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Great Example of a Healthcare Branding Touchpoint

Posted: April 26th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: All Junto Health Posts, Healthcare Advertising, The Whole Enchilada | Tags: , | No Comments »

Screen Shot from Memorial Health Care's Guest Log in PageRecently, I was at Memorial Health Care System in Chattanooga to meet with our client. We sat in the hospital’s main lobby and I used the system’s guest wireless service to go online.

The first thing I realized is that the wireless signal strength was better than any hotel’s that I’ve stayed at in the last two years.

Second, the hospital had branded the Acceptance screen forguest access.

The look and feel complemented the hospital’s main website, the type was large enough for senior eyes, and the hospital didn’t expect visitors to hunt and peck to accept the conditions for using the wireless access.

Such a simple thing: wireless Internet access. But for a family member waiting hours for a surgery diagnosis, it’s a godsend. And, Memorial’s effective branding gives its visitors a consistent, good impression.

Sometimes we get overwhelmed by all the things we want to change in healthcare branding. Sometimes, though, doing small, simple things make all the difference.


Top 10 Health Websites

Posted: March 28th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: All Junto Health Posts, The Whole Enchilada, Trends in Health & Wellness | Tags: , | 1 Comment »

Nice overview of the top ten health related websites at HealthyFitCare. Sites are listed in order of popularity using a combination of inbound links, Google Page Rank, Alexa Rank, and U.S. traffic data from Compete and Quantcast.

  1. WebMD
  2. National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  3. MedicineNet.com
  4. Mayo Clinic
  5. Yahoo! Health
  6. RightHealth
  7. Drugs.com
  8. RxList
  9. RealAge
  10. MedHelp