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Articles about healthcare communications (0-50 of 133)
- Know Thy Attendees: Creating A Better Meeting Experience
By: r l fielding | - Once you climb over the mountains of detail that surround every business meeting (contracts, meeting room diagrams, banquet event orders, rooming lists, ground transportation, and so on and so on...) there is a sea of people awaiting you: the attendees! If youre like most planners, by the time youve finished navigating through all the details youre exhausted and anxious for the meeting to be over and done.
However, a little extra knowledge about the attendees upfront can mi ...
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- Health Pr In New York: Simplifying The Complex
By: Kevin Waddel | - The pharmaceutical arena has become an increasingly more complex market for companies to navigate, requiring greater skill sets for practitioners of Health PR in New York and, for the matter, everywhere else.
Intensifying competition means that brands are increasingly finding it more difficult to differentiate themselves from the competitors. Additional regulatory scrutiny means companies and practitioners of Health PR in New York must address new challenges and issues. Finally, a ...
Tags: Health PR in New York, PR New York, investor relations New York, public relations
- Ten Top Reasons Why A Business Should Be Using Conferencing Services
By: IBSEric | - 1. It completely eliminates geographic disparity
This can apply to anybody doing business anywhere. You can instantly meet with people in your organization, partners, clients, or prospective customers. With products like Reservationless 800 Conferencing, you can e-mail, text or IM a number and access code from your Blackberry or other PDA and participants can join instantly. The proximity to a geographically separated client base becomes instantaneous.
2. It improves productiv ...
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- Drishti Goes Aggressive On Channel Development
By: Drishti Soft | - Gurgaon, September 23, 2009 - Drishti Soft, a leading provider of next generation IP Contact Center and Enterprise Communication solutions, intensifies focus on developing new channels and strengthening existing business partnerships to widen their market positioning. The company is foraying into promising international markets in APAC, India, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Further regions of interest as per Vipin Jethi, VP Sales at Drishti include - other emerging economies, incl ...
Tags: Drishti, Channel Development, Communications Technology
- Online Accountancy Programs Information For Prospective Learners
By: Frank Johnson 1 | - At the end of each fiscal year, what is the most pressing matter on the minds of every earning man or woman? The dreaded filing of the tax return! What else? Every year millions upon millions make an unavoidable appointment with a tax accountant and this doesn't stop here. Corporations, big or small, government departments, even NGOs and small grocery stores need accounting services which are required by law and just part of the general concept of good practice in the world or money. Becoming an ...
Tags: online accounting programs, online accounting courses
- Online Accountancy Programs Information For Prospective Learners
By: Frank Johnson 1 | - At the end of each fiscal year, what is the most pressing matter on the minds of every earning man or woman? The dreaded filing of the tax return! What else? Every year millions upon millions make an unavoidable appointment with a tax accountant and this doesn't stop here. Corporations, big or small, government departments, even NGOs and small grocery stores need accounting services which are required by law and just part of the general concept of good practice in the world or money. Becoming an ...
Tags: online accounting programs, online accounting courses
- Learning To Understand Learning
By: Amith Ghosh | - Learning is an important part of our lives. However, education has historically catered mainly to children and young adults, because the brain was thought to be at its most malleable during the formative years.
Although the learning process during this time is extremely important, the brain’s development is no longer thought to be “hard-wired” and immutable thereafter.
Rather, the brain is an extremely adaptable organ that can be compared to any ot ...
Tags: canada health care protal, healthcare webdirectory, canada healthcare directory
- How To Choose The Right Healthcare Pr Firm For Your Company
By: Schwart-PR | - Businesses that specialize in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, life sciences and medical devices often count on a public relations firm to help them refine their messages and to deliver them in a clear manner to audiences that may include patients, physicians, advocacy groups, investors, payors and key thought leaders. When medical companies are looking for the right PR agency, several factors should be considered.
First, healthcare companies must decide whether their requirements matc ...
Tags: healthcare public relations, healthcare pr, public relations, pr, healthcare, medical, business, marketing
- Production Pointers For Your Next Conference
By: r l fielding | - How many times have you awoken in a cold sweat, worrying about whether your opening session will work the way it's supposed to? We've all heard enough nightmare stories of presentations gone wrong to know that this is a common concern. Here are some quick pointers for conference planning that can help you eliminate potential problems at your next event.
Your Presenters
Always confirm with presenters the equipment they will need during their presentation. Are they brin ...
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- Specialized Public Relations New York Firms Provide Must Utilize Social Media During Times Of Crises
By: Kevin Waddel | - Just about everybody is buzzing about social media and its implications for the practice of public relations. Not just the specialized public relations New York area firms offer, but in the world at large. While a number of New York-based public relations firms have created practice areas devoted to social media, others have added social media initiatives to existing practices to offer clients a complete arsenal of marketing communications tools. However, the rise of social media has greatly ...
Tags: public relations New York, PR New York, public relations, investor relations New York, PR, PR firm New York, financial services public relations
- Seven Reasons To Have A Digital Personal Health Record
By: Victor E. Battles, M.D. | - A digital personal health record (PHR) is a computer-based software application that allows you to store a variety of personal health information including illnesses, hospitalizations, encounters (i.e. visits and communications), journal information in between doctor visits, medications, allergies, immunizations, surgeries, lab results, and family history. The personal health record differs from an electronic medical record which is a similar application with much more all-encompassing features ...
Tags: personal health record, PHR, proactive healthcare, electronic medical record, electronic health record
- Top Health Plan And Leading Medical Liability Carrier Join Forces : Don Olson
By: EasyToInsureME | - Today, the largest Ohio-based healthcare insurer, Medical Mutual of Ohio, and one of Ohios largest medical liability carriers, The Doctors Company, and its Ohio based subsidiary OHIC Insurance Company (OHIC) announced an initiative to better connect patients to their physicians using iHealth, a secure, online and transportable personal health record (PHR) service. The initiative will reach out to Medical Mutuals network of physicians in Ohio, several of whom already offer the iHe ...
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- Schofield Media - Healthcare
By: Maria A | - Schofield Media - Healthcare
Launched in 2006 and acquired SB communications as one of the leading publishers and event organizer. It is for international business to business media companies wants to launch healthcare as an important medium for saving lives of people. Schofield media collaboration with SB communications strengthens its content ability and allows it to raise as one of the leading media companies on globe. The joint venture allows them to work effectively in setting ...
Tags: schofield, schofield media, schofield publishing, b2b
- Marketing Strategy Of Video Communication
By: Vmukti | - Video Communication will focus on local, international and internet markets, including small offices and home offices (1-9 employees), medium to large businesses (10-99 employees), corporate (multiple locations or 100+ employees), government, offices, social network and blog community, healthcare industry, edication schools and colleges and telecommunication and broadcasting companies.
The overall market for online open standards video conferencing products is immense. This business pla ...
Tags: video Communication, VoIP service providers, Call Center Software
- Sales Forecast For Video Communication
By: Vmukti | - Gartner Says Worldwide Security Software Revenue Will Reach $9.1 Billion in 2007
Gartner Says IP Multimedia Subsystem Will Become the Dominant Architecture to Deliver VoIP by 2010
Gartner Says Companies That Don't Implement Stringent Remote Worker Policies Will See Remote Worker Costs Increase by Five to Ten Times
Gartner Says 25 Percent of New Business Software Will Be Delivered As Software As A Service by 2011
Gartner Says Businesses Will Spend $20 Billion on IP Tel ...
Tags: video Communication, VoIP service providers, Call Center Software
- Ip Pbx Services Can Be A Great Benefit To Your Business
By: Art Gib | - When you start looking into the best services for your business you might come across many terms that you don't understand. Don't ignore them or the services that go with them, because it can be the difference of money savings for your business. It is worth taking a few minutes to see what best services are available to you and your business and understanding the terms in the industry.
One of the services that is worth looking into is ip pbx. That might just seem like a bunch o ...
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- Norton Canceling Anthem Contract : Ed Green
By: EasyToInsureME | - Norton Healthcare Inc. has opted to bring an early end to its provider contract with its largest commercial payer, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kentucky.
The contract affects payments for services at all Norton-owned facilities and physicians practices owned and managed by the company.
The company owns Norton Hospital and Kosair Childrens Hospital in downtown Louisville, as well as Norton Suburban and Norton Audubon hospitals.
Jim Meye ...
Tags: anthem blue cross blue shield, humana health insurance
- Health Care Online Degrees: Online Learning & Career Growth
By: Frank Johnson 1 | - Online Health Care Degrees encompasses studies in the management, treatment and prevention of illness, or the rise thereof, in the community. Health care professions include the medical sciences, pharmaceutical, dental, nursing laboratory/ clinical science as well as allied health care professions (these are clinical healthcare professions distinct from those aforementioned e.g. professions such as radiology, abortion, midwifery, massage etc). Allied Health care professionals work in a health ca ...
Tags: healthcare administration, online healthcare management
- Career Opportunities In Healthcare Management Through Online Healthcare Training
By: Frank Johnson 1 | - A healthcare administration career via online healthcare management training requires no medical background. This is the field relating to the leadership, management and administration of healthcare systems, hospitals and hospital networks. Healthcare administration covers a broad area of activities and there is usually a set of factors that determine the types of jobs that need to be done to run any given facility; these often include the size and scope of the facility in question and the kinds ...
Tags: online schools, healthcare administration, online healthcare
- Planning Corporate Meetings In Tough Economic Times
By: r l fielding | - In responding to the current economic downturn and the public backlash against corporate meetings and incentives for companies that accepted taxpayer funds, some companies are considering canceling their corporate meetings, training sessions and other events. In many cases, the decision-making process is not necessarily being driven by budget constraints. With all the recent media scrutiny, companies now worry how their events will be perceived by the public and corporate stakeholders. But top C ...
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- Interactive Networks Boosts Patient Satisfaction
By: Aderson James | - "Progressive healthcare providers are deploying a potent new on-demand tool to sweeten hospital stays. Its part of a smart strategy that not only engages in-patients with home-like entertainment, communications and education features, but empowers them to take an active role in their care as well.
And its all right there at their bedside and on the screen. Television has long been a fixture in hospital rooms, but its scope was largely limited to entertainment pro ...
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- National Patient Registry To Benefit Physicians
By: Adir Le | - While many industries have already made strides into the digital age, adapting current computer technology to their needs and harnessing the vast possibilities of communications networks such as the Internet, the healthcare sector has remained woefully behind the times.
Medicine may rely on technological innovations to create new solutions to safeguard the health of patients or to make surgical procedures safer, less invasive and more precise, but the industry has not yet fulfill ...
Tags: medical billing, medical billing services, medical billing companies
- Internal Communications: Planning The Plan
By: Michael Reichard | - Many companies focus on communicating to their external audiences; segmenting markets, researching, developing messages and tactics. This same care and focus should be turned inside to create an internal communications plan. Effective internal communication planning enables small and large organizations to create a process of information distribution as a means of addressing organizational issues. Before internal communications planning can start some basic questions need to be answered.
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Tags: marketing, public relations, communications, oraganizational
- The Value Of An Integrated Ris Pacs System For A Healthcare Office
By: Wayne Hemrick | - The world of medicine is constantly evolving and changing with technology. No where is this more evident than in the radiology field. Over the past few years it has undergone numerous consolidations and convergences, leading to a boom in integrated radiology information system/picture archiving and communications systems. RIS PACS and PACS radiology are being hailed as they usher in the next generation of radiology.
Most of today's RIS PACS and radiology work stations receive ...
Tags: ris pacs, pacs radiology, radiology work stations, radiology web viewer
- Event Production For Any Budget
By: r l fielding | - Who says event production has to be expensive?
If tightening budgets lead you to believe that your organization can't afford to enhance its business conferences and training sessions with event production, there's good news. The latest trends in event production make it possible for you to fit it into any budget!
Stretch fabric stretches your budget
Environmentally friendly scenic design has become increasingly more important. Fortunately, makin ...
Tags: business conferences, conference center
- The Hidden Costs Of Corporate Meetings
By: r l fielding | - In tough economic times, more and more organizations cut back on the budgets for their events. Meeting planners are tasked with finding ways to make business conferences and training sessions as cost-effective as possible. Here's a guide to help you figure out some of the hidden costs of corporate meetings:
Meeting Space: Does the facility offer a meeting space that fits your group or are you paying for more space than you need? Moving an event to a smaller venue can be a signifi ...
Tags: business conferences, conference center
- Drishti Launches Dacx Ameyo - Communications Suite For Contact Centers And Enterprises
By: Preeti Gaur | - Drishti-Soft Solutions, a leading provider of communications solutions, announces the launch of an innovative communications suite for contact centers and enterprises. After the huge success of its flagship product DACX Contact Center Suite that has made Drishti a market leader, Drishti has launched a cutting-edge communications solution DACX Ameyo.
DACX Ameyo is an all-in-one communication suite for enterprises offering next-generation information and communications manageme ...
Tags: Dacx, Ameyo, Telecommunication, Technology, Call center, Software
- Tech Tips For Planners And Presenters
By: r l fielding | - There are some things that duct tape can't fix.
Does this sound familiar? Youre at the conference center and the meeting room is full. The audience is engaged. The presentation is on a roll...and then it happens. The projector goes out. And so does the momentum of your meeting, depending on how long it takes to fix the problem. Here are some ways to make sure technology issues don't halt or delay the start of your next meeting:
Ask if technology audits are per ...
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- Increase Quality Of Care With Pacs Workstations
By: Wayne Hemrick | - PACS Workstations - Picture Archive and Communications System - are necessary for those working at any health care facility, and especially at those where access to a mammography machine is important. Unfortunately, because of the many different modalities by which diagnostic images are made, access and sharing of patient information is difficult and must often be disseminated by hand. Until now, only large medical centers with large budgets could afford such pacs workstations that allow such co ...
Tags: pacs workstations, affordable pacs, pacs ris, candelis pacs, candelis imagegrid, mammography machine
- Biotechnology In Health Care
By: Dr Deepa Goel | - The world has witnessed extraordinary advances in science over the last few decades. With this growth biotechnology has emerged as a major area of interest covering a broad range of scientific activities in sectors such as food, health and agriculture. Red or Medical Biotechnology, a specific stream of biotechnology with a focus on medicine and health care, has become an integral part. Medical biotechnology extends beyond medicines and diagnostics into cell and tissue engineered products, and in ...
Tags: Health communications, healthcare communications consultant, Hospital consultancy, hospital management services, clinical research india, medical rese
- Financial Barriers Hinder Integrated Healthcare For Mentally Ill
By: Robert Beckwith | - As of late in the medical field, there has been evidence showing the growing importance of integrating physical and mental healthcare. Currently, these two fields are separated with little connection between the physical and mental health of each individual patient. However, there is a need for a connection between these two fields as it has been shown many mental health problems lead to physical health issues as well. This leaves one to question why mental and physical healthcare are not integr ...
Tags: Menal health, integrated healhcare, medicare, medicaid, insurance, uninsured, physical health
- Policy Changes And Disease Management: Keys To Halting Premature Death Of The Mentally Ill
By: Robert Beckwith | - Mental illness is a mysterious condition in our world. As more information is found about mental disabilities, the more mysterious they become. Recently more research has shown worse news for those with mental illness. According to the National Council Fact Sheet, mental illness may be linked to a premature death for some. Those with serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major clinical depression seem to die, on average, 25 years earlier than normal.
Tags: mental health, mental illness, disease management, premature death, health care, integration
- Healthcare Providers Policy Planning:the Four Quadrant Model
By: Robert Beckwith | - The NCCBH proposed model for the clinical integration of health and behavioral health services starts with a description of the populations to be served. This Four Quadrant Model builds on the 1998 consensus document for mental health (MH) and substance abuse/addiction (SA) service integration, as initially conceived by state mental health and substance abuse directors (NASHMHPD/ NASADAD) and further articulated by Ken Minkoff and his colleagues.
This model for a Comprehensive, Co ...
Tags: mental health, behavioral health, four quadrant model, primary care, behavioral health resources
- Consumer Directed Healthcare - A New Trend
By: Danish.abdullah | - Gone are the days when the maxim that ruled the healthcare industry was "Build it and they will come", under the impression that that if people knew where services were located they would find their way to the clinics.
In post liberalisation India the healthcare industry is waking up to the fact that the consumer has to be pursued and enticed into visiting healthcare facilities of a particular brand and to buy healthcare products of a particular brand. With the government permitt ...
Tags: health care marketing solutions, health care communications india, healthcare consultants, healthcare marketing services,
- Healthcare Communications
By: Michelle1 | - Healthcare Communications is improving day by day. The agencies with almost dormant healthcare clients are also waking up to the fact that the pharmaceutical industry will gather momentum within a short time. Advertising agencies are projecting growth rates depending on the potential of their healthcare clients in the months to come.
At present, most of the healthcare business is limited to the fraternity of doctors but with the passage of time advertising agencies want to direct ...
Tags: Healthcare Marketing, Doctor Websites, Patient Doctor Communication, Medical Practice, Healthcare Communications, Medical Marketing Solutions.
- Meet And Eat: Conference Centers Offer 5-star Dining
By: R.L. Fielding | - Face it, when you go to a meeting at a conference center, your focus is on who you'll meet and what you'll accomplish. The last thing on your mind is the food and thats no wonder! Sure, sometimes a menu pleasantly surprises you by offering more than tough steak, stuffed chicken breast, and pale, overcooked green beans, but conference food is rarely a starring attraction. How many times have you left an event of that type thinking, "Wow, that was a great dining experience?" Probably not to ...
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- Doctor"€™s Practice Web Marketing
By: Michelle1 | - History recur itself in terms of Healthcare Marketing. The secret of homemade medicine has always shown miracles. The doctors themselves adapted many of these homemade medicine formulae. These medicines were of great potential value. Practice of medicines such as pain-relievers and allergy medicines are always in practice from the earlier times.
As doctors prescribed the usage and values of medicines, marketing of drugs was total wastage of time. Advertising was made to target th ...
Tags: Healthcare Marketing, Doctor Websites, Patient Doctor Communication
- Medical Marketing Solutions
By: Michelle1 | - Emdcommunications offers various kinds of Medical Marketing Solutions through its website. By combining market research and an in-depth study of your marketing goals, we build marketing campaigns through our web site to maximize your exposure for new patient referrals and provide a clue for the expansion of your medical practice. We offer the healthcare industry the ability to communicate effectively and efficiently with existing and prospective customers. Whether producing an enrollment welcome ...
Tags: Healthcare Marketing, Doctor Websites, Patient Doctor Communication
- Online Medical Practice
By: Michelle1 | - In todays market, hospitals, clinics, group medical practices and individual healthcare professionals with effective websites have a competitive edge.
Traditionally most of the growth in Online Medical Practice has been through healthcare partnership or by word of mouth. With growing usage of Internet for healthcare management needs in UK, and US you can ensure the visibility of your practice with minimal effort.
You may be having your medical practice website o ...
Tags: Healthcare Marketing, Doctor Websites, Patient Doctor Communication
- Why Healthcare Marketing Is Essential
By: Michelle1 | - We can already see that the medical industry is rapidly increasing at a tremendous pace. Patients are not only demanding timely service and quality care but they are also demanding paramount customer satisfaction.
In the medical industry Healthcare Marketing is not just advertising. There are sure marketing techniques to enhance your marketing nitty-gritty to the customer-desired level.
Good Medical Marketing Techniques:
In a good marketing plan the ...
Tags: Healthcare Marketing, Doctor Websites, Patient Doctor Communication
- Sensory Loss In Older Adults: Taste, Smell & Touch; Behavioral Approaches For Caregivers
By: Joseph Casciani | - As we age, our sensory systems gradually lose their sharpness. Because our brain requires a minimal amount of input to remain alert and functioning, sensory loss for older adults puts them at risk for sensory deprivation. Severe sensory impairments, such as in vision or hearing, may result in behavior similar to dementia and psychosis, such as increased disorientation and confusion. Added restrictions, such as confinement to bed or a Geri-chair, increases this risk. With nothing to show the ...
Tags: loss of taste, loss of smell, loss of touch, caregiver approaches, behavioral approaches, decline
- Philips Medical - On The Royal Road To Emporer Of Medical Equipment
By: Jesse Fisher | - In 1998, Royal Philips Electronics fathered Philips Healthcare Services and Royal Philips appears determined that their subsidiary will soon become King of the medical imagingequipment industry. This move apparently came in response to GE Medical Systems' announcement that it planned on becoming king itself of the ultrasound industry before the year 2000. Not to be "out-royaled", Philips from the first year started an acquisition frenzy so they could expand its subsidiary's product portfolio wel ...
Tags: Philips, Healthcare, medical equipment, ultrasound, x-ray tubes, nuclear medicine, diagnostic cardiology, defibrillators, patient monitoring, point of care,
- Kerala Tourism - The Places, Festivals And Colors
By: Dev Sri | - Calm serene beaches, eco tourism and palm grove resorts were the trademarks of Kerala_tourism. Now Kerala-tourism is also redefined as Kerala health tourism, Kerala adventure tourism, Kerala backwater tourism and a lot more. Kerala tourism also stands high in Indian tourism and world tourism with the calm serene beaches, backwaters, house boat journeys, rolling hills blanketed with forests or tea plantation, scopes of adventure, forest and wildlife, trekking, bird watching, best climate, and a ...
Tags: Kerala tourism, Kerala travel, tourism in Kerala, Kerala tour and travel packages
- New Footcare Product Announced
By: Helen Bleasdale | - Fabulous Products, South Africa, recently announced the release of a new footcare product. This patented exfoliating product is desirable, innovative, fun, functional, practical, effective, demonstrable and profitable.
Distribution agreements are expected to be announced soon with the company having targeted partner companies active in the importation of wholesale home/healthcare / footcare products with markets in the retail and direct sales sectors.
The new prod ...
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- Don't Talk Down To Your Patients
By: Jo Ann LeQuang | - It is important for healthcare organizations, hospitals, medical organizations, even other organizations dispensing medical and health knowledge to communicate with ordinary people. The demand for medical information on the web is enormous. But while the Internet exposes laypeople to often complex medical texts, most organizations do the opposite. They try hard to make medical treatments and conditions sound overly simple using very basic language. Writing a dumbed-down article may not work. Fir ...
Tags: patient education, medical companies, healthcare information
- Easy But Powerful Brochure Writing Tips
By: Jo Ann LeQuang | - Medical device manufacturers, drug companies, and hospitals spend a lot of time and money writing brochures. High hopes ride on these brochures, but the reality usually turns out to be a disappointment. The brochure fails to accomplish its objective. Even the writers who worked on the brochure realize it went awry, but very often, everyone is at a loss to explain why it failed.
Most people think that the obvious reasons are to blame: was the writing bad? Maybe the images were lous ...
Tags: medical marketing, medical brochure, medical writing, marketing communications
- Do Your Patients Understand You?
By: Kelly Robbins | - How do you know?
A recent USA Today article states that miscommunications between patients and health care providers are increasing the chances that people who need medical care will be hurt or killed in the process.
The article sites a report done by the Joint Commission Healthcare Accreditation Group which states that cultural and language barriers pose problems for patient-doctor communications, as well as poor general literacy skills.
The group's ...
Tags: patients understand you, miscommunication between patients and practitioner, improve relationship with patients, healthcare, communication, Kelly Robb
- Looking To Sell A Healthcare Company - Consider An M&a Advisor
By: M&A Guy | - Perhaps the most important business transaction you will ever pursue is the sale of your business. Many healthcare business owners attempt to do it themselves and when asked if they got a good deal, many respond with "I think so," or "I got my asking price," or "I really don't know," or "It was a disaster." Often times these very capable business people approach the sale of their business with less formality than in the sale of a home. The purpose of this article is to answer the questions - Wh ...
Tags: merger acquisition healthcare, business broker healthcare, M&A, sell, investment banker, venture
- Marketing To Communities Of Color!
By: Gayle Wiegand | - Marketing Communications in the U.S. is no longer a one-size-fits-all proposition. Effective message delivery to all residents of the United States requires that we examine the unique consumer behaviors of the country's communities of color.
The designation community of color may be applied to a wide spectrum of minority and ethnic groups. According to the 2000 U.S. Census, approximately 30 percent of the U.S. population currently belongs to a racial or ethnic minority group. Th ...
Tags: marketing, communications, marcomm, MarComm, Communities, color, african american, hispanic, latino, asian
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