Many organizations have a wealth of data at their fingertips but struggle to harness it. The problem? It’s often spread across many disparate systems and those accessing it are not empowered to gain actionable insights from it. The organizations who have been able to successfully harness big data, however, are reaping major benefits. These organizations […]
While many health insurance organizations acknowledge the fact that consumers experience confusion when navigating the processes of selecting, paying and navigating health care, few have taken proactive action to change this reality. Premera Blue Cross, however, is setting an all new standard. They have actually made it their new corporate mission to become more customer-focused, […]
While a myriad of trend outlook reports are published at the start of each year highlighting the forces expected to have the most impact on the healthcare industry, it was the PwC Health Institute annual report that caught my attention. Rather than looking at the uncertainties of political change as cause for health insurance industry […]
While 2017 will certainly be filled with an array of unpredictable scenarios, there are seven trends that we can count on increasing in significance this year. These seven trends include: 1. Disruption No surprise here! Market disruption resulting from change in political leadership is likely to be the number one issue, requiring health insurers to […]
Though most insurers have been scanning documents and capturing data for many years, still vast amounts of paper continue to flow in and out of insurance companies. As we look out into the competitive landscape and understand emerging customer expectations, it is clear that significant opportunities remain to transform inbound and outbound paper documents into […]
Consumers are now the fastest growing payer in the U.S. Their perceptions of the healthcare customer experience are now driving market realities and shaping brand engagement and service delivery standards. For this reason, it has become imperative that insurers take the time to understand consumer mindsets related to healthcare. The National Research Corporation (NRC Health) […]
In order to earn a place in the customer experience era, health insurers need omnichannel communications. They need communications that understand context and that facilitate two-way conversations. In order to begin to create such communications, insurers must examine their full cycle of pre- and post-sale materials and consider how they can be made more interactive, […]
You may not know it yet, but you are in the experience business. The customer experience business is all about enabling the customer to live and move fluidly between channels. It’s about going beyond a single channel, beyond marketing as a function and beyond individual technology. Across all industry verticals, customer experience has become the […]
People make purchases in the moment, get ideas in the moment, find solutions to problems in the moment and seek advice in the moment…all via their mobile devices. Mobile has given rise to what many brands and businesses refer to as “moments of truth”. A moment of truth is when the skills, character or services […]
Insurers looking to win in the digital economy cannot seek transformation through technology alone. Technology is the driver of change—but people are the vehicle and thus, digital transformation must begin with people first. In order to adapt a “people first” approach to digital transformation, organizations must create a digital culture that empowers people to think […]