Can we run Google Analytics on our patient portal?+
Not without careful design. Standard client-side analytics on pages tied to a specific condition, appointment or portal session can transmit protected health information to a third party, which regulators have treated as a disclosure. The workable pattern is server-side collection with identifying and condition-level parameters stripped before transmission, reviewed by your compliance function.
What does YMYL mean for our content?+
Your Money or Your Life is the classification Google applies to topics that can affect health, safety or financial stability, and it triggers the strictest quality standards. In practice it means clinical content needs a named author with verifiable credentials, citations to primary sources, a visible review date and a published editorial policy. Anonymous health content is at a structural disadvantage.
Why do our healthcare ads keep getting disapproved?+
Healthcare is one of the most heavily policed advertising categories. Many subcategories require certification — LegitScript for several, plus platform-specific approvals — and some are prohibited entirely. Disapprovals usually trace to running restricted terms without certification, or to landing page claims that exceed what the policy allows.
Should patient and clinician content live on the same site?+
On the same domain, usually yes; in the same architecture, no. The two audiences use different vocabulary and need different depth, so we separate them into distinct sections with their own navigation and internal linking. That helps both audiences find the right material and helps search engines understand who each section serves.
How do you measure success without tracking patients?+
By measuring at the appointment layer rather than the individual behaviour layer. Booked and attended appointment counts, cost per booked appointment by channel, and aggregate de-identified journey data give enough signal to allocate budget without carrying identifiable health information into advertising platforms.
How often does clinical content need reviewing?+
We recommend a twelve-month cycle as the default, with immediate review triggered by relevant guideline changes. Review currency is tracked as a reported metric because outdated clinical information is both a trust liability and, in some jurisdictions, a regulatory one.
Do you provide the clinical reviewers?+
No. Clinical review has to come from qualified practitioners accountable within your organisation. We build the workflow, the author profile infrastructure, the citation standards and the tracking that keeps review dates current — but the clinical sign-off is yours, and it should be.