// 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.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // McKenzie Davis works closely with Baptist Health Central Alabama to share stories of people caring for people. Read on to hear her take on how social media has changed, why and where it makes sense to invest in paid advertising on social media, and which platforms to choose.
// 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.
// 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.
// 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.
// 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.
// 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.
// 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.
// By Susan Dubuque // After launching a bold brand platform built around inspiration and community well-being, ThedaCare faced a new opportunity: reconnecting patients with primary care. Discover how ThedaCare translated its inspiration-driven brand platform into a campaign to reconnect patients with primary care and drive measurable growth.
// 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.
// 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.
// By Therese Lockemy, MBA // Healthcare marketing leaders explore practical AI use cases, data readiness, governance, and team structures required to move from experimentation to real operational value. Here’s what the panelists recommend for teams trying to move from experimentation to impact.
// 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.
// 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.
// 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.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Measurement is not as easy as it was when everyone used the same tools to measure marketing performance. With greater constraints and more solutions, how do you choose the right path forward? This Q&A discusses the varied needs of organizations, and how agencies can help them shape the right approach.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // A panel of experts from AdventHealth, Community Health Network, Ochsner Health, and BPD weighs in on the potential of AI to accelerate analytics and uncover new insights. Here, we share the panelists’ reflections on where their organizations are on the AI continuum, and the essential role of data in leveraging AI.
// By Chris Pace // Metrics that live in marketing-only reports rarely influence leadership decisions. But metrics that are shared across marketing, finance, and operations align organizational priorities. Learn how to clearly articulate the value of marketing in driving organizational growth and success.
// By Wendy Margolin // Agentic AI has the potential to help health systems deliver personalized patient experiences that are commonplace in industries like retail and hospitality. Read on to see how leaders from UChicago Medicine, Northwell Health, and Modular Feedback use AI-enabled workflows to reduce friction, improve access, and scale communication.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Where is your organization on the AI learning curve? The real challenge is less about catching up and more about getting started and being persistent about exploring the potential. Learn how leaders from Cleveland Clinic, Providence, Baptist Health South Florida, and BPD experiment with AI.
// By Susan Dubuque // Intermountain Health saw an opportunity to expand its reach and strengthen access to orthopedic services in the Western Colorado market. The system wanted a campaign that would drive awareness, engagement, and appointments. Discover how this smart digital campaign exceeds every goal and offers practical lessons for healthcare marketers.
// By Susan Dubuque // Matt King delivers a micro masterclass in programmatic buying, revealing how to use data and technology to deliver the right message to the right person at the right time while maintaining privacy and efficiency. You’ll get actionable tips on how to enhance your digital ROI while keeping patient privacy front and center.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Despite digital marketers’ best efforts to drive patients online to book appointments, most of us still choose to pick up the phone and speak to a human being. Can AI help to make the call a better experience for both sides?
// By Susan Dubuque // This year’s Mark Gothberg eHealthcare Organizational Commitment Award winners — Hackensack Meridian Health, Intermountain Health, and UCLA Health — redefine what it means to lead in a digital-first world. Get a closer look at how each of these award-winning organizations brings its mission to life through forward-thinking digital strategies.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Healthcare marketers today operate in a complex environment. While privacy regulations continue to evolve, tech platforms are rapidly changing, and lawsuits remain an ongoing threat. Can privacy management tools enable marketers to ramp up performance? Read on to learn about strategic capabilities that organizations need to stay competitive.