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  • Crisis communication - CEO uses SoundView to personalize communications and inform callers about emergency preparedness.
  • Connecting with Consumers - SoundCare continually connects HCA facility to its community with fresh messages delivered in real-time.
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    'soundCare enables us to inform the public of our preparedness for hurricanes and other emergencies. Our community needs to know we can handle any crisis, and SoundCare helps us provide that assurance."
    Earl Denning
    CEO
    Westside Regional Medical Center


    'soundCare messages are always fresh. Callers are more in tune with what we are saying because we are communicating in real-time. SoundCare enables us to keep everything new so we know people are listening."
    Monique Myara
    Marketing Coordinator
    Westside Regional Medical Center

     

     

     

    Westside Regional Medical Center
    Vericom Increases Community Connections
    for HCA Hospital
    Westside Regional Medical Center

    Westside Regional Medical Center in Plantation, Florida serves the Broward County community with high quality, patient-centered healthcare. A 224 bed facility, Westside Regional is one of the 13 HCA sister hospitals in Florida, and one of approximately 20 HCA sites benefiting from Vericom's SoundCare on hold and in queue communications solutions.

    A deeply entrenched community focus and membership in HCA, the nation's largest healthcare system, gives Westside Regional an advantage in their ability to provide high-quality patient care through innovative technologies and a concentration on patient safety.
    SoundCare Helps Marketing Connect

    Vericom assists Westside Regional in their "patients-first" approach by supporting their key marketing initiatives. Westside Regional depends on SoundCare to provide a wide array of communications services to the local community, including general facility information, health and wellness education, medication reminders, and service line promotion. SoundCare also increases visibility for new physicians and services.
    SoundView"a Direct Connection to Callers

    Providing information about emergency preparedness and being able to carefully communicate during a crisis is important to Westside Regional. The hospital has personalized its crisis communications by including SoundViews, unique SoundCare messages developed from one-on-one interviews. SoundView messages command the listener's attention through their sincerity and the speaker's investment in the topic.

    "We have even used our CEO, Earl Denning, in messages, and we know people appreciate hearing a recognizable voice," says Monique Myara, Marketing Coordinator for Westside Regional. "When our CEO delivers a message himself, it definitely has more impact. Vericom gives us the opportunity to communicate to our callers in ways we couldn"t with other communications tools."
    Interesting Messages Make Better Connections

    Capturing and holding callers" attention is critical, and Westside Regional aims to always keep messages fresh and interesting. Vericom's SoundIdeas, a library of health messages updated monthly, ensure Westside communications are always current, timely, and relevant. "If messages are stale, then people don"t listen," says Myara. The marketing team knows callers are listening because of the positive feedback they routinely receive from patients, physicians, and staff. 'soundCare enables us to change our messages frequently. Callers stay interested and informed, and as a result, they look to us as an important information source," adds Myara.
    High Level Connections and a Local Focus

    As a community hospital, Westside Regional does not always promote their HCA affiliation. However, the benefits of belonging to the largest healthcare system in the U.S. are certainly passed on to patients and staff. Communicating these benefits via the right marketing tools helps strengthen Westside Regional's connection with their community. "We look to SoundCare to create awareness of all we have to offer here at Westside Regional Medical Center," says CEO Denning. 'soundCare lets our community know we have high quality services they can depend upon right in their own neighborhood."

     

     

     

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