The impact of social media in branding communication of Spanish hospitals

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Pablo Medina Aguerrebere

Abstract

Social media have become a powerful corporate communication tool for the creation of reputed brands. For this reason, hospitals increasingly rely on this tool as a method to improve the relationships they establish with different stakeholders (patients, public authorities, media, etc.). This paper aims to reflect on the impact of social media on the construction of hospital brand. To do this, we carried out a literature review on corporate communication, branding and social media; and later, we analyzed the communication in social media of the 100 best hospitals in Spain. This paper concludes that hospitals should prioritize the multidisciplinary work, the collaborations between the Department of Communication and the Department of Knowledge Management, as well as the training of health professionals in corporate communication.

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Medina Aguerrebere, P. (2018). The impact of social media in branding communication of Spanish hospitals. AdComunica, 215–233. https://doi.org/10.6035/2174-0992.2018.15.11
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Pablo Medina Aguerrebere, Universidad de Ginebra

Doctor en Comunicación Corporativa por la Universidad de Navarra (2011), está especializado en la gestion de la comunicación institucional en organizaciones sanitarias, un tema sobre el que ha realizado varias publicaciones (artículos, libros, congresos, etc.). Actualmente trabaja como profesor ayudante en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Ginebra (Suiza).