by Melanie Herron | Nov 16, 2011 | Blog
Patients come to your practice every day with a specific need. As a medical provider, it is your goal to meet most, if not all of your patients’ medical needs. What happens when your patient has a need that is not brought up during a visit because they do not know...
by Melanie Herron | Nov 9, 2011 | Blog
There are many different ways to communicate a message to a patient or prospective patient. I find the most successful messages are those that resonate with your consumer. North Carolina based hospital system, Wake Med, is doing just that through their radio and print...
by Melanie Herron | Nov 2, 2011 | Blog
When most people think of marketing, they envision traditional outbound marketing consisting of direct mail, television, radio, cold-calls, and print advertising. Outbound marketing’s main focus is finding new patients. Depending on the medical specialty and...
by Melanie Herron | Oct 3, 2011 | Blog
The final quarter of the year is a time of planning for business leaders. As the year’s success and challenges are reviewed, a plan for progress is also determined. Everyone wants to make more money and spend less money. To achieve this, medical practices must be...
by Melanie Herron | Sep 28, 2011 | Blog
Big changes are happening in healthcare and patients are pleased! Beginning in 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid will begin withholding 1% of reimbursements from hospitals. This amount will be reimbursed back relative to how they perform on patient surveys...
