Internet Strategy for Johns Hopkins Medicine
How does an institution imbued with history and tradition — yet also a continual source of innovation and advancement — connect with a generational group known for being wary of all standard marketing and communication practices? That was the challenge put before the Internet Strategy team as they began looking for better ways to digitally(...)
With as many as 74 percent of internet users engaged on social media1 — with 23 percent on Twitter alone2 — social media tools are profoundly affecting the way we share ideas and connect with one another. Doctors, researchers and hospitals are especially poised to capitalize on this trend, since 80 percent of those internet(...)
What You Need to Know Research lab profiles directly contributed to increases in web traffic, with search engines like Google referring 85 percent of overall traffic. Since launching nine months ago, lab profiles have clocked in 9,000 sessions (or visits that may include multiple page views), and we’re expecting that number to grow. Top related(...)
What You Need to Know Research lab profiles introduce basic research information to hopkinsmedicine.org to improve performance in search engines and on hopkinsmedicine.org. The profiles support faculty member efforts to publish research content online, either on hopkinsmedicine.org or any other website. Faculty and staff members can add or edit profiles within the directory, and Internet(...)
Ask Johns Hopkins Medicine physicians which of their colleagues has a strong online presence, and one of the names that you’re likely to hear is that of orthopaedic spine surgeon A. Jay Khanna. Khanna views his online footprint as a critical element of building his practice. It’s so important that he’s positioned iPads at checkout(...)
When we think about social media, most of us think of Facebook or Twitter. And most often, we make individual choices about our level of participation. However, a trend that practicing physicians need to be cognizant of is the increasing impact of physician ranking sites which provide basic information and allow the public to rate(...)