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From Blueberries to Watermelons: How Inspira Health Made Maternity Marketing Feel Local

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// By Susan Dubuque // Pregnancy tracking apps often compare fetal growth to fruits and vegetables. A blueberry. A peach. A watermelon. Inspira Health turned that familiar experience into the foundation of an award-winning digital marketing campaign. Discover how this clever maternity campaign increased engagement, online bookings, and patient volume.

How to Reveal Where Demand Gets Lost: Build Campaigns Backward from Care

// By Christine Blanchette and Lisa Bevere // Healthcare marketers often capture demand at the moment something in a person’s life creates a need for care. Learn how reverse engineering the patient journey can shed light on where patients and prospective patients drop out, and what you can do to increase their chances of successfully finding care.

AI Hallucinations in Healthcare: The Hidden Risk to Your Brand, Compliance, and Patient Trust

Brandon Schakola

// By Jared Johnson // As artificial intelligence becomes a primary way patients research symptoms, evaluate providers, and choose where to seek care, organizations face a growing challenge: inaccurate answers can put healthcare brands and patient trust at risk. Learn how AI hallucinations occur, why healthcare is uniquely vulnerable, and what organizations can do to reduce risk.

Location Strategy Q&A: Billings Clinic on Governance, Listings, and AI Discovery, Pt. 2

Mandi Graham

// By Therese Lockemy, MBA // The Billings Clinic location strategy webinar generated more questions than the panel could address live. In this follow-up, leaders from Billings Clinic and Geonetric share insights on what deserves a location profile, how to manage data across a growing health system, and how website structure can support search and AI discovery.

If You Rank High on Google, Will AI Assistants Cite You? Maybe Not.

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// By Evgeniy Yudin // Does a strong ranking on the Google search engine results page correlate with high visibility on AI platforms? A recent study conducted by Rotgar looked at 322 medical questions and compared Google’s Top 20 with citations on ChatGPT and Gemini. Results are surprising.

How Marketers Track the Patient Journey Without Compromising Compliance

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// By Kyle Hardner // Compliance regulations make digital ad tracking more difficult, but not impossible. Leaders from Ours Privacy and WelbeHealth explore recent research and offer practical use cases for healthcare marketers. Learn how marketers reach the right audience without compromising on compliance.

CRM and the Competitive Advantage of Privacy-First Personalization

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// By Wendy Margolin // Navigate to the AdventHealth website for the first time and you’ll find images and content that apply to any healthcare consumer. But the moment you click on a specific service line or blog, that experience starts to change. Learn how AdventHealth uses CRM to personalize the consumer journey without compromising HIPAA regulations.

Building a Better Healthcare MarTech Ecosystem: How Healthcare Teams Move Beyond Stack Sprawl

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// By Therese Lockemy, MBA // Healthcare organizations have invested heavily in marketing technology, yet many marketing teams still struggle with disconnected systems, fragmented data, and growing pressure to demonstrate business value. Learn how healthcare organizations connect existing technology, data, and teams to provide the foundation for stronger governance, better patient experiences, and more meaningful measurement.

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

Mandi Graham

// 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?

Meghan Eddy Crombie

// 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

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// 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

Andy Lyons

// 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.

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