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Public Relations
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Daily review of media requests, editorial calendars, and reporter queries relevant to your specialties. We write the pitches, follow up, and track what gets traction. A monthly summary tells you who we contacted, what we submitted, and what landed.

Why it matters

PR as expert positioning, not press release dumping.

The problem

Most healthcare PR is broadcast spray-and-pray — mass-distributed press releases that nobody reads, no specialty targeting, no monitoring of what reporters are actually writing about right now. The PR firm sends an invoice quarterly and a thin report once a year.

Meanwhile, reporters covering your specialty are submitting queries every day through HARO, Qwoted, and direct outreach — and your physicians never see them because nobody at your practice or agency is watching.

Our approach

We treat PR as ongoing expert positioning. Daily monitoring of reporter queries. Specialty-relevant pitches written for your physicians. Follow-up that’s persistent without being annoying. The goal is for your physicians to become the trusted voice in their specialty over time — not to get one press release picked up.

You see what we sent and what landed in a one-page summary every month. No mystery, no theater.

What’s included

What’s included.

Daily work that adds up to consistent earned media.

01

Daily media monitoring

HARO, Qwoted, editorial calendars, and reporter queries reviewed every business day for matches in your specialty.

02

Pitch writing + follow-up

Pitches written for each opportunity, follow-up tracked, responses managed. We don’t blast — we tailor.

03

Expert positioning across your physicians

Each physician’s profile and expertise tracked so we can match them to the right opportunities.

04

Monthly PR activity summary

One page, every month. Who we contacted, what we pitched, what landed, what’s in motion.

05

Crisis-ready messaging templates

Standby messaging for the things you hope never happen, ready when they do.

How we run it

The daily pitch rhythm.

PR works because someone is watching every day, not once a quarter.

01

Daily monitoring

We surface relevant queries each morning. You decide which to engage; we handle the rest.

02

Pitching cadence

Varies by what we find. Could be five to fifteen pitches a month depending on the news cycle and your specialty.

03

Monthly summary

One page, every month, telling you exactly what landed and what’s still in motion.

04

Quarterly thought-leadership review

What topics are your physicians becoming known for? What gaps to fill, what angles to push next quarter.

05

Annual physician profile refresh

Updated bios, headshots, expertise summaries across all platforms — LinkedIn, your site, third-party sources.

How it fits the engine

Where this sits in the engine.

PR is one of six marketing channels above the engine. Earned mentions get tracked, traffic spikes get attributed, and the whole thing feeds into the reporting layer so you can see what coverage actually moved. Every Vital Press engagement includes all nine services — this is one of them.

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Common questions

Things people ask before they engage.

How do you find media opportunities?

Daily monitoring of HARO, Qwoted, editorial calendars, and direct reporter outreach. We track which reporters cover your specialty and the topics they’re currently writing about.

What if a reporter asks for a clinical comment my physician hasn’t approved?

Every pitch and response goes through approval before submission. We never speak for your physicians without sign-off. The approval workflow is baked into the process.

How do you measure PR ROI?

Mentions placed, traffic from earned coverage (UTM-tracked when possible), and brand search lift in the weeks after a major placement. Plus the qualitative — which publications matter for your specialty, which reporters keep coming back.

Do you write the pitches or just send leads?

We write the pitches and the responses. Your physician approves before anything goes out. The drafting and follow-up are on us; the expertise is theirs.

Can you handle crisis communications?

Yes. Standby messaging is built during onboarding. When something happens, the rapid-response workflow engages — usually within an hour of being notified.
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