Health Care

Millennials might not seem like the target audience for a health care marketing campaign, but the truth is, they should be. Millennials have surpassed Gen Xers as the largest generation in the U.S. labor force, according to the Pew Research Center, and they’re bringing unique health needs with them. Combine that with their $2.45 trillion…

Willy Wonka character Veruca Salt said it best: “I want it NOW!” We live in a society that demands goods and services on the spot. With a few clicks of a button we are guaranteed an Amazon same-day delivery, an Uber in the driveway and Blue Apron dinners on our doorstep. To add to that…

Today’s health care consumer is powerful. Within minutes they can complete a video consultation with a physician across the country or find a homeopathic remedy for the common cold. These consumers want to play an active role in their health care decisions, but they’re still not experts, regardless of what they think. This knowledge “barrier”…

Say your job description was: stay at home and watch television. Sweet, huh? Well during your hard day at work, you would see roughly 80 commercials for prescription drugs. That number has been growing since 1986, when ads for Seldane began appearing – the first ever from a major pharmaceutical company. In fact, since the…

My grandfather was in a hospital bed refusing open-heart surgery. And, it was several days of old-man stubbornness until I drove up to pay him a visit. I, as his favorite grandchild, successfully convinced him to let the good doctors get in there to fix things. Fast-forward a year or so, and he still wasn’t…

Other than the influx of digital health care wearables and apps released in the past few years, the biggest catalyst in the digital health movement came last week with UnitedHealthcare’s announcement of its partnership with Doctor on Demand. This new app allows patients to connect with board-certified doctors and psychologists at their leisure for quick…

Employee health and wellness programs are nothing new – as early as the 1880s, the head of National Cash Register met employees for horseback rides before work. In the 1900s, Milton Hershey built a leisure park for his employees as a place to blow off steam. While formal programs to promote work-life balance started to…

I’m guessing Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas didn’t have a crisis communications plan in place last month.