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Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Oct 30. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health. This week: the state of mergers & acquisitions in healthcare (in light of the Intermountain/Sanford proposed mer...

Many hospitals and health systems have analyzed their community outreach efforts during this year’s health crisis. In this episode, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer discuss the traditional role that community outreach has played in the past, the role of health IT in the future of community outreach, and even discuss ways to build equity into your outreach efforts. They are joined by Evan Brandoff...

Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Oct 23. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health. This week: what digital health entrepreneurs can do to combat disparities, 5 beliefs blocking digital transforma...

With the recent expansion of CMS’s reimbursement for new telehealth services, it is becoming increasingly clear that telemedicine is becoming a permanent part of the care journey for hospitals, health systems, FQHC’s and physician practices. In this episode, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer discuss the current state of telehealth, how to establish a telemedicine program based on value, and imagine...

Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Oct 16. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health. This week: Helping healthcare providers understand AI better, expanding telehealth services under Medicare, Pres...

Throughout 2020, the healthcare industry has faced incredible challenges. And now with the ongoing strain of dealing with the pandemic, many health systems are facing fatigue maintaining their strategic focus. In this episode, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer discuss the top concerns of healthcare executives, share an article that illustrates how hope is not a strategy, and how digital can help or...

Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Oct 9. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health. This week: Tech giants entering the insurance market, the rise in cost of telehealth, effective governance and us...

For health systems, it’s clear that measuring customer experience remains important to maintaining patient loyalty. In this episode, hosts Chris Boyer and Reed Smith discuss the common ways hospital systems attempt to measure Voice of Customer (VoC), including Net Promoter Score (NPS), Customer Satisfaction metrics (including Press Gainey and NRC data), and Consumer Effort Scores (CES). They are j...

Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Oct 2. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health. This week: Pinterest manages health misinformation better than Facebook, people want their own health data, three...

The role of health systems in communicating about and treating COVID-19 has already undergone significant strain. In this episode, hosts Chris Boyer and Reed Smith are joined by Isaac Squyres, partner at Jarrard Inc. to discuss their most recent National Coronavirus Online Survey, including implications and opportunities for health systems to communicate effectively about the coronavirus vaccine,...

Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Sep 24th. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health. This week: the pandemic has pushed U.S health into a tech revolution, why listing management is complex, payin...

There has been a significant consumer shift online due to pandemic, and now many organizations are rethinking their patient engagement and access strategies to strengthen their digital channels. Hosts Chris Boyer and Reed Smith share how consumer online shopping patterns have shifted, how recent legislation is driving health systems to “free health data” for their patients, and then are joined by...

Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Sep 18th. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health. This week: making healthcare more affordable through automation, the future of health IT, healthcare philanthr...

While the healthcare industry is still dealing with the impacts of the current public health pandemic, there is a secondary pandemic that is looming - that of public health. In this episode, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer discuss how digital mental health solutions can have a significant impact on addressing this secondary crisis, sharing the current state and research that illustrates the chall...

Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Sep 11th. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health. This week: Facebook’s algorithm is a major public health threat, digital health can impact aging in place, sma...

2020 is the year that is helping us realize that there are a lot of challenges with our current healthcare industry, and there are plenty of opportunities for innovation. In this episode, hosts Chris Boyer and Reed Smith discuss in depth the essential elements organizations need to launch innovation projects, and examples of innovations that are already poised to disrupt our industry. They are joi...

Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Sep 4th. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health. This week: the failure of contact tracing in the US, Google release COVID-19 search terms, the next-normal heal...

In order to truly build effective digital patient engagement strategies, health systems must not only understand the trends that are influencing the behaviors of our customers, but also know which channels are best to support their needs. In this episode, hosts Chris Boyer and Reed Smith discuss the importance of omnichannel marketing (and how it differs from multi-channel marketing) and the “omni...

Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Aug 28th. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health. This week: how long-haulers are redefining COVID19, larger systems do not equate to better quality outcomes, t...

Artificial Intelligence in healthcare often is seen as either a future-state innovation of a technology with an over-stated impact. In this episode, hosts Chris Boyer and Reed Smith attempt to break down the “hype." First, they share the emerging technologies that Gartner predicts will have a dramatic impact in the future, and then they focus on three ways AI are being applied in healthcare. They...

Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Aug 21st. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health. This week: the elective surgery backlog, drive-through doctors, don’t cut your marketing budget and the mental...

There are two forces at work that are poised to disrupt the healthcare industry - consumerism and the rise of retail healthcare. In this episode, hosts Reed Smith and Chris Boyer talk through how the current state of the industry is shifting the healthcare consumer, and how these shifts may run in conflict with the retail movement. They are joined by expert James A. Gardner, who shares his experie...

Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Aug 10 - Aug 14. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health. This week: why COVID19 vaccines are being developed so fast, primary care doctors’ need to increase pay...

Now that many health systems across the country have rapidly implemented telehealth solutions, many of them are taking a step back to evaluate the myriad of options available to determine the best ways to align to their customers’ needs. In this episode, hosts Chris Boyer and Reed Smith dive into the “telehealth tech stack,” sharing the four major categories of telemedicine platforms and the under...

Welcome to the TPS5 for the week of Aug 3 - Aug 7. TPS5 is a weekly recap of the latest in marketing, communications and digital healthcare news, as curated by the expert hosts of the Touch Point Media Network. To learn more about Touch Point Media, visit us online at http://touchpoint.health. This week: the changing perspective on testing accuracy, a significant merger in digital health, making t...