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Hospitals And The Web: A Maturing Relationship, Daniel Fell, C. David Shepherd Jul 2001

Hospitals And The Web: A Maturing Relationship, Daniel Fell, C. David Shepherd

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How are hospitals using the Internet in marketing today? Where are health care marketers focusing their online efforts?What returns are marketers seeing from their Internet initiatives and investments? These are some of the questions we have been tracking since 1995 when we conducted the first-ever study to examine the ways that hospital marketers around the country were using the Internet and other emerging technology to promote their organizations. In the most recent survey, we look at what health care marketers are doing online and take the pulse of an industry grappling with rapid change and as yet unproven Internet strategies.


Developing A Hospital Web Site As A Marketing Tool: A Case Study, Thomas G. Widmer, C. David Shepherd Apr 1999

Developing A Hospital Web Site As A Marketing Tool: A Case Study, Thomas G. Widmer, C. David Shepherd

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This article presents a case study which described the efforts of Siskin Hospital to develop a Web site as its marketing tool in 1999. Several years ago. Siskin Hospital, a rehabilitation facility in the southeastern U.S., began the process of developing a hospital Web site. It was agreed that a multidisciplinary team was needed. Then, the next step was to determine target audiences for the site based on the objectives. Fourteen distinct targets were identified. The type of information each would require was brainstormed and detailed. The information types were then prioritized using a matrix developed by the team.


Marketing's Role In Hospital Web Site Development, C. David Shepherd, Daniel Fell Jul 1998

Marketing's Role In Hospital Web Site Development, C. David Shepherd, Daniel Fell

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No abstract provided.


Hospital Marketing And The Internet: Revisited, C. David Shepherd, Daniel Fell Jan 1998

Hospital Marketing And The Internet: Revisited, C. David Shepherd, Daniel Fell

Faculty and Research Publications

In 1995 a study was conducted to explore the use of the Internet in hospital marketing. Use of the Internet has exploded since that study was published. This manuscript replicates the 1995 study and extends it by investigating several managerial and operational issues concerning the use of the Internet in hospital marketing.


Health Care Marketing And The Internet, C. David Shepherd, Daniel Fell Oct 1997

Health Care Marketing And The Internet, C. David Shepherd, Daniel Fell

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This article presents research on the growing number of health care providers using the Internet as a health care marketing tool in the U.S. The author notes that the Internet is changing the way consumers seek healthcare related information as well as the way it can be provided to them. The results of the study suggest that consumers will increasingly rely on sources like the Internet for information, that health information will be a commodity on the Internet, that the Internet will help build relationships between providers and consumers and that marketers will be expected to develop and manage Internet-related …