DAM Use Cases Enable Hyper-Personalization in Medtech

The Need for Hyper-Personalization

The Marketing landscape in Medtech is undergoing a radical transformation. Healthcare professionals (HCPs) are increasingly demanding hyper-personalized experiences. This shift is driven by several converging factors:

    Innovation Acceleration: In 2023 the FDA approved more novel medical technologies than ever before and this trend is about to only continue as the more AI/ML enabled MedTech products come to market (1), making the information that HCPs need to consume ever more complex.
    Need for Empathy: The trend of HCPs feeling burnout has continued post pandemic, in a recent global study was identified that 75% of HCPs think their workload has been unsustainable. (2)
    Contextual Communications: Delivering information to HCPs at the time they need the way they need it is key. In a recent Veeva Pulse study we found that responding in the moment of need increases and improves HCP interactions (3).

    To make life easier for HCPs and remove cognitive burden, MedTech organizations need to bring hyper-personalized content which is not only right time, right-channel but also content that is tailored to the HCPs mental model, that’s Hyperpersonalization.

    Fueling this trend is the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI acts as a catalyst for change, driving a shift towards personalized marketing within organizations. Even traditionally cautious and regulated industries like MedTech are now evaluating new ways to meet customer expectations through the power of AI.

    As organizations embrace the move towards Hyper-personalization they will experience major busines benefits in the following areas:

      1. Customer Engagement: HCPs will be much more engaged due to our laser-focused content that is provided in context of their mental model. This is already happening with Next-Best-Action, where messages are tailored for maximum impact.
      2. Cost Effectiveness: Creating high-value content is expensive, especially for a limited audience. Effective engagement helps content resonate further, justifying reuse and reducing overall cost.
      3. Data-Driven Innovation: Personalized content unlocks a deeper understanding of customer needs and preferences. These insights fuel new product ideas and optimize go-to-market strategies.

    MedTech Content Management Use Cases

    By talking with medtech leaders from large and small companies we identified the following key use cases that DAM should enable for organizations to unlock their processes to deliver on Hyper-personalization.

    Governance & Trust

    Trust is the cornerstone of the medtech industry. No organization would jeopardize its reputation by sacrificing content compliance, accuracy, and trust in the pursuit of hyper-personalization. However, achieving hyper-personalized content at scale necessitates robust content production capabilities and processes. These processes must guarantee compliance from the outset, freeing medtech organizations to concentrate on the personalization aspect.

    Key medtech use cases that support content for Governance and Trust:

      Single Source of Truth: Guarantees complete confidence that all assets retrieved from the DAM system are fully compliant and up-to-date.
      Audit-Ready Reports: Enables effortless location of asset usage and generation of reports for both internal and external stakeholders.
      Centralized Compliance Management:Provides a central mechanism for content reversion, ensuring content is always maintained in accordance with regulatory requirements.

    Re-usability & Modularity

    Hyper-personalizing content for a niche audience of highly specialized healthcare professionals (HCPs) presents a unique challenge. This audience demands content that is both evidence-based and precisely tailored to their specific needs and educational requirements for your product. Creating this type of content from scratch is significantly expensive to create.

    For medtech companies, maximizing content reusability becomes paramount. Modularizing content unlocks the key to hyper-personalization while controlling costs. By leveraging existing, validated content and adapting it for different purposes, you can achieve significant cost savings and improved overall cost-effectiveness. Key medtech use cases that support content Re-usability and Modularity:

      Source Files: Easy access to source files for promotional content allows for the efficient creation of new assets by leveraging existing validated content.
      Global to Local: The ability to easily copy and paste approved promotional content facilitates smooth localization for global audiences.
      Modular Content Creation: Enable the creation and storage of reusable content components such as claims, text modules, and graphics. These modular components act as building blocks for the rapid assembly of highly personalized content tailored to specific HCP segments.

    Content Insights & Monetization

    Creating hyper-personalized content for HCPs demands a flywheel approach. Illustrating value goes beyond basic engagement metrics. The key lies in unlocking deep insights into the end-to-end content lifecycle and drive optimization improvements throughout whether they are process based or messaging improvements.

    Key medtech use cases that support Content Insights an monetization:

      Content Operation Optimization: Ability to report, and identify areas of content production improvement across the Content Creation, MLR, Distribution continuum.
      AI for Content Insights: Uses of AI to combine content production metadata with performance metrics. This powerful combination helps identify new trends and insights on content effectiveness and segmentation for HCP audiences.

    Evolving DAM from Content Hub to Business Enabler

    Digital Asset Management (DAM) has historically been marketed across industries as a single source of truth for creative teams, facilitating content management and production. However, in the hyper-personalized era in life sciences, DAM for medtech is undergoing a significant transformation, and the need for strong connections between approved content, claims, and DAM is more pressing than ever. It’s evolving into a strategic business enabler by bringing simplicity in managing the complexity of operationalizing hyperpersonalization in these three areas described above.

    What we see at Veeva is Marketing in medtech typically thinks with capabilities first vs use cases and that can lead one to lose the forest for the trees. Now more than ever is the time for the Marketing organization to go after a customer-led North-Star as Hyperpersonalization, and re-think its content operations to drive customer engagement outcomes that are contextual, empathetic, and personalized.

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    (1)What to expect from medtech in 2024 (McKinsey)

    (2)10 Data Trends show how pharma can work effectively with increasingly overburdened doctors

    (3)Veeva Pulse 2023