Tag: Jeff Herman

So much more than a call

When it comes to customer service, consumer expectations are higher than ever. And, it’s no surprise with companies like Amazon and Zappos offering extremely personalized service. There’s a need for ease and efficiency among consumers, and this applies as much to when someone calls their healthcare provider as it does to purchasing a product online. The question is, are call centers keeping pace? I recently caught up with Jeff and Scott, CPM’s call center experts, to talk about how hospital call centers must transform to keep up.

What does the changing healthcare consumer look like?
Jeff Herman, Product Manager of Call Center and ICRM: Consumers now have the resources they need to research their own risks and educate themselves on the available services and providers. When they communicate with an organization, they expect that organization to quickly and effectively understand and meet their needs.

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podcast: the future of web personalization

We recently introduced Open Instant CRM and shared the basics about how it personalize a website visitor’s experience. (See our video announcement here or watch Edward Health System share their experience.) In this week’s podcast we’re kicking it up a notch with more in-depth information about the experience itself. If you want to really get how Instant CRM works, listen to this podcast on:

•  how we identify users to a hospital’s website
•  what types of personalized content can be placed on a site

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January round-up

When you’re busy, it can be hard to find time to read your favorite blogs and catch up
on healthcare news. Unfortunately, that means a lot of content gets missed. To do our part to help, here’s a round-up of our posts from the past month.

Here are the things we talked about in January.

  • With healthcare in flux, hospitals have a lot to consider as they prepare for the year ahead. To kick off 2011, our planning expert offered four resolutions for healthcare executives. His follow-up post has four more actionable items for the to-do list.
  • This month, we had the opportunity to interview Paul Matsen, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer of Cleveland Clinic. In part one, he talks about strategic marketing campaigns. In part two, he shares the Clinic’s social media strategy.
  • In January we introduced our new open Instant CRM with a video announcement. Also learn more about it in our podcast.
  • Looking to create a more efficient, impactful media plan? In this podcast, our media strategist talks about the common challenges hospitals face and how better data can help you strategically target.
  • Right after healthcare reform was repealed in the house, we posted a video on what happened and what it meant for hospitals going forward.
  • Last month, a study came out showing a communication gap between physicians and specialists. Our physician expert shares her reaction in this quick-read post.
  • To help you stay on top of healthcare industry news, we posted a compilation of the hottest healthcare stories of the month.
  • What’s CRM? Les Stern offers a definition and we share some of the key points here.

Whew! A lot happened in January. Now that it’s wrapped up, let’s move into February full speed ahead. Are there any topics you especially want to hear about this coming month?

Podcast: Personalize your hospital’s website

Personalized communication with patients is more important than ever for healthcare marketers. But the tools to make it possible are a big part of the equation. In this week’s podcast, we announce our new open Instant CRM product, which allow hospitals to instantly display personalized, relevant health content to visitors.

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Introducing Open Instant CRM

Today, we’re excited to announce that CPM is releasing Open Instant CRM (ICRM). Now, a few questions might come to your mind. What is Instant CRM? What does it mean that it’s open? Watch our big announcement (or scroll down) for the answers.

Rather read than watch? Here are few more details.

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