Public Relations Tools

Canned Copy

Sources for pre-written health copy.

Private Health News

Hospital and healthcare newsletter copy.

HEALTHWire

In-depth, consumer-oriented health articles in a choice of two lengths--1000 words or 750 words. Can be edited, revised, localized to meet your needs.

HealthArticlesNow

Provides timely and reliable health information articles; health and safety tips; healthy recipes; safety alerts and recalls.

I Need a Great Story

Royalty-free lifestyle content such as articles, videos and infographics that you buy with credits and may use in newsletters, e-newsletters and so forth.

Syndicated Publications

Make your job easier by combining local and syndicated copy

Healthy Advice Communications

Offers turn-key hospital patient handbooks & television guides supported by local advertising. Formerly VVI, The Patient Handbook Company. Now a division of Healthy Advice Networks.

American Hospitals Patient Guide Inc

Patient handbooks and magazines supported by advertising.

News Release Distribution Services

PR Web

From Vocus

PR Newswire

We deliver your message to the print and broadcast newsrooms, journalists, bloggers, financial portals, social media networks, Web sites, content syndicators and search engines that reach your target audiences.

BusinessWire

Send press releases and digital multimedia to local, international and vertical markets.

Xpress Press

No matter how large or small your business, Xpress Press can write and distribute your press release to A-list media sources selected from a database of thousands of journalists who opt-in to receive our press releases.

Put away Your Clipping Scissors

Clipping & Monitoring Services

BurrellesLuce

Clipping Service, Media Directory, Media Monitoring and Media Analysis

Vocus

Web-based Public Relations software that helps organizations manage relationships and communications with journalists, analysts, public officials and other key audiences.

Research Tools for PR

Sperduto and Associates

Employee surveys and consulting.

The Promotional Gift Catalog

Specialty items, Trash 'n Trinkets, Giveaways

Healthcare Observances: Special Days, Weeks & Months

Get the most out of special days, weeks and months these healthcare-related items.

PID Plates

Add your company name or URL in 3-dimensional lettering to the back of your vehicles.

Translation Services

Sometimes it takes more than one language to communicate.

Inlingua

In nearly 300 centers and 30 countries around the globe, inlingua centers offer high-quality language training and translation services over a wide range of languages.

Healthtranslations

HealthTranslations.com serves as a repository of translated materials specific to health care. Coordinated by the Missouri Hospital Association and developed through a grant from Tenet Healthcare Foundation and Tenet St. Louis.

MotionPoint

An industry leader in website translation technology with over 200 major clients in travel & hospitality, retail, healthcare, consumer products and government.

Hispanicare (Dr. Tango)

HispaniCare%u2122 (DrTango, Inc) was founded in 1999 to provide online Hispanic marketing and communication services to U.S. business in the food, diet and healthcare industries serving the large and fast-growing U.S. Hispanic market.

Tips about Online Translation Tools

The web also offers a number of translation sites and tools. Information broker Mary Ellen Bates provides some useful links.

Community Benefits

Tools especially for non-profits.

Community Benefit Inventory for Social Accountability (CBISA)

Track and report community benefits easily and accurately.

A Guide for Planning and Reporting Community Benefit

This book by the Catholic Health Association provides guidelines and standard definitions that were developed with from financial and accounting organizations. It is a comprehensive reference that can be used by any not-for-profit health care organization.

Association for Community Health Improvement

The national association for community health, healthy communities and community benefits.

Displays, Kiosks and Such

Gavanon

Kiosks for healthcare such as check-in, consent forms, and way finding.

ASI-Modulex

Signage, wayfinding, healing environments that integrate with your brand.

Mediplay

Digital signage for healthcare using flat screen displays driven by broadband Internet connections.

Society for Environmental and Graphic Design

Some common examples of work within the field of environmental & graphic design includes wayfinding systems, architectural graphics, signage, exhibit design, identity graphics, civic design, pictogram design, retail and store design, mapping and themed environments.

ChannelCare (Vericom)

LCD display systems to reach customers, employees and physicians with messages from Vericom.

MediaTile

Digital signs of various types, including healthcare applications.

Aseco Interactive

Interactive digital TV, patient education and on demand patient education.

Skylight Health Systems

Interactive patient TV systems including on-demand patient education, feedback, request systems, virtual whiteboards and online food ordering.

Tightrope Media Systems

Carousel Digital Signage is in use at thousands of corporations, educational institutions, municipalities, and small businesses throughout the United States.

AXISTV Digital Signage Applications

Friendly, browser-based system to create, schedule and deliver important
announcements and alerts across your network from anywhere in the world. Creating a message is as simple as filling out a form; imports media
files and uses calendar-based scheduling for publishing.

Healthy Advice - Waiting Room Networks

Editorial content and Flash animation health segments about disease-state
awareness, prevention and management are displayed in high-traffic
physicians' waiting rooms.

MedCenterDisplay

Designed for waiting rooms, lobbies, and other high-traffic areas. Can be
used to custom-build your very own patient education network.

Wayfinding

These firms have hospital experience

Corbin Design

Based in Traverse City, Michigan.

Forcade Associates

Based in Chicago.

Ex;it

Based in Philly.

CS&G Wayfinging and Signage Solutions

Endorsed by the American Hospital Society.

Atlases and Maps

You don't necessarily have to ask for directions.

Med Maps

Hospital Wayfinding Maps, Visitors' Guides, Dimensional Renderings, Floor Plan Renderings

Perspecto Map Company

Creates custom, 3-dimensional maps for business, economic development, hospitals, universities and tourism.

Zip Code Maps

Quick zip code boundry maps integrating with Google maps. See description at Quick Zip Code Maps.

Corbin Design

Wayfinding and 3-dimensional maps from an agency based in beautiful Traverse City, Michigan.

PR Professional Societies & Organizations

The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar

The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar is for pen-toters appalled by wanton displays of Bad English.

Public Relations Society of America

Resources for PR professionals, including accreditation, special interest groups, education resources and national conferences.

International Association of Business Communicators

Founded in 1970, The International Association of Business Communicators provides a professional network of almost 16,000 business communication professionals in over 70 countries.

Bottom Right Drawer

Your resume and career resources

Talent Zoo

TalentZoo.com is the Communications industry online career portal and daily destination for news, advice, and editorials from the industry elite.

Career Tools from manager-tools.com

Career tools and advice from the well-respected folks at manager-tools.com

PR Tools

A Dictionary

Merriam-Webster

An Encyclopedia

Wikipedia

Media Directory

Bacon's

Publications Critique Service

An objective and confidential analysis of your communications materials and campaigns.

On Hold Concepts

Tell your organization's story through on-hold telephone messages.

Vericom

Music and messages on hold.