How Breaking the Rules Raised a Hospital’s Brand Awareness from 17% to 68%

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Luminus — Healthcare Marketing Edge Podcast (EP 15) February 24, 2026
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Consultant Deborah Castaldo recounts how breaking conventional healthcare marketing rules helped raise a hospital’s brand awareness from 17% to 68% in a target market. She identifies storytelling, community engagement, and human-centred messaging as the primary levers—and argues that timid, compliance-driven creative consistently underperforms against bolder, patient-first approaches.

Why It Matters

Most healthcare creative is constrained by risk aversion rather than evidence. This episode provides both inspiration and a strategic framework for marketing leaders who want to justify higher-impact creative investments to executive stakeholders.

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