The healthcare industry is shifting towards a patient-centric system, says Jason Borody. This is a significant change for practices used to a physician-centred model, however with patients more inclined to become more active in their own care – and predisposed to research symptoms and treatments – the shift to patient-centric healthcare is an organic one. […]
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Attracting new patients is essential for sustaining and growing a medical practice – yet patient engagement is often overlooked. Jason Borody from Vividus Marketing explains why storytelling is the future of content marketing in healthcare. Healthcare and marketing share a vital requirement to look beyond numbers when creating an image of the people you seek
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Attracting new patients is essential for sustaining and growing a medical practice – yet patient retention and attrition is often overlooked. Jason Borody explains why your most unhappy patients are the best inspiration for your business development blueprint. Hopefully the scenario where an unhappy patient is in your practice making demands and verbally unloading their
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Our society has become highly dependent upon technology, says Jason Borody. Most people utilise the internet, often exclusively, as their primary source of information. In fact, 90% of prospective patients will visit your website before contacting you. Therefore, it is vital that medical practices seeking to reach their target community have a patient-orientated cyber presence.
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Jason Borody points out the 7 medical marketing trends that will shape the year ahead. A decade ago the idea of driverless fully electric cars, telemedicine and robotic assisted surgery seemed like something you would only see in the movies. Today, we have all witnessed the rapid growth of social, economic and technological change and
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Jason Borody explains how to scientifically calculate your marketing budget. Many doctors and practice managers are unsure how much they should be spending on their marketing. The Private Practice Magazine asked Vividus to draw back the curtains on this somewhat secretive topic. Private practices are made up of lots of moving parts that work together
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With the world becoming increasingly mobile, Jason Borody director of the healthcare marketing specialists Vividus, explains how your practice can stay ahead of the competition. Look in any waiting room and what do you see? Almost everyone is on their smartphone. Although the waiting room may be an inconvenient part of any doctor’s visit, smartphones
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In the tech sector, it’s common to hear that social media sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are “connecting humans together”, Jason Borody says that there’s no doubt that such services have their uses, but we should be aware of their side effects. Just as 24-hour news channels have found that negativity and fear spread
With hundreds of potential patients searching the web every month, it’s important to make sure that your website is found easily and delivering exactly what internet users expect when they type in your keywords, Jason Borody says Search Engine Optimisation isn’t as complicated as many SEO experts claim. Every month, hundreds of your potential patients
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New and emerging healthcare trends, policy updates, the growth of social marketing and a renewed focus on customer engagement make right now the time start planning for the exciting year ahead, says Jason Borody. With big changes to the healthcare market coming up, practices will need to focus on the most effective and economical ways