| The hospital industry provides signifi cant business opportunities for document services providers. The key to selling into any industry, including hospitals, is knowledge about the industry, the types of documents they use, and the trends and issues they are facing.
This sales brief provides a background on the hospital industry, and defines the people and documents that will be important in the selling process. It also provides references to additional materials that can be read to learn more about the industry, including a 2006 InfoTrends study entitled A Vertical Market Approach to Document Services in the U.S: The Evolution from Printer to Partner in the Hospital Industry.
After studying this brief, you will have a platform of knowledge upon which you can build a targeted, actionable go-to-market plan that will increase your ability to successfully and profi tably penetrate the hospital market with on-site services, offsite services, or a blend of both.
As much as we hear in the media about the diffi culties facing the hospital industry, it is a healthy industry overall. In addition, many of the issues that hospitals face are document-related. This is good news for you, because you will be able to offer your hospital prospects document services that will improve their bottom line as well as improve patient care by making their operations more efficient. |
