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How ThedaCare Activated Its Brand Platform to Drive Primary Care Growth

Allie Sonsthagen

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.

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.

The Real AI Opportunity in Healthcare Isn’t Speed — It’s Reinvention

Stephanie Wierwille

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.

AI Is Changing Search—But It’s Making Hospital Websites More Critical, Not Less

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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.

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.

From Silo to System: Building a Scalable Location Strategy That Improves Findability

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Hospital Websites Day 4 Session 2 

Presented March 12, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Ben Dillon, CEO, Geonetric
  • Mandi Graham, Application Analyst IV, Billings Clinic
  • Jeff Giffin, Digital Marketing Liaison, Billings Clinic

Moderated by:

  • Therese Lockemy, Founder and CEO, Inner Path Digital, L.L.C

This session will cover:

  • Common challenges healthcare organizations face as location content grows and becomes harder to manage
  • Key components of an effective location strategy, from auditing and hierarchy to structured content
  • How user-focused location profiles can function like microsites within a broader site framework
  • Improving search visibility and patient clarity through consistent, well-structured location data
  • Building a location foundation that supports future digital initiatives and ongoing expansion

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How Content Informs Digital Transformation

How Content Informs Digital Transformation

Hospital Websites Day 3 Session 1 

Presented March 11, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Heather Linder, VP, Brand and Growth Marketing, OU Health
  • Kalee Hildreth, Executive Director of Digital Transformation and Marketing Operations, UChicago Medicine

Moderated by:

  • Ahava Leibtag, Founder and CEO, Aha Media Group

You’ll hear about:

  • How content operations and governance set you up for AI tools like chatbots and generative search
  • What it means to write for AI, not just for SEO — and how to do both
  • Why healthcare organizations can’t afford to separate content from brand or digital product strategy
  • How smart, structured content connects patient experience, access, and growth
  • Why “digital transformation” must also be content transformation — and organizational transformation

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Better Design, Easier Access: How Digital Experience Shapes Care

Better Design, Easier Access: How Digital Experience Shapes Care

Hospital Websites Day 2 Session 2 

Presented March 10, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Diane Hammons, Director of Digital Engagement, WG Content
  • Ben Cash, CEO, Reason One
  • Andy Lyons, Interim Vice President & Chief Marketing and Digital Officer, Roper St. Francis Healthcare
  • Kayla Saturday, Director, Digital Experience & Integration, Emory Healthcare

Moderator:

  • Therese Lockemy, Founder and CEO, Inner Path Digital, L.L.C

You’ll hear perspectives on:

  • What teams really mean by “better design,” and what often gets overlooked
  • Where patient effort, friction, and cognitive overload build across key journeys
  • Where clarity and confidence break down, even when experiences look polished
  • Where differentiation strengthens trust and improves the patient experience, not just the look and feel
  • How AI and automation can reduce burden or introduce new uncertainty, and what it takes for improvements to hold up operationally

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Healthcare Websites with a Purpose

Healthcare Websites with a Purpose

Hospital Websites Day 2 Session 1 

Presented March 10, 2026 at 1 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Cynthia Li, Vice President, Client Partnership, Huge
  • Joseph Unger, Senior Manager of Digital Products, Atlantic Health
  • Amy Augenstein, Senior Specialist Consumer Experience Platform, Atlantic Health
  • TJ Kottenstette, Digital Strategist, The Kids Mental Health Foundation, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Moderator:

  • Susan Dubuque, Contributing Editor, eHealthcare Strategy & Trends and Co-Chair, 2025 eHealthcare Leadership Awards

In this session, you’ll learn:

  • How leading organizations define the primary job of a website — and design around that purpose rather than defaulting to a redesign
  • When a specialized or campaign-based site makes strategic sense — and when it doesn’t
  • The differences (and surprising similarities) between designing for access to care and designing for education, reassurance, and community support
  • How to move beyond “reskinning” and instead make meaningful improvements to structure, content, and experience
  • Where personalization and AI-driven tools create measurable value — and where they introduce unnecessary complexity
  • Which metrics truly influence leadership confidence and digital investment
  • How marketing, IT, and agency partners can work together to build purposeful experiences without slowing innovation

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The Next Generation of Hospital Websites

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Hospital Websites Day 1 Session 1 Keynote

Presented March 9, 2026 at 2 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Adrienne Woods, Vice President, Consumer Engagement, Hackensack Meridian Health
  • Jeff Stewart, VP, Strategic Marketing, CHRISTUS Health
  • Mona Baset, Vice President, Digital Engagement, Intermountain Health

Moderated by:

  • Jane Weber Brubaker, Executive Editor, Plain-English Health Care

What you’ll learn:

  • How generative AI and AI Overviews are rewriting the rules of search visibility
  • The future of content design: modular, structured, and personalized
  • What today’s visitors expect from your site, and how to deliver it
  • The growing role of your website in enabling transactions: find care, pay bills, schedule, and more
  • Why architecture, governance, and technology decisions matter more than ever
  • How to future-proof your site

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

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Presented March 17, 2026

Panelists:

  • Bill Klaproth, director of marketing and production, DoctorPodcasting
  • Melody Bradley, digital media supervisor, Southeast Georgia Health System
  • Kenneth Hines, associate director, digital strategy, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC – James)
  • Dr. Rita Roy, CEO, National Spine Health Foundation

Moderator:

  • Susan Dubuque, Contributing Editor, eHealthcare Strategy & Trends and Co-Chair, 2025 eHealthcare Leadership Awards

You’ll hear how leading organizations:

  • Define strategy and audience before hitting “record”
  • Balance clinical credibility with compelling storytelling
  • Spotlight patient voices in authentic and responsible ways
  • Sustain momentum month after month
  • Measure success beyond downloads

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The Future of Hospital Websites

A virtual summit for healthcare marketers and digital strategists from eHealthcare Strategy & Trends

Presented March 9-13, 2026

Hospital and health system websites are evolving faster than ever.

From AI Overviews reshaping search visibility to the rise of composable CMS platforms, digital teams are under pressure to keep pace with consumer expectations, compliance, and ROI demands.

The Future of Hospital Websites Virtual Summit brings together experts and peers for a week of practical, one-hour sessions that explore the strategies, technologies, and governance models you need to build a flexible, patient-centered digital front door.

Join us for a full week of programming for marketing and digital leaders at hospitals, health systems, and other healthcare provider organizations.

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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.

Beyond Google: The Multi-Channel Playbook for Healthcare Marketers

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A free white paper, published by Freshpaint

This playbook shows healthcare marketers how leading systems are moving beyond search dependency—by building multi-channel infrastructure that creates demand upstream, captures it downstream, and proves impact in terms finance understands.

You’ll Learn How To:

  • Define what “multi-channel” actually means in healthcare
  • Build first-party data foundations that work in a post-cookie, HIPAA-constrained world
  • Make the case for multi-channel marketing strategies to stakeholders

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

Denise Rick

// 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.