Lonnie Hirsch

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Should Hospital Websites Be Labeled for Consumers as Advertising?  

Hospital advertising is in the spotlight, and we wonder how your facility…

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Secrets of Engaging, Contagious and Shareable Content

Regular publishing—producing content for a website, blog, social media and other digital…

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Defectors: When Professional Colleagues Stop Referring

A curious thing about professional referrals is that nobody pays much attention until…

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Wearable Tech, CES2015, and the Quantified Self of Healthcare

It’s not the gadgetry, it’s the data.The annual International Consumer Electronics Show—billed as…

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3 Timely Factoids to Make You a Smarter Marketer

About the only thing that’s certain in healthcare delivery is that constant…

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Will Pay-for-Performance Make You a Better Doctor?

At an altitude of 30,000 feet, the healthcare reform objectives that link…

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Top 7 Reasons a Busy Doctor Needs a Powerful Website

I recently bumped into a specialty practice that did not have a…

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Nearly All US Hospitals Use Social Media: Now What?  

Virtually all US hospitals now have a social media presence, with widespread…

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Study: What Patients Expect from Your Doctor Review Site

Clear trends in physician reviews and consumer purchase decision patterns have emerged…

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36 Uses for Video: Magnify Your Healthcare Marketing Big Time

The Internet is video-rich. By some estimates, half of all the traffic…

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