title: Marketing plans for physicians' practices.
abstract: There are certainly many strategies and techniques for physicians to employ within their marketing plan. It does prove worthwhile to draw on external and expert sources to supplement the plan. A practice can successfully navigate the market development and implementation process itself, utilizing its own personnel. It is important to realize the commitment required of the planning process and to manage the process successfully as an ongoing activity, with constant evaluation, change, and reevaluation. Marketing is a way for a practice to demonstrate to the consumer its distinctive competence and benefit, as a means to create value, and to add in a positive manner to the overall patient experience.
authors: Fidelity Health Alliance, Manchester, NH.
authors: M B
authors: MB
authors: Eldredge
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D002017:Budgets; D006040:Goals; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011216:Practice Management, Medical; D014481:United States