by Melanie Herron | Nov 16, 2011 | Blog
Patients come to your practice every day with a specific need. As a medical provider, it is your goal to meet most, if not all of your patients’ medical needs. What happens when your patient has a need that is not brought up during a visit because they do not know...
by Melanie Herron | Nov 9, 2011 | Blog
There are many different ways to communicate a message to a patient or prospective patient. I find the most successful messages are those that resonate with your consumer. North Carolina based hospital system, Wake Med, is doing just that through their radio and print...
by Melanie Herron | Aug 29, 2011 | Blog
When I was in graduate school I learned about how patients were taking a more proactive approach to their healthcare planning. They wanted control and decision making power. Why is it then that so many patients still depend on their medical provider to tell them...
by Melanie Herron | Aug 18, 2011 | Blog
Many patients do not realize they have the power when it comes to their healthcare. They play an important role in their healthcare successes and failures. Why then do many patients find it difficult to engage their providers? A recent study found that patients’ feel...
by Melanie Herron | Jul 11, 2011 | Blog
This week an article featured on KevinMD.com highlighted a growing quandary in the medical community – how to balance social media with online professionalism. The article, written by a medical student, talks briefly about how new and upcoming medical school graduates...
