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How Novant Health Turned an Unmet Need into a High-Performing Virtual Service

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// By Susan Dubuque // Menopause is a universal experience for women. Novant Health’s virtual menopause clinic shows what happens when real patient needs and smart digital strategy align. Learn how Novant Health identified a gap in care, then aligned clinical leadership, operational readiness, and digital marketing to deliver strong results on a surprisingly small budget.

Patients Use Social Media for Customer Service — Are You Listening?

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// By Wendy Margolin // When Laura Kuechenmeister started leading the social team at Emory Healthcare, she came with a publishing mindset. It didn’t take long for her to realize she also needed to think about social media from a customer service perspective. Learn why healthcare marketers need to consider social media an important customer service channel.

Location Strategy Is Access Strategy: How Billings Clinic Improved Findability

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// By Therese Lockemy, MBA // As health systems expand through partnerships, acquisitions, and regional growth, maintaining accurate and useful location information becomes increasingly difficult. Here, we look at how Billings Clinic moved from fragmented location content to a more scalable, patient-centered model, and why that work now matters for access, search visibility, and AI-enabled discovery.

Digital Showcase: UC Davis Health’s “John John’s Journey”

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// By Susan Dubuque // A long-form documentary follows a family’s journey across the world in search of lifesaving treatment, while shedding light on a terminal disease and an innovative therapy that could change its course. Discover how long-form video tells stories that keep viewers engaged from beginning to end.

Hospital Websites Carry More Weight. Is Your Digital Foundation Ready?

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// By Therese Lockemy, MBA // Hospital websites are no longer just a place to publish service line content, provider profiles, and location pages. They now sit at the center of a much bigger job. Read on for practical advice on building a hospital website that can keep up with what comes next.

AI in Healthcare Marketing Virtual Summit Is Back Next Week!

Opening Keynote Panelists: Cristal Woodley, vice president, marketing and communications, Renown Health; Taylor Pressler, MPH, MS, senior director of enterprise analytics, Renown Health; Gregg Johnson, CEO, Invoca; Julia Sorensen, vice president, marketing – market research and consumer insights, Mass General Brigham

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // It’s not too late to sign up for AI in Healthcare Marketing Week, eHealthcare Strategy & Trends’ new virtual summit. We offer it at no charge to employees of healthcare provider organizations. Don’t miss this opportunity to hone your AI knowledge and learn how you can bring greater value to your organization.

Does Your Health System’s Website Build Patient Trust? Or Break It?

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// By Char Wilson // Digital experience can either drive loyalty or drive patients away. Leaders from Cleveland Clinic, Renown Health, MDRG, and SearchStax weigh in on findings from recent research. Read on to learn from these experts how you can create digital experiences that strengthen your relationship with patients and consumers.

eHealthcare Leadership Awards: Anatomy of a Winning Entry

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// By Susan Dubuque // What separates good work from award-winning work in the eHealthcare Leadership Awards? What gets recognized is not just the work itself, but also how clearly and convincingly it is presented. for practical ways to clarify your story, present your work with confidence, and yes, improve your chances of winning.

Sound Advice: How Award-Winning Healthcare Podcasts Build Brands and Trust

// By Susan Dubuque // Award-winning marketers from Southeast Georgia Health System, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the National Spine Health Foundation share how they build podcasts around audience needs, extend reach through integrated promotion, and use storytelling to strengthen connection and trust.

Trust Is Built in a Thousand Small Digital Moments

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// By Therese Lockemy, MBA // Panelists from Roper St. Francis Healthcare, Emory Healthcare, Reason One, and WG Content explain why better healthcare design is not just about look and feel. It is about reducing friction, building trust, and making access easier for patients.

Submit Your Entries to the 2026 eHealthcare Leadership Awards

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// By Susan Dubuque // The 2026 eHealthcare Leadership Awards Call for Entries is officially open! In its 27th year, the eHealthcare Awards celebrate excellence in healthcare digital marketing, recognizing standout websites, videos, campaigns, and other digital initiatives that drive marketing and business success across the healthcare industry. The deadline for submitting entries is June 26, 2026.

Reimagining Hospital Websites: Many Doors, One Seamless Experience

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// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Leaders from Hackensack Meridian Health, CHRISTUS Health, and Intermountain Health share their vision for using AI, authentication, and tighter portal integration to reduce friction and make it easier for patients to get care. Read on for a forward-looking vision you can use to reimagine your organization’s digital ecosystem.

Turning CRM into an Enterprise Growth Strategy, Part 1: Start With Strategy, Coordination

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// By Therese Lockemy, MBA // Healthcare marketers are under increasing pressure to show results. At the same time, many organizations are still working through the operational, data, and governance issues that make CRM hard to scale effectively. Here, leaders share practical lessons on why CRM works best as an enterprise capability, not just a marketing tool.

Websites with a Purpose, Part 1: Designing Digital Experiences That Drive Action

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// By Susan Dubuque // For years, hospital websites have tried to be everything at once. Along the way, they’ve grown more complex, crowded, and often difficult for patients to use. Learn how leading organizations build websites with intention and turn digital experiences into measurable drivers of engagement, access, and care.

AI in Healthcare: Moving from Productivity to Transformation

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// By Jane Weber Brubaker // AI already helps health systems work faster and more efficiently. But the bigger opportunity, according to leaders from Hackensack Meridian Health, Wellstar, BPD, and Marx Advisory, uses AI to fundamentally reshape how healthcare organizations operate and engage patients. The challenge now is balancing speed, innovation, and trust.

Why Hospital Websites Are Becoming More Important in the Age of AI Search

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// By Jared Johnson // AI search and changing consumer behaviors may be reducing website traffic, but healthcare leaders say hospital websites are becoming more important, not less. Here, digital leaders from UCI Health, HonorHealth, and Symetris share how websites are evolving into high-intent, action-driving hubs powered by structured data, smarter workflows, and measurable ROI.

When Social Media Grew Up: How Social Channels Perform Serious Work

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// By Susan Dubuque // Social media is now carrying some of healthcare’s most complex stories. UCLA Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and UCB demonstrate how social media can be successfully deployed for high-impact topics. Discover how social media is doing serious work and why it now plays a central role in healthcare strategy.

AI Helps Healthcare Leaders Turn Intuition into Data-Driven Action

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// By Wendy Margolin // As pressure to personalize the patient journey grows, healthcare organizations that embrace AI are finding ways to move faster and smarter. Discover how three leaders from AdventHealth, UCI Health, and Mount Sinai Health System use AI to turn data into actual improvements.

How to Turn Your Privacy Challenges into Performance Opportunities

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// By Jane Weber Brubaker // As budget pressures mount, marketing performance is under a microscope. Here, we take a close-up look at Renown Health’s journey back to visibility and share the broad industry context and how a strong privacy foundation can improve marketing performance and lower customer acquisition cost.

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