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Dan Dunlop Patient Expert

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Dan Dunlop is a healthcare marketer, brand consultant, blogger, public speaker and author. He is... Full Bio
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Lynne Garrison of BCBSNC Speaks to Healthcare Reform by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy This morning at the Fall CHPRMS Conference there was a panel discussion on healthcare reform. Lynne Garrison of Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) was one of th ... Read on »
Twitter Use Present at CHPRMS Fall Conference ‘09 by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Okay, there aren’t hundreds of folks tweeting on day one of the Fall CHPRMS Conference ‘09. But there are a dozen or so healthcare marketers tweeting live from the ... Read on »
Steve Crescenzo: He’s No Stooge. CHPRMS Part 2 by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I’m currently attending Steve Crescenzo’s second session of the day at the Carolinas Healthcare Public Relations & Marketing Society Conference (CHPRMS). S ... Read on »
CHPRMS, Social Media & The Three Stooges by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Three Stooges? More about that in a minute. Our opening session today at the fall conference of the Carolinas Public Relations & Marketing Society (CHPRMS) was a prese ... Read on »
NPR Story: Patients Turn to Internet for Health Information by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy On November 16, 2009, Joseph Shapiro had an interesting story on NPR about patients turning to online communities for health information. I recommend you check it out at http: ... Read on »
Blogging Live from CHPRMS Fall Conference 2009 by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy This morning I am driving up to Asheville, North Carolina, where the Fall Conference of the Carolinas Healthcare Public Relations & Marketing Society (CHPRMS) is being ... Read on »
Duke Replaces Patient Clipboards with Tablet Computers by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I saw a tweet the other day from Duke Health that mentioned its move to provide cancer patients with tablet-style computers for entering health information in the waiting are ... Read on »
Social Media Revolution Video by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Check out this really excellent video about the power and reach of social media:Post by Dan Dunlop, The Healthcare Marketer Read on »
East Carolina Heart Institute Wins Four CV Advertising Awards by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Below are images from a recent award winning cardiovascular advertising campaign. I admit up front that this post is self serving. My firm, Jennings, does the marketing for t ... Read on »
Good Advice for Physicians Considering Social Media by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy David Harlow, a Boston area lawyer and health care consultant who writes the HealthBlawg, drew my attention (via LinkedIn) to a recent article in the Massachusetts Medical Law ... Read on »
A Fresh Approach to Hospital Cuisine by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Okay, using the word “cuisine” in association with hospital food might at first seem peculiar, or even an oxymoron, but what we know about hospital food is startin ... Read on »
The Big Warm Up’s Viral Marketing Push by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Yesterday I received an email from a colleague and the header read: “Join me in making a difference.” The body of the email read: “This story inspired me to ... Read on »
Hive Marketing and Social Media by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Mark Shelley and I are currently working on an article introducing the concept of Hive Marketing and its relevance to social media. For the uninitiated, hive marketing is the ... Read on »
Duke’s Nicholas School – Forging a Sustainable Future by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Yesterday I had the pleasure of spending some time in a recording studio with Dr. Bill Chameides, Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. I’m ... Read on »
Twitter Power by Joel Comm by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In all of my spare time, I’ve been reading the various texts that keep coming out about social media. The latest was Joel Comm’s Twitter Power. For me, it is getti ... Read on »
Gienna Shaw Sounds Off On Surgical Tweets by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Gienna Shaw has a terrific story on the HealthLeaders Media website discussing all this buzz about hospitals tweeting (using Twitter) during surgeries (positive and negative). ... Read on »
“Boom Chicka Chicka…Wash Your Hands” by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy There’s a good post this morning on “A Healthy Blog” by Deborah W. Wachenheim about hand hygiene programs in Boston Area Hospitals. The Tufts program that w ... Read on »
May 2009 – What a Month! by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I have to admit that May is already a blur. I’m already knee deep in June. It’s Saturday morning, May 30th, and I’m at home, on the couch, drinking coffee, a ... Read on »
Important Dates for Healthcare Marketers by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy There are a few events and deadlines of note coming up on the calendar for healthcare marketers. Here are a few on my radar screen:HCMA Conference ‘09 – The annual ... Read on »
Wellsphere’s Top HealthBlogger Network by Dan Dunlop Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Are you familiar with Wellsphere? The Wellsphere HealthBlogger Network is “the world’s premier network of health writers, including nearly 2,000 of the Web’ ... Read on »