Communications Effectiveness That Builds Loyalty and Drives Behavior Change

At a Glance

  • Client: Large national healthcare organization serving millions of Individual, Medicare, Medicaid, and Commercial populations.
  • The Opportunity: Retain and grow the hemophilia member and caregiver segment of the specialty population.
  • The Solution: Conducted a five-month, journey mapping and communications effectiveness study. Identified friction, break points, and trust opportunities.

 

Member Journey & Communications Study

  • Over five months, ~500 pieces of communications were collected and studied across the client and their competitors.
  • ~750 daily journal entries were recorded across the client’s membership.
  • Members graded the communications A through F, writing their rationale for the grade directly on the communication

 

Results

  • Identified friction, break points, and trust opportunities among both people living with hemophilia and their caregivers.
  • Delivered journey maps for four specific personas/segments.
  • Uncovered that less than 5% of the materials members received were the client’s—all others came from the competition.
  • Understood the most valued communications for members who are living with hemophilia, and why they were the most valued.
  • Discovered the un-met needs of this population that could be addressed by communications.

 

Insights Summary

  • Communications from the client were greatly valued over the competition.
  • Members both ‘saved’ and ‘filed’ the paper communications, highlighting important information, and referring to each piece by their title/name.
    • “A+, love my XX inserts!”
    • “Full of great information and resources.”
    • “I have laminated it and keep it in my glove compartment.”

I’ve had that piece of material since right after my son was born. I kept it because I thought it was very good information. I give it an A.

Communications Impact Insights and Recommendations

 

Go digitalThe client had built high-quality materials, but most were not reaching consumers; recommended creation of multi- media materials to enable greater utilization and cost savings.
Map to relevant life stage and impact momentsRecommended personalizing communications to life stage and to person when possible to drive relevance.
Track and improve distributionAdvised creation of a distribution tracking system to ensure materials are reaching those who need it, when they need it, and that materials are not repeated.
Leverage brandingMembers routinely quoted the client’s materials by name versus competitor’s information.