Healthcare Business

Healthcare Marketing Trends for 2022 – Challenge Ahead

Healthcare, especially Hospital Branding & marketing trends are constantly changing and in the last 2 years it has been changed drastically. In 2022 there are strategies one can start implementing to stay ahead of the competitors keeping in mind current Covid & Omicron impact in mind.

According to the latest report on Times of India : India on Sunday 2nd January, 2022 reported 27,553 fresh Covid-19 cases and 284 deaths. Active caseload stands at 1,22,801 while Omicron tally is at 1,525. At 6,186 cases, the daily count in Mumbai sees a rise of 14%.

When we look back at March 2020 when the world literally shut down due to the COVID19 pandemic, what most healthcare businesses realized was the importance of marketing online and areas they needed to improve in order to keep their patients loyal and engaged with their brand, on the other hand masses at large started consuming more and more online content related to Healthcare. As majority Healthcare providers are busy providing healthcare facilities & services to cope up covid epidemic during 2020 & early 2021, they have not upgraded their marketing plans. 

Now In 2022 healthcare marketing is all about knowing is knowing and doing is doing, all of us majoring healthcare professionals are very much aware and knowledgeable about needs and expectations of patients and their relatives from healthcare providers. So one needs to adopt a more innovative, authentic communication strategy to make some noise in the mind of their target audience.

Marketing is a fast-paced, ever-changing field, and healthcare marketing trends are evolving right along with trending changes in the world. In 2022, healthcare practices need to be more innovative, authentic and authoritative in order to attract new patients and re-engage old ones.

Here are the most effective marketing trends that will be more result oriented in 2022 and beyond.

  1. Patient Centric Approach “Patient First”
  2. Patient engagement is a Top Priority at every touch points
  3. Use of technology in hospital operation processes “Innovation Wins”
  4. Creating more & more Brand Ambassadors “Internal Marketing”
  5. Say Hello to old patients “Re-engage old patients”
  6. Data Driven marketing strategy “Data is King”
  7. Authentic social media content “Say No to Copy Paste”
  8. Published genuine patient testimonials “No Pre Explained Testimonials please”
  9. Optimum utilisation of traditional media for advertisements / Publications
  10. Networking with medical fraternity 
  11.  Generate healthcare informative videos in vernacular languages
  12. Short & Sweet Content marketing “No one has much time to read lengthy content”
  13. Online & Offline engagement on ground activities focusing on preventive healthcare
  14. Remember you have multigeneration people around you “Don`t forget Gen Z & Millennials”
  15. Integrated 360 degree marketing communication approach “Don’t rely only on social media”

Trizone Healthcare Consultants believe in creating a meaningful collaboration with their healthcare clientele by providing 360 degree services in Branding, Marketing Strategy, Advertisement, Communications designing, Social Media Marketing, Digital Marketing, Web Solutions, Training & Development.

Patients are used to review, research and consider many factors before taking the final decisions over selection of Hospital/Healthcare provider.

That’s why it is so important for healthcare providers to plan their marketing strategy at an advanced level where they can retain existing patients and grab new patient footfalls to achieve their Brand & financial goals. 

Here Are 10 More Reasons Why You Need To Invest In Healthcare Consultancy

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Important Reasons For Hospital Branding
Hospital Branding

There is a huge gap between availability of hospital beds and population required healthcare. At the same time there is a large portion of population in need of hospital or you can say your hospital but they are not aware of your hospital`s existence or not aware about services you provide. To run hospital in profitable manner healthcare business has to live around with more a stronger brand identity that ever. Branding is exactly that process which builds your identity with more values. Branding really convey your vision and mission of healthcare businesses.


Here are 7 Important reasons for Hospital Branding

Defines your brand personality

With the help of effective branding exercise, you can project your brand personality in the most appealing way possible. Branding is capable of creating a wholesome picture of your services and facilities. Branding is capable enough of broadening a common man`s perception towards your Hospital. A well though process to build your Hospital brand can make people relate to you and remember forever that will have resulted in to prompt remembrance in case of medical emergency.

Stand out from the rest


In current an era of competition, everything is competing with everything. It is very important for hospital brand to stand out in the market and make some noise. By building thoughtful strategy hospital brand with your unique brand personality kept as the base makes your presence stand out from the market. When more and more noise you make and individually herd, the retention is more. Resulting in to more brand engagement.

Target Accurately

As a hospital business owner you have thought of investing or invested in healthcare business already means you know the need of the society. When you know your target market segment it is easy to catch their attention towards you. A brand which is planned and built on deep understanding of your organization`s geographic and socio-ecomonic through appropriate ground work will reach your target cohort more swiftly.


Short-term and long term benefits

Branding is a well thought process of intensifying your presence within a defined target group of audience. Branding helps to establish yourself in a defined market segment and then evolves in to an indispensable asset for your current and future business prospects. Thoughtful planned branding strategy can increase trust level towards your hospital. Customized modules with long term marketing goals will etch your brand in people’s memories.

Expand your market share

Increasing footfall in all aspects is any hospital`s goal, which looks far from their current position when the amount of competition is taken into account. Building your hospital brand from scratch carves a way that your counterparts can seldom cross. This leads to unique brand positioning which indeed takes your brand to markets your services previously left unexplored. The footprints of your brand image will gradually but in significant way increases your market share. To achieve this you may need to build and rebuild your hospital brand.

Develop brand loyalty

As you are creating your brand personality with thoughtful brand strategy, brand personality will leave an impact on the level of trust that your brand has gained. When every step in building a brand is well planned, curated and strategized with high level of understanding of local market or target marketing in mind, it increases the brand loyalty amongst your stakeholders like patients, employees, vendors etc. Increase patient referrals through word of mouth The most important marketing tool which increase footfall in hospital is word of mouth. Yes with thoughtful branding of your hospital you can increase patient referrals through word of mouth. Your past patients, employees, doctors, and their opinion perhaps the biggest sources to spread your brand. There is nothing more powerful in world of healthcare business than a word of mouth.

Branding is not about creatively you decorate your hospital or making it all look flashy rather it is about adoption a well though strategy process of projecting your brand personality & your quality of services in defined market.

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10 Reasons Why You Need Healthcare Consultancy

Healthcare industry particularly Hospitals, Nursing Homes and individual clinic & healthcare practitioner in current era is facing many challenges while running their business in profitable manner.

In current scenario society perception towards healthcare is changed a lot. Society at a large expecting good quality & safe healthcare services from hospitals & healthcare professionals.

People have started demanding for good services from hospitals. To maintain and providing quality care services hospital management needs improvise their care model on regular basis in this demanding & challenging era.

In spite of having less number of beds availability (Hospital Bed v/s population), competition amongst healthcare providers is high due to this hospital management & marketing department are making continuous efforts to maintain or increase profitability of their businesses.

On the other hand, due to various factors procedure / surgery rates are decreasing & operational cost is increasing. Increased land cost, equipment cost, operational cost and skilled professional cost investment behind new Healthcare business establishment is very high.

So, how to overcome with this challenging situation?

Answer is investing in healthcare consultancy and let them help you out to face this challenges and to make your healthcare business profitable by increasing patient trust towards you, increase patient footfall, revenue grow and reputation.

Go through the 10 Reasons Why You Need Healthcare Consultancy for better understanding on Healthcare consultancy.

  1. A dedicated manpower

An institution where saving lives and catering to the healthcare needs of the patient is of utmost priority, it is tough to focus on marketing needs. Here is when consultants come in to play with a dedicated team of professionals.

  • To direct patient traffic towards you

A team of marketing professionals assist you with the guidance and communication to help you attract patient traffic.

  • Put the right marketing strategy in place

Apart from knowing what to do, it also very important to know when and how to do. A consultancy brings with all the answers with strong research as its base.

  • To build or rebuild your perfect image

Branding image is the first thought that flashes in your mind when you talk about a brand. That though or the visual should be incorporated rightly to create a positive impact. And a consultancy would exactly know how to do it!

  • To assist you become stronger than your competitor

A consultancy doesn’t just have the theoretical knowledge but is also know what works on ground and what doesn’t. It very well understands that one thing you need to do to stand out.

  • To help you get better understanding of patients’ behaviour

It is important to know the average patient’s/ their family’s behaviour and pattern from the moment of consultation to recovery to retention. The knowledge helps to improve and grow. Here is where you need healthcare consultancy.

  • To increase your patient engagement

A very key factor that leads to patient retention is patient engagement and a healthcare consultancy can assist you in doing the same.

  • Do the healthcare communication right way

Communication is essential in marketing however it is important do it right with sensitivity and in a way that it strikes a chord with your audience.

  • To benefit from their experience and expertise

A consultancy doesn’t just come with skilled professionals but also experienced experts who’ve with corporates and doctors and exactly know what they are doing. You sure can add value to your brand through this knowledge.

  1. An economic alternative to marketing

A consultancy offers you a complete package of skills, experience, expertise and dedicated manpower at a fixed price that too with a commitment of growth. While building your own marketing team can take a lot more effort and money with an uncertainty of results.

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Hospital Internal Marketing

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There are three kinds of organizations; those who make things happened; those who watch things happen; and those who wonder what`s happened.

If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed.

As the world spins into the challenging phase of economy, both citizen and business wonder what is ahead. There is not only change, but the rate of change is accelerating. A twelve-year old girl said of her ten year old sister, “She is of a different generation.” Her younger sister listens to difference music, plays different videos, knows different movie stars, has different heroes.

Organisation or companies often fail to recognize that their marketplace changes years to year. Last year winning marketing strategy may become today`s losing strategy. As someone observed, there are two kinds of companies: those who change and those who disappear.

We at Trizone always believe in Knowing is Knowing & Doing is Doing, hence we keep on inventing new strategies which really works for our healthcare clients.

In this blog you will know more about Internal Marketing & how to create brand ambassadors. In a competitive and dynamic environment, healthcare organizations need to continuously revolutionize their business practices so as to deliver better value for their patients. The healthcare sector is subject to transformation and advancement; and in order to sustain their business performance, these organizations need to be well informed about the present market trends and formulate strategies in accordance. While facing the various challenges of marketing strategy development and implementation, branding, positioning and assessment of the market and ever changing clinical demands, these organizations also has to uphold their performance amidst uncertain market behavior.

Objective:

  • Create Your Brand Ambassadors
  • Create positive attitude & ownership towards Organization
  • Engage Maximum Footfall & capture their eyeballs on your Brand
  • Cross Selling of offered services
  • Word of Mouth
  • Engagement in social media
  • Utilization of Existing workforce & footfalls to increase business

Step involved in Internal Marketing

Phase 1:

  1. Articulate Vision & Mission
  2. Gauge the existing scenario
  3. Segmentation of existing workforce
  4. Communication Plan
  5. Execution of communication Plan
  6. Internal Events
  7. Measure impact & re-planning accordingly

Phase 2:

  1. Feedback [Patient, Relative & Visitors]
  2. Cross Selling
  3. Social Media Engagement
  4. “Thanks for Trust on Us”
  5. Patient Welfare Officers /Floor Managers
  6. Delight Team
  7. In-house referral scheme
  8. Data Collection

PHASE 1:

  1. Articulate Vision & Mission

For Example: Some Hospital has following:

Vision

Striving with excellence to create world-class integrated healthcare delivery system, entailing finest medical skills to fulfill the needs of the community in its chosen field of medical treatment

Mission

To become a global healthcare institution, which encompasses latest technology and best medical practices with an emphasis on ethical principles, in a caring environment, to preserve and enrich the quality of life with a respect for human dignity

Values

Setting the best practice standards in services, continuously improving performance and exceeding the expectations of patients as well as their families.

Believe in building and maintaining long-term patient relationships, so as to become an essential resource for their well being.

We believe in:

Training and developing the best medical practices as the key to deliver superior service.

Consistently investing in technology and infrastructure to match international benchmarks.

Continuously educating the community in the context of women and children welfare

  • Gauge the existing scenario [internal Customers]:

One can do the Gap Analysis between Vision, Mission & actual practices on the basis of following parameters:

  • Ownership
  • Commitment
  • Opinion Poll
  • Word of Mouth
  • Segmentation of existing workforce:

Understand the existing Gossip centers in and Around hospital thru Identification of common gossip topics & gossip mongers, Corrective steps & policy

Healthcare organizations must have defined their SOPs for each process, It should also well communicated amongst the team members so that they will understand work segmentation and their individual roles & responsibility for the particular task. Following are the few points on which organization can do segmentation of existing workforce:

  • Understand the existing patient, relative visitors flow
  • Segmentation of workforce according to their skills & ability
  • Medical & Non Medical
  • Creation of Communication Plan:

Identification & creation of various groups & align communication strategy accordingly

In today`s world communication is very easy but at the same time right communication at right time is also very important aspect of the communication. Healthcare organizations must create their master plan for various communications. 

  • Identification of communication channels
  • Maximum utilization of Social Media Platform
  • Merchandise
  • Whatsapp Groups, Social Medias, E-mail [Education, motivation, promotions]
  • Execution of communication Plan:

To connect with internal customers effectively, organization should be more careful while executing the communication plan.

  • Work Station Posters
  • Workforce Education & Training on Who, Why, For What, When, How etc.
  • Social Media Platform
  • Merchandise
  • Whatsapp & E-mail [Education, motivation, promotions]
  • Events:

Internal events are essential for any healthcare organization, as we all know healthcare workers are in tremendous work pressure and stress, to feel them happy at work place, organizations must plan yearly event calendar for internal customers:

  • To create employee ownership & transform them in to Brand Ambassador
  • To increase synergy between internal & inter department functions
  • To increase bounding between all stake holders
  • Increase Brand ownership & loyalty
  • Events like Director`s Day, CEO`s Day etc to interact with all levels of internal customers, Team Building, Quiz, Get together, birthday celebration
  • Measure impact & re-planning accordingly:

Healthcare Organisation should measure impact periodically to understand strategy impact on business. On the basis of impact measures one should always re-plan the strategy acoordingly:

  • Feedback Overview
  • Result Overview

To measure the impact thru interview, observation, feedback, spy etc. & act accordingly

PHASE – 2:

  1. Feedback [Patient, Relative & Visitors]:

In today`s healthcare organizations, many of them are practicing patient’s feedback capturing practices at various level like OPD, IPD, Billing, discharge etc. but organization must follow the right way of taking feedbacks. Few points are:

  • Who is filling it
  • Who get it filled
  • Consideration of last few experience
  • Mental Status
  • How many forms
  • Satisfaction v/s Delight
  • Follow up Action
  • Feedback Process analysis
  • Cross Selling:

Cross selling means attract existing patient or attender to avail other available facilities at hospital like health check ups, package booking, etc.

  • Cross Department Selling
  • Create service awareness
  • Brochures
  • Digital / interactive signages
  • SMS, Emailer, Posters, Merchandise
  • Promotional Scheme
  • Package Scheme
  • To engage & convert existing customers for various other offered services
  • Social Media Engagement:

In today`s world of digitalization, organization must practice tactics to connect internal & existing customers to their social media platforms:

  • Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, Google+, blog etc
  • To connect with patients & Visitors
  • Free internet access to main foyer
  • Kiosk to “connect with us”
  • Membership scheme
  • “Thanks for Trust on Us”:

Once patient or attender or internal customer depart or leave the organization after availing your services, one should always greet them:

  • Message card to each patient by consultant after consultation, on discharge, during ward visit etc.
  • Carry Bag / special bag
  • Souvenir
  • Create positive bonding between patient & consultant
  • Unique way to connect with patients emotions
  • Patient Welfare Officers / Floor Managers:

Healthcare service providers have to practice like hospitality industry does for their customers, on each contact point in healthcare organization there should be someone to assist patient and attenders e.g. patient welfare officers / floor managers who take care of:

  • For coordination between doctor and patient`s relative
  • Coordination between relative and hospital administration
  • Coordination between internal and external doctors
  • Patient`s support service monitoring
  • Delight Team:

To achieve higher success in healthcare businesses one should understand customer delight and monitor delight experience of each and every customer by appointing Delight Team:

  • Patients satisfaction v/s delight experience monitoring
  • To provide customized support services to patients
  • In-house referral scheme:

As we discuss in starting internal customers are best brand ambassadors for any organization, to motivate them one should start internal referral schemes:

  • Incentive scheme for employees on patient refer by them
  • Incentive scheme for clinical team on inter department patient referral
  • ‘Health Referral” Free/discount Health Check Up coupons to existing HCP clientele
  • Data Collection:

Last but not least, organization must emphasize on data collection tools and technologies.

  • Identification of available opportunities for data collection
  • Process establishment of Data Collection
  • Periodical updation
  • Utilization of Data
  • Dala Analysis for various schemes
  • Clinical Research

Hope this article must have given you the complete knowing on Internal Marketing and how one can utilize this for their business success.

Do Remember Knowing is Knowing & Doing is Doing.

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