// By Althea Fung // Executives increasingly are expected to engage with their industry, employees, and the public through social media. Mount Sinai Health System uses LinkedIn to position its CEO as a personable leader in the healthcare space. Read on to learn strategies to grow the online influence of your leaders and elevate your organization’s reputation.
// By Melissa Sher // This past September, Healthline and YouGov asked Americans where they got their health information in the past year. Fifty-two percent of respondents said they use social media. Read on for inspiration from hospitals around the country that post regular content in a variety of formats helping make social media a little healthier.
// By Melissa Sher // Kel’s deeply personal story is told entirely in the first person. So is Sarah’s story, chronicling her risky surgery to remove a mass of abnormal blood vessels. Their stories are featured in Memorial Hermann’s “Moments” campaign. Explore how this campaign showcases transformative experiences taking place at Memorial Hermann through in-depth, first-person storytelling.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // As consumers, we know from personal experience how hard it can be to find and get care when we need it. One way Providence makes it easier is through the Providence app. Learn how the app drove $26 million in attributed revenue and an additional $22 million in operational efficiencies.
// By Susan Dubuque // Mental health challenges are a growing crisis impacting people of all ages in communities across the nation. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center uplifted its mental healthcare by revamping its website content, making it more accessible and patient-friendly. Discover how this health system’s web content guides patients to essential mental healthcare.
// By Melissa Sher // In her newsletter about social media, writer Rachel Karten shared advice from Dan Titmuss, a marketing expert who helps arts organizations connect with audiences: “Your brand’s ordinary is your audience’s extraordinary.” Keep reading for behind-the-scenes or day-in-the-life examples from other hospitals. They may inspire you to share something extraordinary about your hospital.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Gaining full visibility into customer journeys while protecting privacy empowers health systems to move forward confidently. During a January webinar, Stephanie Downing and Ray Mina shared how St. Elizabeth regained access to critical data by implementing a privacy management platform, and how that enables the organization to embrace a consumer-first culture.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // The healthcare privacy landscape has been in flux since 2022, after several healthcare organizations were sued for HIPAA violations. On August 1, 2024, Vanderbilt Health went live with its new HIPAA-compliant analytics solution. Here, we trace the journey from evaluation and selection to implementation, and its exciting new capabilities.
// By Wendy Margolin // When the University of Iowa (UI) Health Care marketing team set out to redesign the organization’s public-facing primary patient acquisition website, they knew the project couldn’t just focus on aesthetics and site performance. Find out how they approached this massive marketing project and the lessons learned.
// By Susan Dubuque // How do you align 34 hospitals, 400 clinics, nearly 5,000 employed physicians and advanced care providers, 68,000 caregivers (employees), and more than one million health plan members? For Intermountain Health, the answer is simple: by focusing everyone’s efforts on a unified mission to help people live the healthiest lives possible.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Collaboration, consolidation, and centralization are key factors in creating a successful enterprise digital front-door strategy. Digital leaders from UW Medicine and AtlantiCare weigh in on how they win. Read on to learn more from our panel of experts about how they work through the challenges of digital transformation to achieve success.
// By Susan Dubuque // Effectively engaging with patients, physicians, employees, and community members means going beyond traditional communication methods. Orlando Health has embraced this challenge head-on, creating an expansive digital communication strategy that meets people where they are. Discover how this omnichannel strategy drives engagement, builds trust, and delivers measurable impact across all audiences.
// By Melissa Sher // Those who work in social media for a hospital or large healthcare institution may feel choice overload regularly. The task of choosing what to highlight and how to highlight it can feel overwhelming. Here, we highlight 25 Instagram posts from your colleagues at hospitals across the country that stand out.
// By Elaine Christie // Patients today want more. They want digital experiences that are fast, easy, and personalized. If your healthcare organization doesn’t keep up, it’s time for a serious digital makeover. Here’s how to create a roadmap that boosts patient loyalty, reduces friction, and makes your organization feel like the user-friendly apps patients like using.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Without a solid provider data management foundation and strategy, your best marketing efforts may land with a thud. Here, we share highlights from a recent webinar, showing how Summit Health centralized its provider data into a single source of truth that enables patients and referring physicians to find the right providers.
// By Wendy Margolin // In the fall of 2023, when HIPAA laws left a giant black hole in healthcare providers’ targeted marketing campaigns, UChicago Medicine marketers successfully targeted a niche audience, using digital programmatic out-of-home (pDOOH) advertising, geofencing, and geopathing. Learn how this tactic allows them to target visitors while also capturing audience information for retargeting.
// By Melissa Sher // Cleveland Clinic first joined TikTok in March 2020 to combat COVID-19 misinformation. In the nearly five years since its TikTok debut, the marketing team at Cleveland Clinic has learned a great deal about creating short-form health content that resonates on the platform. Learn more in our Q&A with Amanda Todorovich.
// By Susan Dubuque // The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted health disparities in the U.S., which disproportionately affected vulnerable and underserved communities. This article will present examples of DEI in action through three award-winning entries in the Best Digital Leadership in Health Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion category from the 2023 eHealthcare Leadership Awards.
// By Susan Dubuque // This year marks the 25th anniversary of the eHealthcare Leadership Awards. The winners were announced on November 10 at an awards presentation held during the Healthcare Internet Conference (HCIC). The eHealthcare Leadership Awards recognize outstanding health websites and digital initiatives, highlighting the role of digital communications in achieving healthcare organizations’ business objectives.
// By Erin Killion // Stymied by privacy laws that hinder you from targeting and measuring your online marketing efforts? Maybe it’s an opportunity to consider new strategies. In this article, we explore some innovative approaches that will help you connect with consumers in meaningful ways while keeping consumer privacy in mind.
// By Althea Fung // Websites play a crucial role in how consumers access information and make decisions. When designed properly, websites provide convenient, easy access to products, services, and information, and drive engagement and loyalty. Learn how Vanderbilt Health leveraged a comprehensive health library and headless CMS to boost engagement and conversions.
// By Julie Revelant // Email is one of the most effective channels to engage and motivate patients to act. In this article, we look at four health systems that garnered awards for Best Email Content at the 2023 eHealthcare Leadership Awards. We explore their winning entries and the strategies and tactics they used to drive conversions.
// By Susan Dubuque // The term “digital front door” (DFD) first emerged in the mid-2010s and has become a central concept in the healthcare landscape. During the 2023 eHealthcare Leadership Awards, the judges presented 15 awards in the Best Digital Front Door category. Discover how award-winning organizations enhance patient access, engagement, and experience.
// By Susan Dubuque // Stanford Medicine Children’s Health award-winning Web Services digital team takes its patient-first philosophy to heart, developing cutting-edge tools and digital solutions for access, convenience, communication, education, and even a little fun along the way. Learn how Stanford Medicine Children’s Health deploys innovative digital technology to enhance patient experience.
// By Susan Dubuque // As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the eHealthcare Leadership Awards, it is fitting to reflect on the evolution of the awards program and the parallel advancements in our industry. We look back from various perspectives, including organizers, sponsors, judges, and winners. The 2024 awards ceremony is at HCIC on November 10.