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Dan Dunlop is a healthcare marketer, brand consultant, blogger, public speaker and author. He is the president of , a branding and advertising agency based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. His clients in the life sciences have included major academic medical centers, regional and community... Full Bio
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The New Ophthalmology Innovation Network by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Guest Post by Gregg Scheller, CEO Katalyst Surgical In collaboration with physicians, clinicians, and researchers around the world, Katalyst Surgical is launching t ... Read on »
Infographic: Social Media in Healthcare by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The folks from PowerDMS Suite contacted me about the healthcare infographics they’re producing. PowerDMS Suite is a a policy and procedure management software company. Bel ... Read on »
Chris Boyer’s Social Media ROI Rag Reprised by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy My friend Chris Boyer is the Director of Digital Marketing & Communications for Inova Health System based in the Northern Virginia & Washington DC area. He is a healthcare ... Read on »
Is There Real Value in Tweeting from Conferences? by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I just finished several months of traveling to healthcare marketing conferences, speaking at conferences, and religiously tweeting from sessions. This week while I was att ... Read on »
Marketers Making Physicians Uncomfortable by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Do I seem like the kind of guy who enjoys making doctors feel uncomfortable? Actually, I spent a couple of days last week working hard to make sure physicians were comfo ... Read on »
NESHCo Wrap Up: Final Summation, Twitter Transcript & Impact Report by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy My Conference Wrap Up: First, I want to say congratulations to the NESHCo leaders who put on this conference. It could not have been better. What a spectacular event. It w ... Read on »
Twitter Transcript and Impact Report for NESHCo Day One by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Below is the twitter transcript from the first full day (Thursday) of the 2012 Spring Symposium of the New England Society for Healthcare Communications (NESHCo) in Boston ... Read on »
10 Top Marketers to Meet at #NESHCo Today by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy There are so many terrific communicators and marketers who take part in NESHCo events. I thought I would single out a few who I recommend connecting with, should you have ... Read on »
Healthcare Marketing, Fenway Park and NESHCo by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Last night kicked off the 2012 Spring Symposium of the New England Society for Healthcare Communications (NESHCo). This conference is a dream come true for me. It combines ... Read on »
This Week: Blogging and Tweeting Live from NESHCo by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Later today, marketers from hospitals and healthcare organizations across New England will converge on Boston to attend the Spring Symposium of the New England Society f ... Read on »
A Rare Look Inside the FDA’s Drug Approval Process by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy If you don’t know it already, I am a fan of Lisa Gualtieri and her blog: Lisa Gualtieri’s Blog on Health . Lisa is an Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of M ... Read on »
Marketing to Referring Physicians Presentation: Video Introduction by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Below is a video segment from my recent presentation at the National Healthcare Marketing Strategies Summit in Orlando. I presented with Jill Lawlor of Cooper University H ... Read on »
My Mom, My Coach by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy My Mom, Patsy Dunlop, with Lady Liberty Last year, in honor of Mother’s Day, I wrote a blog post about my mom. She loved it. In fact, she loved it so much that she ... Read on »
A Blossoming Career Should Be a Part of Something Larger by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I’m talking about balance – something I’ve never been very good at; but I am trying. Maybe it’s because I’m getting older, but I am more focused on work-life balance than ... Read on »
Is Your Hospital Developing a Healthy Workforce? by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy For me, this is a rare story because it it combines two of my firm’s clients: NC Prevention Partners and Vidant Health. NC Prevention Partners is a leader within the hea ... Read on »
Inspiring Video from the Hemoncology Folks at Seattle Children’s by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy One of my colleagues, Joe Florence, sent me a link to this amazing video from the Hemoncology folks at Seattle Children’s. Watch this video – it needs no introduction. Wor ... Read on »
The Highs and Lows of Speaking at Conferences by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I have a love-hate relationship with speaking at industry conferences. I spend a good amount of time seeking out opportunities, developing ideas for presentations, filli ... Read on »
When You Care For Kids, It Just Shows by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In September 2009 my firm launched a new ad campaign promoting the pediatric affiliation between MetroWest Medical Center (Framingham, MA) and Floating Hospital for Childr ... Read on »
eHealthcare Leadership Awards Now Accepting Submissions by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I received email notification earlier this week from Mark Gothberg at eHealthcare Strategy & Trends (he is the awards chairman and editor) that they are now accepting su ... Read on »
Digital Airport Ads for Competing Cancer Centers by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Not long ago I wrote a post about the launch of Duke Medicine’s new cancer center ( The World’s Kindest Cancer Center. Really? ). On a recent business trip I noticed ads r ... Read on »