Healthcare can be defined as the field dealing with the maintenance and restoration of the health of our physical or psychological state. It is offered in two ways - from the healthcare organizations like hospitals and private nursing homes to the patients who are in distress and from the pharmaceutical companies to the doctors and other healthcare professional to sell their products.

For a healthcare center run by the government, much publicity is not needed. Patients are well concerned these days and they do choose their healthcare provider from the government service. They have trust upon them as their true guide to well-being. Still marketing is needed in the terms of incorporation of modern technologies, newly appointed skilled doctors and paramedics. In the healthcare organizations, trust is the main basis for choosing any healthcare provider. And it spreads from a person to his family members, relatives and friends. Even any illiterate person will consult somebody before visiting a doctor or going to a hospital. They will enquire about the facilities and the cost involved in the treatment. Referral marketing has immense role in any healthcare organization to enhance their credibility.

For the private healthcare provider or any organization, proper marketing is mandatory in terms of services offered, specialist doctor's list, facilities and low cost of service; like for a super specialty hospital, you need to publicize all the information regarding laboratory facility, instruments and equipments available and the competent doctors. Here also trust is the key to success. A word from a person, who has a first-hand experience in a particular healthcare facility, decides the fate of the organization.

To sustain in the top, branding is very much needed. And to become a brand name in healthcare facility, you need to build trust among not only in the patients, but to the relatives also, which is equally important. The more individuals are satisfied about your healthcare; more are the chances to get the brand equity. To become the leader in the healthcare sector, you need to spread the message to your catchment area that you are the best and of course the reasons behind it. All the branches of your organization should speak the same language. Proper communication in between the staffs and the patients is very much essential.

Now let us discuss why marketing is essential in the filed of pharmaceutical companies.
There are millions of pharmaceutical companies and all of them have one motto - selling and increase the amount of selling of their product. In any country, there must be hundreds of companies making the same merchandise. The best one in accordance with the quality and marketing will thrive.

To achieve your goal, again you need to build trust among the doctors and paramedics. As many medical representatives continuously meet doctors to endorse their product, you have to come out with such thing that other are not providing. You need to brief the doctor about the beneficial aspects of the product. The best way to achieve this is to take help of the audiovisual media. E-detailing is becoming popular these days. But all these need a personal touch.

In the healthcare field, the proverb 'Survival of the fittest' is equally applicable. You have to market the healthcare facility to the right person in right ways to endure.