Welcome to Vila Health, your virtual health care organization. Congratulations on being selected to serve as the health care administration intern to the vice president of operations at St. Anthony Medical Center! In this role, you will interface with a variety of virtual leaders to construct a new marketing plan for St. Anthony’s Labor and Delivery service line.
Currently, there are two major competitors in the Minneapolis marketplace. Your role is to examine St. Anthony Medical Center’s current Labor and Delivery service line, describe how this service is marketed to the public, and to make recommendations for future improvement. St. Anthony is at break-even status with respect to profitability, and the board of directors is wondering if this is a service line worth continuing, given that it does not appear to directly contribute to the bottom line: profit.
To start your strategic health care marketing and consumerism activities, it may be helpful to scan a widely used approach for marketing planning. Marketing expert Philip Kotler has developed an eight-step plan that can greatly simplify and streamline your efforts (Fortenberry, 2010). Health Care Market Analysis Assignment Papers.
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