Healthcare

August 24, 2015

Shop Healthy and Save at the Supermarket

This month, our client UnitedHealthcare launched an innovative program in Illinois and northwest Indiana. The Healthy Savings program offers discounts to members who make healthy shopping purchases at more than 250 participating grocery stores. LCWA was tasked with promoting the initiative and made a big splash with a front page business section story in the Chicago Tribune. Additional coverage for
July 14, 2015

Introducing the New Leadership of AAAHC

For the last few weeks LCWA’s healthcare PR team has been introducing stakeholder media to the new leader of the AccreditationAssociation of Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), Dr. Stephen Martin, Jr., M.P.H.  Media tactics we are deploying for the announcement of Dr. Martin’s new position include a press release, which received coverage in Modern Healthcare, aggressive media outreach and introductory letters
June 23, 2015

UCAOA Tweets to Help Patients be #UrgentCareAware

As part of the Urgent Care Association of America’s (UCAOA) first National Urgent Care Awareness Month, we recently conducted a Twitter chat in partnership with popular mom/lifestyle blog Shibley Smiles. In addition to the lively discussion about when urgent care is appropriate and tips for finding the closest urgent care center (www.whereisurgentcare.com!), many participants tweeted their personal stories about their
June 17, 2015

Sleep Experts Agree: Adults NEED at Least Seven Hours of Sleep Per Night

Sleep is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle – just like diet and exercise – but often goes overlooked by most. Not getting enough healthy sleep can cause myriad common, serious health problems and can lead to early death. To increase the awareness and urgency for Americans to prioritize sleep, experts from client the American Academy of Sleep Medicine