Healthcare RFP Readiness Checklist

For Salesforce Marketing Cloud + Data Cloud programs in regulated environments.

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1) Strategy & Outcomes

  • Documented business outcomes (growth, retention, access, service efficiency)
  • Prioritized healthcare use cases with KPI baselines
  • Defined success criteria for first 90/180/365 days

2) Data Cloud Foundation

  • Source-system inventory and ingestion pattern by latency class
  • Identity resolution rules, survivorship policy, and key strategy
  • Consent normalization and activation suppression controls

3) Marketing Cloud Activation

  • Journey design standards and trigger governance
  • Audience quality checks before publication and send
  • Frequency capping, fatigue controls, and channel preference logic

4) Security & Compliance

  • RBAC, SSO/MFA alignment, and periodic access reviews
  • Audit logging, change controls, and incident response model
  • Data retention, deletion, and privacy request operating process

5) Delivery & Governance

  • Phase plan with milestones, dependencies, and risks
  • Operating cadence for architecture, data, campaign, and compliance teams
  • Outcome dashboard from segment creation to business conversion