// By Althea Fung // Faced with fragmented digital identities across departments, Michigan Medicine, the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, unified its digital presence, overcoming the lack of centralized governance. Discover how Michigan Medicine streamlined 300 websites into four, unifying its brand identity and enhancing the user experience.
// By Jared Johnson // Provider data management is critical in enhancing the patient experience, but it takes the right strategy and technologies to execute successfully. Discover best practices for implementing effective provider data management strategies and learn how these insights empower patients with accurate information and improved access to care.
// By Rachael Sauceman // The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has just offered its first update to its 2022 guidance on online tracking technologies and HIPAA compliance. The guidance gives some reassurance and some red flags for healthcare marketers. Find out what the updates mean for healthcare organizations.
// By Susan Dubuque // Advocate Aurora Health’s commitment to the consumer experience at every step in the digital journey has positioned this organization among the best consumer-first healthcare systems in the country. Advocate Aurora Health (now called Advocate Health Care in Illinois and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin) was one of four health-related organizations Read More
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // If the promise of CRM in healthcare has been largely unfulfilled, data silos are partially to blame. Innovaccer’s acquisition of digital marketing and CRM platform Cured earlier this year could solve data challenges and accelerate growth for health systems. One benefit of mixing and mingling at industry events is Read More
// By Wendy Margolin // Economist and professor Richard Baldwin says, “It’s not AI that is going to take your job, but someone who knows how to use AI might.” If you haven’t scratched the surface of AI’s capabilities, you’re not alone. Here are some ideas that will give you a leg up. More than a Read More
// By Susan Dubuque // Physician engagement is a core strategy for healthcare organizations, used to boost referrals, build brand loyalty, support recruitment and retention, and enhance marketing efforts. Advances in technology offer new and exciting opportunities to target and engage with physicians. Discover how leading healthcare systems demonstrate innovative ways to engage physicians through digital channels.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Connecticut Children’s launched its new website in January. “The last time we had a major overhaul was in 2017, so in website years, that is ancient in many ways,” says Christina DiBona, marketing director. Here, we share Connecticut Children’s journey toward aligning its website with its vision and brand.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // The high cost and amount of churn in the healthcare CRM market have had many marketing leaders wondering if the huge investment they made was worth it. Here, Bob Cummings shares his perspectives on the major trends impacting healthcare, why CRM solutions are essential, and why some have failed to deliver.
// By Meagan Saxton // Using social media as a tool for customer service is a cornerstone of digital marketing in the 21st century. But it isn’t as simple as firing off a series of posts in response to angry customers. Responding to customers when they are angry is merely one component of a broader social strategy.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Advertisers are highly motivated to find ways to take full advantage of digital marketing — without triggering a privacy breach. The AdTech ecosystem is just as motivated to find solutions, with billions of dollars in ad revenue at stake.
// By Wendy Margolin // Imagine tracking the direct patient journey from receiving a piece of marketing content to undergoing life-saving surgery. Read on to learn how Virtua Health achieved the goal of reaching patients with the right message at the right time, growing service line revenue, and more importantly, adding years to patients’ lives.
Editor’s Note: We’ve done a lot of Q&A’s over the years, but never with AI. Until now. The following interview takes place with a conversational chatbot called Pi, recently released by the company Inflection AI, started by LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman in 2022. Inflection AI is working on a variety of machine learning and generative Read More
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Ochsner chose to tap into the power of social media influencers for one big reason: one in five Americans trust health influencers more than medical professionals. Discover Ochsner’s experience with influencer marketing and get tips on how to use this channel as part of the marketing mix.
Winners of the 24th Annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards were announced on November 5, at a special 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. This leading awards program draws approximately 1,000 entries annually. It exclusively recognizes Read More
// By Matt Humphrey and Susan Dubuque // Winners of the 24th Annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards were announced on November 5, at a special 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. This leading awards program draws approximately Read More
Digital marketing got a lot riskier when HHS rolled out its “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates” bulletin last December. What steps should you take to manage the risks? Change often feels like the only constant in the world of healthcare marketing. And oh, what a year of change! Read More
// By Daniel Fell // Editor’s Note: We’ve done a lot of Q&A’s over the years, but never with AI. Until now. The following interview takes place with a conversational chatbot called Pi, recently released by the company Inflection AI, started by LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman in 2022. Inflection AI is working on a variety machine Read More
How is it possible that a health system operating in four U.S. states and three countries in Central and South America with 50,000 employees would be invisible to search engines — unless you searched on it by name? Take cardiology for example. CHRISTUS Health has a 100-bed heart hospital in Tyler, Texas. It is the Read More
Digital marketing got a lot riskier when HHS rolled out its “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates” bulletin last December. What steps should you take to manage the risks? // By Elaine Christie // Change often feels like the only constant in the world of healthcare marketing. And oh, Read More
You can do all the right things for all the right reasons and still find yourself in the crosshairs when you’re leading a major corporate change. // By Jane Weber Brubaker // How is it possible that a health system operating in four U.S. states and three countries in Central and South America with 50,000 Read More
Have questions about how to manage tracking technologies in light of HHS/OCR guidance? So do your peers. Here are some answers from two technology leaders. “When HHS and OCR opened up a huge can of worms last December, they created some chaos in the universe of healthcare marketers who work for entities covered by HIPAA,” Read More
On a journey to “future proof” its marketing, Fresenius Kidney Care started in the most unlikely of places: recipes. As with any chronic illness, diet dramatically affects a patient’s success. But a kidney disease-friendly diet has more restrictions and requirements than most. One in seven U.S. adults have kidney disease, and one in three don’t Read More
Have questions about how to manage tracking technologies in light of HHS/OCR guidance? So do your peers. Here are some answers from two technology leaders. // By Jane Weber Brubaker // When HHS and OCR opened up a huge can of worms last December, they created some chaos in the universe of healthcare marketers who Read More
Against a backdrop of rapidly emerging digital marketing tools, the venerable website deserves as much attention as ever. Your website should be your best salesperson. It’s often the first point of contact with your company’s products and services for the majority of potential customers. Anything from a Google search to a radio ad or a Read More