Email helps doctors and improves care for cancer patients

When we think of healthcare referrals and recommendations, we usually think  of a hospital website or social network. As marketers we build relationships, create patient testimonials, work with our referring physicians and peer institutions. But data shows that “old skool” email communication still offers the most benefits. A decade ago, email was the most powerful communication tool. But today, there are three times as many email accounts as social accounts – combined! Much of the population still access email from their home or work devices – this also includes healthcare professionals. Physician email offers big boost to patient communication Apart from being an excellent relationship and profile builder, email is a great reminder tool for clinical communications. Doctors tend to wait for a patient’s condition to get worse before bringing up the end-of-life topic but reminders may initiate those discussions earlier. According to a study from the Journal of Clinical Oncology, email increases the number of doctors talking with cancer patients about end-of-life planning before they became very sick, and record preferences in their medical records. Below are some useful infographics to help guide your email communications. 17 R’s of successful email marketing via HubSpot Mobile marketing tips via HubSpot
Source: Nicola Ziady - Category: Medical Marketing and PR Authors: Tags: Healthcare Marketing Source Type: blogs