Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Mar 4, 2021. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health.

This week: Google stops tracking people across web sites, the Amazon Care/Intermountain/Ascension alliance, machine learning affects COVID-19 beliefs and healthtech’s digital dilemma .

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As health systems across the country continue to engage in COVID-19 vaccine outreach to their communities, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer reflect on how many of these plans are being driven by marketing (and leveraging traditional marketing strategies and tools). From developing and leveraging personas, to creating targeted messaging, to tracking success KPIs - all of these activities show how marketing is strengthening and reinforcing communications. They are joined by Tim Stewart of Jarrard, who shares experiences and best-practices from working with health organizations across the country on vaccine communications. 

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Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Feb 26, 2021. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health.

This week: Covid vaccine websites violate disability laws, normalizing telemedicine, from frameworks to flywheels and how CVS Health is addressing black health disparities.

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Digital advertising is a critical part of any healthcare marketer's toolkit, but how effective is it? In this episode, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer review the state of digital advertising via a recent 2021 digital advertising trends report. From the top advertising platforms, to how advertisers measure success, they explore how to best structure your digital advertising approach. They are joined by Anthony Matyjaszewski of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) who explains the trends he has seen over the last 20 years of advertising, and guidelines his organization has created to help guide health systems in their healthcare marketing efforts. 

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Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Feb 19, 2021. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health.

This week: Meeting the challenge of AI in healthcare, Google opens its first Minnesota office, Facebook widens ban on vaccine misinformation and why healthcare workers are rejecting COVID-19 vaccines. 

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In this episode, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer discuss “engagement marketing” including defining the term, discussing important components that define this strategy from other marketing strategies, and they even share how the pandemic has shifted consumer engagement for all brands. They are joined by Stephen Moegling of Hailey Sault, how shares insights from their latest “Engage: 2021 Trends Report”

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Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Feb 12, 2021. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health.

This week: Selling wellness, why it’s hard to be a data-driven company, allowing disruption in healthcare and the importance of customer experience. 

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In this episode, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer talk about the biggest question most healthcare technologists face when considering digital solutions for their health systems - should we build it ourselves or should we buy it from a technology vendor? They walk through the framework that most organizations should follow to make that decision, and share risks of either approach. They then discuss how the world of health technology and consumer electronics are intersecting, and Bob Odell, President & COO at Cardiac Insight, Inc. who shares his perspective and how his organization partners with health systems to better engage with today’s patient. 

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Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Feb 5, 2021. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health.

This week: Pondering the future marketing of telehealth, content marketing vs. copywriting, improving patient experience, and COVID-19 consumer insights for 2021.

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In this episode, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer dive into the alphabet soup of TLA’s (Three-Letter Acronyms) that are used in digital marketing, and explore how the role of the marketing technologist has evolved to embrace new skills. They are joined by Tom Hileman of The Hileman Group who helps to explain the differences between CRMs, DMPs, CDPs and how they comprise key elements of the new marketing technology stack.

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