Resource Library

Dive into dozens of innovation resources, all dedicated to advancing your career in health care strategy.

Please join us for a one-hour webcast where we will review the highlights of the latest SHSMD Physician Relations Benchmarking Report. This highly anticipated survey, in collaboration with the American Association of Physician Liaisons, provides unique insights into the field from several hundred front-line, managerial, and support participants.

Share best practices that have helped to recruit, onboard, and retain top providers to hundreds of hospitals across the nation. Explore how others are using strategy, data, and technology to hardwire the recruitment process, accelerate practice ramp-up, and achieve long-term retention.

In response to consumer demands for simple, affordable service, Jefferson Health—a health system in the Philadelphia region that includes 14 hospitals—is building a value-based care business model through a robust telehealth program that spans the care continuum from specialty consults and virtual rounds, to post-discharge management and urgent care visits. Learn more about the JeffConnect program in this article.

In recent years, marketing has transitioned from one of the least to one of the most technology-driven fields in healthcare. Why? In part, because savvy marketing leaders recognize that engaging with patients has moved into the digital world. So how can hospitals and health systems effectively engage with consumers on their mobile devices? Here are five tips to keep in mind.

How do marketers at one of the world's most advanced medical laboratories improve upon the services they provide to customers around the globe? Mayo Medical Laboratories developed a digital communications hub called Insights after customers and internal stakeholders alike were voicing concerns about the functionality and usefulness of the MML website.

What's your role in working with and communicating to your physicians? Fresh off a recent lively discussion on the topic with the medical staff at University of Iowa (UI) Health Care, here are ten steps you can take to refresh your physician communications.

SHSMD ADVANCE™ is a comprehensive learning framework that includes a series of skill building tools that will help you and your health care strategy team assess, build, and promote your strategic abilities.

With 77% of consumers searching online before making an appointment with a provider, health care marketers are building the “digital front door” to help engage and acquire them. But what does a digital strategy look like for this when there are multiple touchpoints a consumer experiences before selecting a provider? This panel will help define the elements needed to align your digital marketing with a person’s journey to care.

Attend this session to learn how to develop quarterly C-suite dashboards that summarize the metrics that matter, such as lead-to-patient conversion rates, marketing's impact on payor mix, marketing ROI, and revenue contribution.

Join us for details on recent marketing automation initiatives that have improved the experience for both the customer and the provider.

Senior health care executives will learn the importance of key strategies when incorporating consumer-focused initiatives into their strategic plans.

Learn how CHI Franciscan developed sports marketing programs to support Oncology, Cardiac, and Orthopaedic Service Lines.

This session will help hospital marketers raise their own level of thoughtfulness as it relates to "pitching" their strategic business plans and budget needs to their senior leadership team. Through exploration of winning ideas and practices of big brands, this interactive session will be a real game changer for marketers.

An interactive “fishbowl” discussion between 4 panelists and rotating members of the audience about how to design a Health System Fellowship that implements SHSMD Bridging Worlds as an internal Engine of Innovation.

Using techniques such as small group meetings, large group meetings, and a coalition of participants (crossing the organization horizontally and vertically), Huggins facilitated conversations for quick strategy and action planning.

Learn how to capture the attention of a very busy physician audience with Rose Herring from Atrium Health, formerly Carolinas Health Care System, and Dr. Nate Gross, the Co-Founder of Doximity.

This session will explore creative ways to capitalize on internal and external resources to support brand position and implement outreach opportunities at little to no cost. You will also learn how organizations can build market share with community engagement, positioning your service lines and smarter advertising.

Join a panel of research pros from University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, The Blackstone Group and panel provider Cint moderated by marketing firm Laughlin Constable to learn about innovative options for conducting consumer research when time and costs are constraints.

Learn how Northwestern Medicine has structured their processes, technology, and staff to create ongoing operational capabilities for sustainable post-launch success.