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Lexmark Redefines Healthcare Data Management and Storage
logo LexmarkThis case study features Lexmark Healthcare, a provider of printing and medical imaging products, software, solutions, and services. The company hired us for the primary task of writing a white paper to frame its novel new strategy of “healthcare content management.” 

The goal of the white paper was to educate buyers on:

  • what it means, 
  • how it differs from other enterprise archiving strategies, 
  • and why the strategy was relevant

They also wanted to position Lexmark Healthcare as the only provider of such a solution. Through our work highlighting successful customer use cases, the company was able to develop credibility about healthcare content management.

1. Client Company Overview

When we entered our engagement with Lexmark, they were already a large, well-known company. They had established product lines in the healthcare IT marketplace and consumer products space. Since then, Hyland Software, a developer of the enterprise content management and process management software suite called OnBase, acquired the healthcare portion of Lexmark.

2. Challenges

Even as a large, established company with a full marketing team, Lexmark lacked necessary bandwidth to complete a significant white paper project on its own. The healthcare content management strategy was also a new concept in the market. Writing the white paper required a certain level of knowledge across the healthcare IT domain, including:

  • existing and competitive products/solutions
  • healthcare provider information management challenges
  • healthcare buyer/influencer needs and pain points

3. How We Helped

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HSC’s expertise in healthcare IT, specifically medical imaging IT, enabled us to provide essential input into the framing and goals of the project. That, coupled with our track record in healthcare IT marketing, made it easy for the client to get the project off the ground quickly. 

For example, we fully understood the existing dichotomy between clinical and non-clinical data management. This was the foundation of Lexmark’s healthcare content management strategy. In short, this strategy aimed to bring those two types of data, which were typically siloed, under one single archive and data management system.

During the first phase of the project, we met with the internal team to gather background information and understand their perspective on this new strategy. This included product positioning and understanding the solution’s value proposition for all key stakeholders. Then, we helped refine their strategy for gathering external input–speaking with current customers to obtain input. 

Compiling this info, we created a white paper that explained:

  • What healthcare content management entails
  • Why it is beneficial for the healthcare IT market
  • Why it’s a better approach than the “traditional” vendor neutral approach
  • Why Lexmark is the authority on healthcare content management strategy

4. Results

The finished white paper, “Healthcare Content Management: Achieving a New Vision of Interoperability and Patient-Centric Care,” served as an important resource to the sales and marketing teams at Lexmark Healthcare. We were able to fulfill Lexmark’s goal of:

  • owning a thought leadership piece on this novel strategy, and 
  • positioning them as trailblazers in the market for the unified archiving and management of clinical and non-clinical healthcare information.

5. Let Us Help You

Contact us if you feel your company could also benefit from improved positioning and a strategic marketing approach.

6. Customer Testimonial

Healthcare Service Consultants helped us develop a white paper to explain a new solution approach for Lexmark Healthcare. Healthcare Service Consultants was very thorough and professional throughout the project. The paper was well written and well received by our audience. I would recommend Healthcare Service Consultants to any healthcare IT organization that needs professional content developed quickly to support a marketing campaign, customer education or other purpose.
Mark Bowen

Senior Influence Marketing Strategist, Lexmark Healthcare

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