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By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™

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Public Relations [PR] is differentiated than advertising in that an advertiser pays for and has control over the message. It differs from personal selling in that the message is non-personal, i.e., not directed to a particular individual patient. We pay for advertising but pray for public relations. Public relations are not controllable but it is free; advertising is not free. PR suggests that “good news or bad news”; just spell the doctors name correctly

Change Management is the discipline that guides how we prepare, equip and support individuals to successfully adopt to change in order to drive organizational success and outcomes.

For example, a senior doctor may retire, become ill, or a junior associate might become a practice partner. How will patients be affected?

Crisis Management is the precautions and identification of threats to an organization and its stakeholders, and the methods used by the organization to deal with these threats.

For example, recall in 1982, that Tylenol™ commanded 35 percent of the over-the-counter analgesic market in America and it represented nearly 17 percent of Johnson & Johnson’s profits. But, when seven people died from consuming the tainted drug, a national panic ensued. Moreover, Americans started to question the safety of all over-the-counter medications.

Fortunately, J&J commenced the proto-typical positive crisis response in the following way:

• J&J acted quickly, with complete candidness about what happened and within hours of learning of the deaths, J&J installed toll-free numbers for consumers, sent alerts to healthcare providers nationwide, and stopped advertising the product. J&J recalled 31 million bottles of Tylenol™ capsules and offered replacement products free of charge. J&J did not wait for evidence to see whether the contamination might be more widespread.

• J&J’s leadership was in the lead and seemed in full control throughout the crisis. The chairman was admired for his leadership to pull Tylenol™ capsules off the market and his forthrightness in dealing with the media. The Tylenol™ crisis led the news every night on every station for six weeks.

• J&J placed consumers first. J&J spent more than $100 million for the recall and re-launch of Tylenol™. The stock which had been trading near a 52-week high just before the tragedy, dropped for a time, but recovered to its highs only two months later.

• J&J accepted responsibility. The disaster could have been described in many different ways: as an assault on the company, as a problem somewhere in the process of getting Tylenol™ from J&J factories to retail stores, or as the acts of a crazed criminal. Yet, the company accepted full responsibility.

• J&J sought to ensure that measures were taken to prevent a recurrence of the problem. J&J introduced tamper-proof packaging that would make it much more difficult for a similar incident to occur in the future.

• J&J presented itself prepared to handle the short-term damage in the name of consumer safety. Within a year of the disaster, J&J’s share of the analgesic market, which had fallen to 7 percent from 37 percent following the poisoning, had climbed back to 30 percent.

This wildly successful response in now the stuff of graduate and business school case models for excellence in teaching!

PRM stands for Patient Relationship Management, which is a system for managing all interactions with current and potential patients, families, friends, referring physicians, clinics and hospitals. The goal is simple: improve relationships to grow your medical practice. PRM technology helps medical practices and clinics stay connected to patients, streamline processes, and improve profitability.

When people talk about PRM, they’re usually referring to a PRM system: software that helps track each interaction with a patient or elated others. That can include practice sales calls, treatment or service plans, marketing e-mails, website, social media and more. PRM tools can unify patient and practice data from many sources and even use Artificial Intelligence [AI] to help better manage relationships across the entire doctor– patient lifecycle – spanning departments described elsewhere in the Marketing, Advertising and Sales ME-Ps.

EDUCATION: Books

SPEAKING: Dr. Marcinko will be speaking and lecturing, signing and opining, teaching and preaching, storming and performing at many locations throughout the USA this year! His tour of witty and serious pontifications may be scheduled on a planned or ad-hoc basis; for public or private meetings and gatherings; formally, informally, or over lunch or dinner. All medical societies, financial advisory firms or Broker-Dealers are encouraged to submit an RFP for speaking engagements: CONTACT: Ann Miller RN MHA at MarcinkoAdvisors@outlook.com 

References:

1. Purcarea, Victor: The impact of marketing strategies in healthcare systems.  J. Med Life. 2019 Apr-Jun;12(2):93–96. doi: 10.25122/jml-2019-1003

READINGS:

Marcinko, DE and Hetico, HR: The Business of Medical Practice [3^rd Edition]. Springer Publishing, New York, 2010.

Marcinko, DE and Hetico, HR: Hospitals & Healthcare Organizations [Management Strategies, Operational Techniques, Tools, Templates and Case Studies].  Productivity Press, New York, 2012.

Marcinko, DE and Hetico, HR: Financial Management Strategies for Hospitals and Healthcare Organizations [Tools, Techniques, Checklists and Case Studies]. Productivity Press, New York, 2012.

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