KANSAS CITY, Mo. (September 2009) -- Dobies Healthcare Group, a marketing and communications agency serving the health care industry, announces the promotion of Kelly Hemmingsen to account coordinator. Hemmingsen will help manage the execution of branding, public relations and advertising efforts for Dobies clients including MidCon Distribution, a U.S. healthcare technology distributor, and LifeWise Renovations, a leader in aging in place initiatives.

"Kelly is a tremendous addition to our client service team," said Dobies Healthcare Group president Carol Dobies. "In her new role, Kelly will be more engaged in the execution of all marketing and communications initiatives, in addition to continuing to bring our clients into the next generation of search marketing and social technologies."

Hemmingsen joined Dobies Healthcare Group in January 2008 as marketing assistant.

Dobies Healthcare Group is a marketing and communications advisory company serving clients in the health care industry. Since 1992, the Kansas City-based firm has specialized in building brands, developing creative campaigns to differentiate products and services, and executing integrated marketing campaigns for hospitals, alliances, providers and an array of business-to-business and business-to-consumer clients across the country.