know it) dead? 

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