When I think of a hospital I think of fear and bad vibes. Patients are afraid of staff, and staff are scared of being sued. We think of aloof doctors and under-appreciated administration. Vulnerable patients are abrasively stuffed into a system that doesn't want them there.
The hospital that morphs itself into a luxury hotel, now that's something to think about. It all comes down to innovation and customer experience.
Here are 10 examples of customer experience innovation that transform the hospital to be more like a luxury hotel.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/blakemorgan/2018/08/21/10-examples-of-customer-experience-innovation-in-healthcare/#70466e5171ec/
Everything is connected, every surface area is primed for data-capturing IoT, and life is mostly conducted from our phones. Even reality itself is becoming trickier to pin down, whether augmented, virtual or actual.
With 2018 nigh, we should expect more of the same. Like a good and/or bad sequel, the stakes will be higher, the budgets bigger and the gadgets flashier. For some, it will be a bumpy ride. For others, unprecedented tech-enabled success awaits. For all of us, it will be anything but boring. Strap yourselves in, things are about to get interesting (again).
https://www.informationsecuritybuzz.com/articles/2018-an-it-odyssey/
Kris McKenzie Senior Vice President and General Manager for EMEA at Calabrio explains to Information Age how having access to data and effectively utilising it to drive strategic business initiatives and deliver a stellar customer experience are two different things.
http://www.information-age.com/data-business-initiatives-customer-experience-123472182/
This customer experience (CX) thing can be a bit confusing and you'd be forgiven for wondering whether the current state of affairs is due to data management, complacency or both.
It's one thing to say CX is everything to your company and quite another to actually deliver.
That's about the only solid conclusion you can garner from the spate of CX data points flying around as Adobe's big Summit conference concludes this week.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/customer-experience-cx-disconnects-is-it-the-data-or-the-complacency/
Few would argue that two of the most important marketing topics at the moment are customer experience (CX) and data analytics.
Which is interesting as CX and analytics seem worlds apart. CX tends to be a soft, holistic study of how to make customers happier and analytics consists of the cold, hard numbers which fuel return on investment (ROI) calculations.
Yet marketers are tasked with addressing both, and so many are wondering about how these two distinct disciplines can be brought together.
https://www.econsultancy.com/blog/69631-four-steps-to-optimizing-customer-experience-using-data-analytics/
Delivering an incredible customer experience is top of mind for every business today. Customers expect to be treated like celebrities by brands. They expect brands to know them, understand their preferences, and deliver relevant experiences. Experience has become the currency of brand loyalty and retention. More than half (55%) of companies surveyed by Gartner Research reported their digital ambition is to create a better customer experience.
Global businesses know they need to enable all lines of business to create holistic experiences, because differentiating only on price or product features is no longer a viable growth strategy. A 2018 Forrester Consulting study of global enterprises found that experience-driven businesses grow revenues 1.4x the rate of other companies and enjoy significantly higher customer retention rates.
https://www.cio.com/article/3374537/getting-ahead-with-customer-experience-data.html/
The rise of data-driven decision making has coincided with a resurgence of design thinking. Both processes are now seen as critical to delivering the ideal customer experience. To further understand the area we spoke to Joe Cincotta, director of Thinking Group.
https://which-50.com/data-feeds-design-lead-thinking-improve-customer-experience/
Improving customer experience means creating a more positive perception in the minds of customers in both how they are treated by your company, and the feelings that they have across their interactions with your organization. Every touchpoint contributes to the overall customer experience. Managing customer interactions is therefore critical for delivering an excellent customer experience.
The need to be proactive and manage customer interactions has never been greater, especially when you consider these four emerging trends: empowered consumers, new technology, increasing regulations and the explosion of data.
https://www.quadient.com/blog/how-do-you-improve-customer-experience-4-trends-impacting-your-cx-efforts/
It's no secret that in order to succeed in today's competitive industry landscape, brands must do everything possible to prioritize customers at all stages of their journeys to keep them loyal. Strategies must be revised to incorporate new technologies that not only improve the overall experience but also harness data to assess and solve for customer needs and issues across every touchpoint. Premium, personalized interactions have become the new norm, reinforcing that 2018 is all about the customer. To help make this a reality, we've identified eight key themes that should be considered by all brands when transforming into a customer-obsessed organization.
https://www.martechadvisor.com/articles/customer-experience-2/how-to-make-2018-the-year-of-the-customer/
With the booming popularity of IoT devices like smartwatches, beacons, connected cars, activity monitors and more, marketers might feel overwhelmed when it comes to tapping into the potential of all that data. In a world in which the volume of data from digital and physical sources is growing exponentially, how can retail marketers understand which sources to collect and leverage, and which to ignore?
http://multichannelmerchant.com/blog/leveraging-the-right-data-to-enhance-the-customer-experience/
