Massey Cancer Center at VCU

Elevate the Digital Experience for More Meaningful and Connected Cancer Care

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Services

  • Business and technology strategy

  • Creative communications and design

  • Website strategy and development

  • Creative communications and design

  • SEO and voice search optimization

  • Powerful 3rd party integrations driving ROI

  • Digital creative campaign concepting

  • Enterprise ASP NET development

  • Custome eTool and applications

  • API and mobile app development

  • Alignment of workflows with business processes through Salesforce CRM

  • Governance and staff consulting

  • Business intelligence strategy and dashboard design

Challenge

Nationally recognized for its cancer research, Massey Cancer Center is a top-rated cancer and research center in need of reimaging and modernizing its digital presence to meet audience needs and align with the health system brand.

 

In addition, Massey needed to better showcase and increase access to its clinical trials for more meaningful experiences.

Outcome

-Implement a consumer-first strategy across three core audiences through new UX design and a mobile-first experience.

-Deliver brand alignment, unified content strategy and simplified user journeys.

-Leverage a phased approach to prioritize the launch of new clinical trials experience ahead of NCI review.

-Launch on a new digital experience platform to enable organization efficiency and bring opportunity for a more personalized user experience.

Results

After competitive and user journey assessments, we provided a sophisticated, yet simple, navigation for improved user experiences.

 

-Improved opportunities for research audiences to engage with content - and other audiences to engage with researches.

-Provided a seamless search experience with multiple search criteria.

-Improved engagement with a clear and logical content structure.

 

Massey's new digital experience platform enables any audience to have an improved and personalized experience.

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Our Approach

Core Activities & Deliverables

Stakeholder interviews

In-depth research and extensive stakeholder interviews provided alignment across Massey Cancer Center leadership.

Independent feature launch schedules

Due to a fast-approaching NCI review, the Massey Cancer Center team counted on MERGE to launch their robust and much-improved clinical trials functionality ahead of the full site launch.

Clinical trials overhaul

Clinical trials functionality included a complete user experience rehaul and more robust content with integration to OnCore, their clinical trial management system.

Sitecore capabilities supported flexibility and key opportunities

Sitecore's robust experience management solutions defined project success with flexible component design and significant personalization opportunities.

Robust discovery

An in-depth research phase provided deep understanding of "what's possible" through Sitecore's extensive capabilities.

Invigorated enthusiasm

Teams were confident in MERGE and Sitecore's depth of experience management solutions after the success of clinical trials updates to meet the NCI review deadline.

Critical information

Mobile-first was a priority to offer critical information to patients, family members, referring physicians and donor audiences - with ease of access on any drive.

Personalized experience

Using a new digital experience platform enabled more intuitive and personalized experiences for any inquiry or need.

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MERGE delivered when we needed immediate updates for a critical NCI review - and with exceptional results."

Massey Cancer Center at VCU

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Massey VCU laptop mobile

MERGE spent so much time with us digging into what we needed to truly represent our capabilities - and what to expect with cancer care excellence at Massey Cancer Center."

Massey Cancer Center at VCU

Our Experience