Top 5 Most-Read Health Care Buzz Bin Posts of 2016

‘Tis the season for looking back and looking ahead. Today, I’m continuing our tradition of starting the new year by looking back at the most-read health care posts on The Buzz Bin over the last year. We covered a lot of topics on the blog in 2016. Here are the reader favorites!

5. May Means Hope for Stroke Survivors: Kris Patrow eloquently shared her personal connection to stroke to introduce this important post about stroke awareness, prevention and treatment advances. The post also illustrates some incredible new treatments for stroke survivors on the horizon with client SanBio.20151021-s3_best-practices-for-handling-a-data-breach-1024x768

4. Health Care Data Breaches – The New Normal?: The last few years have seen a flood of data breaches in the health care space. Kim Blake dives into this topic, explaining why personal medical information is so valuable to hackers and how health care organizations can protect their data. This is important information looking forward to 2017 as more and more health data is stored electronically.

3. Gen Z: Five Key Insights for Health Care Brands: While everyone is still focused on millennials, Kim Blake looked ahead to Gen Z and shared some key insights that health care organizations will need to know in order to reach the next generation. Gen Z places high importance on quality and authenticity, and brands will need to tailor their customer experience to capture their attention.

2. The Biggest Health Care Trend in 2016 and Its Impact on Three Other Trends: Spoiler alert: the biggest trend of 2016 is only going to grow in 2017. Stephanie Fox highlights how the health care consumer has firmly assumed the driver’s seat and what this means for the health care industry.large_article_im1372_medical_device_manufacturers_latest_and_greatest_t

1. Full Speed Ahead: Medical Device Trends through 2017: Stephanie Fox is back and in the #1 spot with the most popular health care post of 2016. What’s on the horizon in the medical device industry? From the renewed excitement behind robotic surgery to the value-based health model’s impact on medical device manufacturers, Stephanie explains.

As we look forward to 2017, what topics are you most curious about and what do you want to see covered here? Leave any thoughts in the comments and watch this space for more tips, trends and insights in 2017. As always, thanks for reading!

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