Health Care Market Strategy: From Planning to Action, Fourth Edition, a standard reference for over 15 years, bridges the gap between marketing theory and implementation by showing you, step-by-step, how to develop and execute successful marketing strategies using appropriate tactics. Put the concepts you learned in introductory marketing courses into action using the authors' own unique model--called the strategy/action match--from which you will learn how to determine exactly which tactics to employ in a variety of settings. In this new edition, you'll also discover the latest practical applications for strategy development, the marketing planning process, challenges of a competitive marketplace, vision, and other critical aspects of health care marketing. The Fourth Edition also examines new health care delivery models, increasing competition, foreign competitors, and health care reform. Students will come away with a clear understanding of the link between the board room and its connection to tactics in the marketing division. The authors provide models and methods to help organizations discuss and create clear and precise visions for their organizations. The new edition also includes expanded Appendices that present a clear picture of what a typical market plan should look like.

This much-needed text offers an authoritative introduction to strategic marketing in health care and presents a wealth of ideas for gaining the competitive edge in the health care arena. Step by step the authors show how real companies build and implement effective strategies. It includes marketing approaches through a wide range of perspectives: hospitals, physician practices, social marketing, international health, managed care, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. With Strategic Marketing for Health Care Organizations, students and future administrators will have a guide to the most successful strategies and techniques, presented ready to apply by the most knowledgeable authors.

This much-needed text offers an authoritative introduction to strategic marketing in health care and presents a wealth of ideas for gaining the competitive edge in the health care arena. Step by step the authors show how real companies build and implement effective strategies. It includes marketing approaches through a wide range of perspectives: hospitals, physician practices, social marketing, international health, managed care, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology. With Strategic Marketing for Health Care Organizations, students and future administrators will have a guide to the most successful strategies and techniques, presented ready to apply by the most knowledgeable authors.

Market-Driven Strategy speaks directly to the needs of health care executives, physician leaders, directors of planning and marketing, clinical managers, and professionals throughout the health care industry who formulate and implement organizational strategy. Filled with practical advice and up-to-date examples, this detailed playbook of strategies and planning pinpoints the breakdowns in the strategic planning process. It describes effective models, activities, and processes for identifying areas of past strategic failure and reveals concepts for ensuring future success. It also examines the key factors for sound and effective strategic decision making: Payer assessment and position Physician network assessment and position Organizational and financial capabilities and performance Merger and alliance positions Getting and keeping customers Action plan development Market-Driven Strategy is a breakthrough resource that offers surefire techniques for building on the contributions of the entire organization to win more health care consumers and increase overall market share.

What happens when the demanding consumers who nearly brought the U.S. automobile industry to its knees focus the same kinds of pressure on the industry that represents one-seventh of the U.S. economy—health care? The health organizations that combine quality, convenience, information, choices, and lower costs will be the winners in this revolution. Regina Herzlinger, chaired professor at the Harvard Business School, distills the facts from the noise surrounding the one industry whose measures of success are life and death. In a thoroughly readable, anecdotal style, she pinpoints the drivers of change—the savvy consumer, the cost-conscious payer, and the rapidly improving technology—that will revolutionize the American health-care system. This is a must-read for those in every corner of the immense health-care web. With its strong narrative style, this is a book that will be read and talked about by everyone concerned about the future of American health care.

Market-Driven Strategy speaks directly to the needs of health care executives, physician leaders, directors of planning and marketing, clinical managers, and professionals throughout the health care industry who formulate and implement organizational strategy. Filled with practical advice and up-to-date examples, this detailed playbook of strategies and planning pinpoints the breakdowns in the strategic planning process. It describes effective models, activities, and processes for identifying areas of past strategic failure and reveals concepts for ensuring future success. It also examines the key factors for sound and effective strategic decision making: Payer assessment and position Physician network assessment and position Organizational and financial capabilities and performance Merger and alliance positions Getting and keeping customers Action plan development Market-Driven Strategy is a breakthrough resource that offers surefire techniques for building on the contributions of the entire organization to win more health care consumers and increase overall market share.