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Practicing Marketing; aanndd iitt''ss 
CChhaalllleennggeess iinn tthhee HHeeaalltthhccaarree 
IInndduussttrryy 
Dr. Joe Sarprasatha 
Amoah-Binfoh Kenneth 
Priscilla Bempah Botwe 
SRM University School of Management
IINNTTRROODDUUCCTTIIOONN 
“Marketing is the voice of healthcare industry” 
Background: 
Recent global changes in healthcare industry, 
Marketing assuming importance for survival /growth of 
hospitals. 
HHoowweevveerr tthhee hheeaalltthhccaarree IInndduussttrryy ccuurrrreennttllyy ffaacciinngg 
tthhrreeaattss aanndd ooppppoorrttuunniittiieess.. 
TTeecchhnnoollooggyy aaddvvaanncceemmeenntt 
TThhee rriissiinngg nneeeeddss ooff ppeeooppllee 
TThhee mmuusshhrroooomm ggrroowwtthh ooff hheeaalltthh pprroovviiddeerrss wwiitthh 
commercial practices neglecting rudimentary 
practices.
Healthcare marketing as a concept and its 
importance 
Healthcare marketing is a complex equation bbeeccaauussee mmoosstt 
oofftteenn tthhee pprroodduucceerr,, tthhaatt iiss,, tthhee ddooccttoorr,, hhiimmsseellff iiss tthhee 
mmaarrkkeetteerr ssiinnccee pprroodduuccttiioonn aanndd ccoonnssuummppttiioonn ttaakkeess ppllaaccee 
ssiimmuullttaanneeoouussllyy.. AAss ppaattiieennttss aarree tthhee bbeesstt aammbbaassssaaddoorrss,, iitt iiss 
iimmppoorrttaanntt ttoo ttaakkee ooff tthheeiirr nneeeeddss aanndd pprroovviiddee tthheemm wwiitthh bbeesstt 
ppoossssiibbllee ccaarree.. 
The most important service to consumers is the service of 
health care because we are directly affected by it every day, 
said Leonard Berry (1999), Therefore marketing helps to 
maintain positive relationships with current patients because 
they play a major role in recommending friends and family to 
your hospital, further boosting your revenue.
OObbjjeeccttiivveess 
 TToo eexxaammiinnee aapppplliiccaattiioonn ooff mmaarrkkeettiinngg 
ccoonncceeppttss iinn hheeaalltthhccaarree sseeccttoorr,, 
 TToo eexxaammiinnee tthhee iimmppoorrttaannccee ooff mmaarrkkeettiinngg 
 TToo aapppprraaiissee tthhee cchhaalllleennggeess ooff pprraaccttiicciinngg 
mmaarrkkeettiinngg iinn tthhee hheeaalltthhccaarree iinndduussttrryy..
LLiitteerraattuurree rreevviieeww 
 ““MMaarrkkeettiinngg ::ppllaannnniinngg,, iimmpplleemmeennttaattiioonn aanndd ccoonnttrrooll ooff 
ccaarreeffuullllyy ffoorrmmuullaatteedd pprrooggrraammss ddeessiiggnneedd ttoo bbrriinngg aabboouutt 
vvoolluunnttaarryy eexxcchhaannggeess ooff vvaalluueess wwiitthh ttaarrggeett mmaarrkkeettss.. 
 GGooaall ooff aacchhiieevviinngg oorrggaanniizzaattiioonnaall oobbjjeeccttiivveess.. 
 IItt lliieess iinn ddeessiiggnniinngg tthhee oorrggaanniizzaattiioonn’’ss ooffffeerriinnggss iinn tteerrmmss ooff 
tthhee ttaarrggeett mmaarrkkeett’’ss nneeeeddss aanndd ddeessiirreess aanndd 
 iinn uussiinngg eeffffeeccttiivvee pprriicciinngg,, ccoommmmuunniiccaattiioonnss,, aanndd 
ddiissttrriibbuuttiioonn ttoo iinnffoorrmm,, mmoottiivvaattee,, aanndd sseerrvviiccee tthhee mmaarrkkeettss..”” 
((KKoottlleerr aanndd RRoobbeerrttaa NN.. CCllaarrkkee,, ((11998877))..
44PP’’ss ooff HHeeaalltthhccaarree MMaarrkkeettiinngg 
Fee Structure 
Price 
Right time/place 
Place 
Marketing 
healthcare 
Decent way 
Promotion 
(Model for this paper (2014)) 
Quality service 
Product 
MMaarrkkeettiinngg hheeaalltthhccaarree sseerrvviicceess mmeeaannss mmaakkiinngg aavvaaiillaabbllee tthhee 
hheeaalltthhccaarree oorr MMeeddiiccaarree sseerrvviicceess ttoo tthhee ddiiffffeerreenntt ccaatteeggoorriieess ooff tthhee 
uusseerrss iinn ssuucchh aa ffaasshhiioonn tthhaatt tthheeyy ggeett qquuaalliittyy sseerrvviicceess,, aatt aa 
rreeaassoonnaabbllee ffeeee ssttrruuccttuurree,, oonn rriigghhtt ttiimmee//ppllaaccee aanndd iinn aa ddeecceenntt wwaayy..
TThhee 55 CCoonncceeppttss ooff HHCC MMaarrkkeettiinngg 
PPrroodduuccttiioonn ccoonncceepptt((eeffffiicciieennccyy,, llooww ccoossttss,, 
pprrooffeessssiioonnaalliissmm aanndd mmaassss ddiissttrriibbuuttiioonn)) 
PPrroodduucctt ccoonncceepptt ((tthhee SSiicckk nneeeeddss ddooccttoorr 
ssyynnddrroommee)) 
SSeelllliinngg ccoonncceepptt ((aaggggrreessssiivvee mmaarrkkeettiinngg)) 
MMaarrkkeettiinngg ccoonncceepptt ((rreeaaccttiivvee aanndd pprrooaaccttiivvee 
oorriieennttaattiioonn)) 
HHoolliissttiicc ccoonncceepptt((complete, cohesive 
approach))
MAJOR CHALLENGES OF MARKETING, 
HEALTHCARE SERVICES 
Simplicity of the Concept of Marketing by 
(Senior Executives) 
Healthcare professional understood the 
concept as advertising and sales not in its 
holistic view. 
Health professionals, especially clinicians, 
did not have the same goal and objectives as 
administrators. 
Uncertainty, technology, and new era of 
healthcare application
METHODOLOGY/DDAATTAA AANNAALLYYSSIISS 
TThhiiss ssttuuddyy ssppeecciiffiiccaallllyy uusseedd nnoonn pprroobbaabbiilliittyy ssaammpplliinngg.. TThhiiss 
mmeetthhoodd ooff ssaammpplliinngg tteecchhnniiqquuee ggiivveess tthhee rreesseeaarrcchheerrss tthhee 
ooppppoorrttuunniittyy ttoo aacccciiddeennttaallllyy cchhoooossee rreessppoonnddeennttss wwhhoo iinn tthheeiirr 
ooppiinniioonn aarree ccoonnssiiddeerreedd ttoo bbee rreelleevvaanntt ttoo tthhee rreesseeaarrcchh ttooppiicc.. 
SSAAMMPPLLEE SSIIZZEE 
SSaammppllee ssiizzee iiss eexxppllaaiinneedd aass tthhee rreeqquuiirreedd nnuummbbeerr ooff uunniittss tthhaatt 
tthhee rreesseeaarrcchh wwaannttss ttoo wwoorrkk wwiitthh oorr tthhee nnuummbbeerr ooff uunniittss uunnddeerr 
ssttuuddyy.. TThhee ssaammppllee ssiizzee ooff tthhee ssttuuddyy wwaass 5500 iinnddiiccaattiinngg tthhaatt tthhee 
rreesseeaarrcchheerr iinntteerrvviieewweedd 1100 hheeaalltthh wwoorrkkeerrss aanndd 4400 ppaattiieennttss.. 
TThhee hheeaalltthh wwoorrkkeerrss iinncclluuddee aaddmmiinniissttrraattoorrss,, ffrroonntt ooffffiiccee,, 
ddiiaaggnnoossttiicc,, aanndd ssuuppppoorrtt sseerrvviicceess ddeeppaarrttmmeenntt..
DATA ANALYSIS 
Questions for Health workers Labels Total 
(N=10) 
Percentage 
(100%) 
1.Understanding the elements 
in healthcare market 
a. Yes 
b. No 
46 
40 
60 
2. Availability of Marketing 
department in the hospital 
a. Strongly Agree 
b. Agree 
c. Disagree 
d. Neither 
1351 
10 
30 
50 
10 
3. Channels for promoting 
healthcare services 
a. Referral System 
b. Medical Edutainment 
c. Community Outreach 
d. Social Media 
3142 
30 
10 
40 
20 
Questions for Patients N=40 100% 
4. Satisfaction as to the 
treatment /medical care 
a. Yes 
b. Can’t say 
c. No 
81 
3 
19 
20 
32.5 
47.5
5. Opinions of patients 
about the doctors 
a. They are sympathetic 
b. They are indifferent 
c. They are rude 
20 
41 
6 
50 
10 
40 
6. Channel of 
information about the 
Hospital 
a. Patients Referral 
b. Medical Edutainment 
c. Social Media 
d. TV 
20 
721 
1 
50 
17.5 
52 
7.5 
7. Assessing the 
pricing system of the 
hospital 
a. High 
b. Medium 
c. Low 
572 
8 
12.5 
17.5 
70.0 
8. Complaints about 
delay due to lack of 
cooperation / co-ordination 
No 
Can’t say 
Yes 
12 
8 20 
30 
20 
50
Findings aanndd CCoonncclluussiioonn 
• IItt wwaass ffoouunndd oouutt tthhaatt hheeaalltthh wwoorrkkeerrss oovveerraallll ddiidd nnoott 
kknnooww tthhee eelleemmeennttss ooff hheeaalltthhccaarree mmaarrkkeettiinngg.. 
• IItt wwaass aallssoo ffoouunndd tthhaatt tthhee mmaarrkkeettiinngg ddeeppaarrttmmeenntt iiff aatt 
aallll tthheerree wwaass oonnee,, wwaass nnoott eeffffeeccttiivvee aatt aallll.. 
• TThhee ssttuuddyy ffoouunndd oouutt tthhaatt tthhee hhoossppiittaall cchhaarrggeess tthhee 
lloowweesstt pprriicceess ffoorr iittss sseerrvviicceess aass ccoonnffiirrmmeedd bbyy tthhee 
ppaattiieennttss.. 
• TThhee mmaajjoorr mmeeddiiuumm ffoorr pprroommoottiinngg tthhee hheeaalltthh sseerrvviicceess 
wweerree ccoommmmuunniittyy oouuttrreeaacchh ffrroomm tthhee eemmppllooyyeeeess’’ ppooiinntt 
ooff vviieeww,, bbuutt aaccccoorrddiinngg ttoo ppaattiieennttss iitt wwaass ppaattiieennttss’’ 
rreeffeerrrraall ssyysstteemm..
• It was also found that most doctors were sympathetic 
and understanding though a few were rude. 
• There is a lot to desire on the front of cooperation 
between the various clinicians and departments’ 
service providers. 
• A good many patients were not satisfied with the 
services rendered by the hospital and the undue 
delay was a cause to worry. 
• The study finds in very unclear terms that a 
professional marketing expert should be employed, to 
restructure the marketing strategies, define the 
market promotion mix strategies and how to integrate 
the clinicians and administrators to understand the 
needs and wants of patients.
CONCLUSION 
The gap between the service providers and beneficiaries 
needs to be immediately filled. 
• This has to be done by a highly responsive marketing 
professional. 
• There could also be an aggressive marketing strategies 
(medical edutainment, social media, direct marketing, 
Micromarketing and building patient relationship 
management (PRM).) 
• When these strategies are institutionalized the market 
position (i.e. brand image) of the hospital will rise from 
being ordinary to excellent.
THANK YOU

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Practicing Marketing; and it's Challenges in the Healthcare Industry

  • 1. Practicing Marketing; aanndd iitt''ss CChhaalllleennggeess iinn tthhee HHeeaalltthhccaarree IInndduussttrryy Dr. Joe Sarprasatha Amoah-Binfoh Kenneth Priscilla Bempah Botwe SRM University School of Management
  • 2. IINNTTRROODDUUCCTTIIOONN “Marketing is the voice of healthcare industry” Background: Recent global changes in healthcare industry, Marketing assuming importance for survival /growth of hospitals. HHoowweevveerr tthhee hheeaalltthhccaarree IInndduussttrryy ccuurrrreennttllyy ffaacciinngg tthhrreeaattss aanndd ooppppoorrttuunniittiieess.. TTeecchhnnoollooggyy aaddvvaanncceemmeenntt TThhee rriissiinngg nneeeeddss ooff ppeeooppllee TThhee mmuusshhrroooomm ggrroowwtthh ooff hheeaalltthh pprroovviiddeerrss wwiitthh commercial practices neglecting rudimentary practices.
  • 3. Healthcare marketing as a concept and its importance Healthcare marketing is a complex equation bbeeccaauussee mmoosstt oofftteenn tthhee pprroodduucceerr,, tthhaatt iiss,, tthhee ddooccttoorr,, hhiimmsseellff iiss tthhee mmaarrkkeetteerr ssiinnccee pprroodduuccttiioonn aanndd ccoonnssuummppttiioonn ttaakkeess ppllaaccee ssiimmuullttaanneeoouussllyy.. AAss ppaattiieennttss aarree tthhee bbeesstt aammbbaassssaaddoorrss,, iitt iiss iimmppoorrttaanntt ttoo ttaakkee ooff tthheeiirr nneeeeddss aanndd pprroovviiddee tthheemm wwiitthh bbeesstt ppoossssiibbllee ccaarree.. The most important service to consumers is the service of health care because we are directly affected by it every day, said Leonard Berry (1999), Therefore marketing helps to maintain positive relationships with current patients because they play a major role in recommending friends and family to your hospital, further boosting your revenue.
  • 4. OObbjjeeccttiivveess  TToo eexxaammiinnee aapppplliiccaattiioonn ooff mmaarrkkeettiinngg ccoonncceeppttss iinn hheeaalltthhccaarree sseeccttoorr,,  TToo eexxaammiinnee tthhee iimmppoorrttaannccee ooff mmaarrkkeettiinngg  TToo aapppprraaiissee tthhee cchhaalllleennggeess ooff pprraaccttiicciinngg mmaarrkkeettiinngg iinn tthhee hheeaalltthhccaarree iinndduussttrryy..
  • 5. LLiitteerraattuurree rreevviieeww  ““MMaarrkkeettiinngg ::ppllaannnniinngg,, iimmpplleemmeennttaattiioonn aanndd ccoonnttrrooll ooff ccaarreeffuullllyy ffoorrmmuullaatteedd pprrooggrraammss ddeessiiggnneedd ttoo bbrriinngg aabboouutt vvoolluunnttaarryy eexxcchhaannggeess ooff vvaalluueess wwiitthh ttaarrggeett mmaarrkkeettss..  GGooaall ooff aacchhiieevviinngg oorrggaanniizzaattiioonnaall oobbjjeeccttiivveess..  IItt lliieess iinn ddeessiiggnniinngg tthhee oorrggaanniizzaattiioonn’’ss ooffffeerriinnggss iinn tteerrmmss ooff tthhee ttaarrggeett mmaarrkkeett’’ss nneeeeddss aanndd ddeessiirreess aanndd  iinn uussiinngg eeffffeeccttiivvee pprriicciinngg,, ccoommmmuunniiccaattiioonnss,, aanndd ddiissttrriibbuuttiioonn ttoo iinnffoorrmm,, mmoottiivvaattee,, aanndd sseerrvviiccee tthhee mmaarrkkeettss..”” ((KKoottlleerr aanndd RRoobbeerrttaa NN.. CCllaarrkkee,, ((11998877))..
  • 6. 44PP’’ss ooff HHeeaalltthhccaarree MMaarrkkeettiinngg Fee Structure Price Right time/place Place Marketing healthcare Decent way Promotion (Model for this paper (2014)) Quality service Product MMaarrkkeettiinngg hheeaalltthhccaarree sseerrvviicceess mmeeaannss mmaakkiinngg aavvaaiillaabbllee tthhee hheeaalltthhccaarree oorr MMeeddiiccaarree sseerrvviicceess ttoo tthhee ddiiffffeerreenntt ccaatteeggoorriieess ooff tthhee uusseerrss iinn ssuucchh aa ffaasshhiioonn tthhaatt tthheeyy ggeett qquuaalliittyy sseerrvviicceess,, aatt aa rreeaassoonnaabbllee ffeeee ssttrruuccttuurree,, oonn rriigghhtt ttiimmee//ppllaaccee aanndd iinn aa ddeecceenntt wwaayy..
  • 7. TThhee 55 CCoonncceeppttss ooff HHCC MMaarrkkeettiinngg PPrroodduuccttiioonn ccoonncceepptt((eeffffiicciieennccyy,, llooww ccoossttss,, pprrooffeessssiioonnaalliissmm aanndd mmaassss ddiissttrriibbuuttiioonn)) PPrroodduucctt ccoonncceepptt ((tthhee SSiicckk nneeeeddss ddooccttoorr ssyynnddrroommee)) SSeelllliinngg ccoonncceepptt ((aaggggrreessssiivvee mmaarrkkeettiinngg)) MMaarrkkeettiinngg ccoonncceepptt ((rreeaaccttiivvee aanndd pprrooaaccttiivvee oorriieennttaattiioonn)) HHoolliissttiicc ccoonncceepptt((complete, cohesive approach))
  • 8. MAJOR CHALLENGES OF MARKETING, HEALTHCARE SERVICES Simplicity of the Concept of Marketing by (Senior Executives) Healthcare professional understood the concept as advertising and sales not in its holistic view. Health professionals, especially clinicians, did not have the same goal and objectives as administrators. Uncertainty, technology, and new era of healthcare application
  • 9. METHODOLOGY/DDAATTAA AANNAALLYYSSIISS TThhiiss ssttuuddyy ssppeecciiffiiccaallllyy uusseedd nnoonn pprroobbaabbiilliittyy ssaammpplliinngg.. TThhiiss mmeetthhoodd ooff ssaammpplliinngg tteecchhnniiqquuee ggiivveess tthhee rreesseeaarrcchheerrss tthhee ooppppoorrttuunniittyy ttoo aacccciiddeennttaallllyy cchhoooossee rreessppoonnddeennttss wwhhoo iinn tthheeiirr ooppiinniioonn aarree ccoonnssiiddeerreedd ttoo bbee rreelleevvaanntt ttoo tthhee rreesseeaarrcchh ttooppiicc.. SSAAMMPPLLEE SSIIZZEE SSaammppllee ssiizzee iiss eexxppllaaiinneedd aass tthhee rreeqquuiirreedd nnuummbbeerr ooff uunniittss tthhaatt tthhee rreesseeaarrcchh wwaannttss ttoo wwoorrkk wwiitthh oorr tthhee nnuummbbeerr ooff uunniittss uunnddeerr ssttuuddyy.. TThhee ssaammppllee ssiizzee ooff tthhee ssttuuddyy wwaass 5500 iinnddiiccaattiinngg tthhaatt tthhee rreesseeaarrcchheerr iinntteerrvviieewweedd 1100 hheeaalltthh wwoorrkkeerrss aanndd 4400 ppaattiieennttss.. TThhee hheeaalltthh wwoorrkkeerrss iinncclluuddee aaddmmiinniissttrraattoorrss,, ffrroonntt ooffffiiccee,, ddiiaaggnnoossttiicc,, aanndd ssuuppppoorrtt sseerrvviicceess ddeeppaarrttmmeenntt..
  • 10. DATA ANALYSIS Questions for Health workers Labels Total (N=10) Percentage (100%) 1.Understanding the elements in healthcare market a. Yes b. No 46 40 60 2. Availability of Marketing department in the hospital a. Strongly Agree b. Agree c. Disagree d. Neither 1351 10 30 50 10 3. Channels for promoting healthcare services a. Referral System b. Medical Edutainment c. Community Outreach d. Social Media 3142 30 10 40 20 Questions for Patients N=40 100% 4. Satisfaction as to the treatment /medical care a. Yes b. Can’t say c. No 81 3 19 20 32.5 47.5
  • 11. 5. Opinions of patients about the doctors a. They are sympathetic b. They are indifferent c. They are rude 20 41 6 50 10 40 6. Channel of information about the Hospital a. Patients Referral b. Medical Edutainment c. Social Media d. TV 20 721 1 50 17.5 52 7.5 7. Assessing the pricing system of the hospital a. High b. Medium c. Low 572 8 12.5 17.5 70.0 8. Complaints about delay due to lack of cooperation / co-ordination No Can’t say Yes 12 8 20 30 20 50
  • 12. Findings aanndd CCoonncclluussiioonn • IItt wwaass ffoouunndd oouutt tthhaatt hheeaalltthh wwoorrkkeerrss oovveerraallll ddiidd nnoott kknnooww tthhee eelleemmeennttss ooff hheeaalltthhccaarree mmaarrkkeettiinngg.. • IItt wwaass aallssoo ffoouunndd tthhaatt tthhee mmaarrkkeettiinngg ddeeppaarrttmmeenntt iiff aatt aallll tthheerree wwaass oonnee,, wwaass nnoott eeffffeeccttiivvee aatt aallll.. • TThhee ssttuuddyy ffoouunndd oouutt tthhaatt tthhee hhoossppiittaall cchhaarrggeess tthhee lloowweesstt pprriicceess ffoorr iittss sseerrvviicceess aass ccoonnffiirrmmeedd bbyy tthhee ppaattiieennttss.. • TThhee mmaajjoorr mmeeddiiuumm ffoorr pprroommoottiinngg tthhee hheeaalltthh sseerrvviicceess wweerree ccoommmmuunniittyy oouuttrreeaacchh ffrroomm tthhee eemmppllooyyeeeess’’ ppooiinntt ooff vviieeww,, bbuutt aaccccoorrddiinngg ttoo ppaattiieennttss iitt wwaass ppaattiieennttss’’ rreeffeerrrraall ssyysstteemm..
  • 13. • It was also found that most doctors were sympathetic and understanding though a few were rude. • There is a lot to desire on the front of cooperation between the various clinicians and departments’ service providers. • A good many patients were not satisfied with the services rendered by the hospital and the undue delay was a cause to worry. • The study finds in very unclear terms that a professional marketing expert should be employed, to restructure the marketing strategies, define the market promotion mix strategies and how to integrate the clinicians and administrators to understand the needs and wants of patients.
  • 14. CONCLUSION The gap between the service providers and beneficiaries needs to be immediately filled. • This has to be done by a highly responsive marketing professional. • There could also be an aggressive marketing strategies (medical edutainment, social media, direct marketing, Micromarketing and building patient relationship management (PRM).) • When these strategies are institutionalized the market position (i.e. brand image) of the hospital will rise from being ordinary to excellent.

Editor's Notes

  1. Many senior executives thought they understood the concepts, but never really made the commitment, organizational, operational, and financial to implement the concepts successfully.