Assess various marketing tools and identify their advantages and disadvantages. [Evaluation]
Description
Instructions:
In this unit, you will explore the advantages and disadvantages of marketing tools used in healthcare. By the end of the unit, you will be able to make recommendations on what marketing tools would be most useful and effective given various elemental factors and internal influences.
To begin, select one (1) of the following healthcare systems that you would like to explore for this unit:
Acute care
Ambulatory care
Assisted living
Continuing care retirement community
Critical access hospital
Dialysis care
Home health care
Hospice care
Long-term care
Memory care
Palliative care
Pediatric care
Primary care
Short-term care (e.g. post-surgery therapy)
Skilled nursing care
Surgical care
Veterans Health Administration
Other (requires approval from instructor)
Next, select an environment/location:
Downtown New York City
Denver, Colorado
Mobile, Alabama
Boston, Massachusetts
Rural Minnesota
Savannah, Georgia
Los Angeles, California
Fort Worth, Texas
Anchorage, Alaska
Other (requires approval from instructor)
Finally, select three (3) marketing tools:
Newspaper
Memorandum
Radio advertisement
Television
Telephone
Social media
Internet
Person-to-person
Billboard
Referral
Other (does not require approval from instructor)
Instructions
Provide a general overview of your select healthcare system.
Discuss the demographics of your select location.
Discuss the advantages of using each marketing tool at your healthcare system and location.
Discuss the disadvantages of using each marketing tool at your healthcare system and location.
Be sure to support your assertions with evidence-based research, scholarly articles, and well-supported strategies that support your predictions.
3-4 page paper excluding front and back matter (APA standards apply).
The use of first person is permitted for this assignment (excluding option 1). APA formatting (e.g. title page, conclusion, reference page, etc.) should not be used.
Although the use of APA formatting is not required for this assignment, proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation are expected. Plagiarism is not permitted and will result in academic discipline. All content submitted needs to be original.
*Hint: Try locating a healthcare system that you are familiar with, would like to network with, have heard concerns about, or one that is completely unfamiliar to you.
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