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Mason & Madison Inc., New Haven, Conn., added Jane Kuby as director of public relations. The former director of N.W. Ayer’s PR operations in Chicago, she most recently operated a PR consulting business in Madison,… Continued

Lean corporations increasingly are taking a more strategic look at their community relations programs. More and more, they are basing their support on the potential to have a measurable impact, and on the benefits that… Continued

The Benjamin Group Inc., a technology PR firm based in Campbell, Calif., promoted John Radewagen to vice president. He was senior associate. (Benjamin, 408/559-6090)

Mental Healthcare ‘Inadequate’? A survey of consumers in managed care plans has found that 35 percent perceive mental healthcare to be "inadequate" and only 15 percent rate the care as excellent, placing it among the… Continued

Ready, Get Set, Enroll The health plan equivalent of the Christmas rush has started. For national healthplans –Allina, HealthPartners and Blue Cross –the zero hour is here. They’ve started reinforcing their corporate images with national… Continued

In an effort to commemorate its award-winning ad campaign which made tribute to the aging process, Phoenix Systems, a marketing firm in Sioux Falls, S.D., designed a glossy calendar. The calendar includes full-color glossy shots… Continued

Do you have a presence on the Internet? More importantly, can you afford not to? Like no other medium before it, the Internet has the ability to truly engage the user, and to help the… Continued

When the Sisters of Providence Health System discovered last year that only 20 percent of its hospitals conducting patient satisfaction surveys actually use the results to provide feedback to physicians and administrators, marketers decided it… Continued

As health plans design strategic plans for the future, information systems departments are finding themselves increasingly challenged to accommodate these new directions. The American Association of Health Plans has seen this change and has created… Continued

As HMOs continue to expand their presence and market share, several new tools have popped up in the industry that will prove to be helpful in strategic planning and product development. It has become necessary… Continued