The main responsibility of the medical institution is to provide medical services that meet patients¡¦ needs as well as create health value in a patient¡¦s life. Hospital marketing, a type of service marketing promoting intangible products, is a way of utilizing medical service marketing to provide patients with more efficient medical service.
Since the implementation of National Health Insurance, Taiwan¡¦s medical system has experienced an increased of enterprization in hospital management, the implementation of a global budget payment system, the financial crisis and the impact of rising medical right demanded by the Taiwanese. The military district hospitals that are responsible for maintaining the combat power of the military staff also pay an important role in the National Health Insurance medical system. While confronting the change in the competitive environment and the transformation of the entire medical ecology, military district hospitals should take a step further to adjust and develop a new marketing strategy.
The research method of this paper adapts a case study based on information from a military district hospital located in southern Taiwan. The discussion focuses on the changes in current medical ecology and the competitive advantages of the subject hospital. Diamond Theory by Michael Porter and SWOT analysis are used to evaluate the strengths and weakness in and outside of the hospital, determine the trend choice for the hospital¡¦s new positioning, and define the right strategy to target to its market segment. All of these are based on the concept of national defense. The paper will also take into consideration the subject hospital¡¦s special features and competitive advantages, and build an 8P marketing model centering on patients in order to formulate the best combination of marketing strategies for the subject hospital.
The paper has three conclusions, first of all, recognize the competitive advantages and the opportunities of the subject hospital; second, assert the new positioning of the transformed medical service; finally, establish a patient-oriented marketing strategy. In addition, this paper also suggests the best marketing strategy combination by applying innovative and pragmatic managerial thinking in order to give the military hospital a brand new image.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0606107-224650 |
| Date | 06 June 2007 |
| Creators | Lu, Nan-Han |
| Contributors | Dr. Ming-Rea Kao, Dr.Chang-Yung Liu, Dr. Jih-Hwa Wu, Dr.Pei-How Huang, Dr. Bih-Shiaw Jaw |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0606107-224650 |
| Rights | restricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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