By: John Lavey | Hammock President/COO

I had an experience this week that showed me that the first priority of any healthcare marketing aimed at patients must be a better customer experience. To use the phrase learned in medical school training: primum non nocere (First, do no harm).

By: John Lavey | Hammock President/COO

Google reports that 7% of its searches are health-related. This adds up to 70,000 searches a minute. That’s a lot of time consumers are spending looking for help before taking action. 

We know providers and payers also have a voracious appetite for helpful content. Those companies typically have nine people involved in a purchasing decision of any healthcare IT solution, and they report spending much of a yearlong sales cycle doing research before ever entertaining a sales professional (2018 HIMSS and Content Marketing Institute survey). 

By: John Lavey | Hammock President/COO

When it comes to improving customer service, healthcare providers are looking outside the industry for role models. Whether seeking out the lessons of legendary service providers such as The Ritz-Carlton or Disney, healthcare leaders are looking to learn from the best.

I recently had a conversation with someone in a high-level operations role for one of the leading cancer centers in the United States. The hospital had recently consulted with the famous New York City restaurateur Danny Meyer, who wrote a book about the transformational power of hospitality in business.