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HCIC Back Stage Pass. Lessons Learned - Academic Medical Center Case Study. Aubrey Hinkson Marketing Manager Georgia Regents University and Health System. Meredith Rose Director of Content Services AVID Design, Inc. Pulling Together Complex Internal Needs for a Website Redesign.
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HCIC Back Stage Pass Lessons Learned - Academic Medical Center Case Study Aubrey Hinkson Marketing Manager Georgia Regents University and Health System Meredith Rose Director of Content Services AVID Design, Inc.
Pulling Together Complex Internal Needs for a Website Redesign August 20, 2014
Key Learning Objectives: • Strategic Focus of Web Initiatives • Identify audiences clearly • Ensure intuitive navigation • Enhance user experiences • Data driven focus to deliver strong ROI results • Identify and address common pain points of distraction • Content priorities between .edu and .org • Prioritization of service lines • Improve and integrate online solutions • Stay focused on a successful digital marketing strategy
GRHealth Background • Organizational Challenges • 2 name changes in 2 years • Identity confusion • Lack of community support • Stigma of indigent care • Below average consumer perception results • Shared Resources • OCM is a “Shared Services Department” • Time/resource allocation • Determining priorities • University mission vs. patient care mission
Consider Organizational Structure Executive and Clinical Leadership • Understand the needs of various stakeholders & audiences for academic medical centers • Organizational goals, objectives and priorities • Consider range of services, specialty practices and locations • Identify infrastructure to integrate content Physicians, Faculty and Referring Physicians Service Lines, Research and Medical Education Foundation, Alumni and Donors Patients, Caregivers and Family Members System Staff, Marketing and IT/IS
Understanding Audiences and their Characteristics • New to the area and exploring services and reputation • Donors & volunteers • Friends and family of a new or existing patient • Caregivers looking for information • Community Outreach Participants • Information seekers (wellness and health library) • Researching clinical trials or new treatments • Follow-up from clinical service • Task oriented (Pay bills online, Make appointments, Donate Now, etc.) • Physicians/Referring Physicians • Researchers • Medical Students • Specialists from related medical groups • Job seekers (clinical and administrative) Consumers and Community New/Existing Patients Healthcare Professionals Others?
Branding &Graphic Design Information Architecture& Planning Website Development& Programming Content Development& Strategic SEO
Manage the Project! • Assign a Project Coordinator, specifically for communications and timely work flow processing. • Establish specific milestones to be met to achieve launch deadline. • Meet regularly to ensure all project steps are on track and accounted for within the team assignments. • Use a project management system for ease of communications and timely response for edits and revisions, including SME review.
Define Information Architecture – ENS Solution • Fundamentals of IA: • Content Architecture • Navigation • Usability
Determine Deliverables – One subsite, one page at a time • Revised Content: • 90% of the current content is correct • Simply needs to be refreshed for tone and SEO efforts • Very minimal communication with subject matter experts (SME) • Usually contains between 100 and 150 words of copy - about 1.5 hours per page • Expanded Content: • Communication with a few subject matter experts • Update out-of-date information • Add content to those areas of emphasis that are incomplete • Usually 150 and 300 additional words of copy – about 2-3 hours per page • Original Content: • More comprehensive communication with a number of subject matter experts • Define key messages and incorporate strategic goals and objectives • Usually contains between 250 and 450 words per page – about 4 hours per page
For strategic web content: • Define differentiating factors/key messages • Assess current content by system and service line sub-specialization, including referring physician components • Determine missing content based on web best practices • Organize and prioritize content development based on organizational goals and objectives • Set up subject matter expert interviews • Identify expanded content for inclusion – images and videos – content is more than just words!
Analytics and ROI • Tracking phone number results: • Monthly budget used in 3 days!!
Sub-site Results Significant increase in page views for the Children’s sub-site. More than doubled page views for the Women’s sub-site in one year.
Sub-site Results Post launch, 50% of weight loss registrants “heard about us” online.
Questions? Aubrey HinksonMarketing ManagerGeorgia Regents University and Health System AHINKSON@gru.edu706-721-9561 Thank You!Meredith RoseDirector of Content ServicesAVID Design, Inc.meredith@aviddesign.com770-248-1752 x 515