Editorial Advisory Board

AI Search Is Rewriting the Content Marketing Rules

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// By Devin Healy // Building search strategies in response to the rise of AI-generated search results can feel like throwing darts at the computer screen. Tried-and-true playbooks marketers use for SEO and SEM are yielding entirely different results. Today, success means being cited and synthesized by AI models, a transformation that demands a strategic reboot.

2025 eHealthcare Leadership Award Winners Announced    

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// By Susan Dubuque // Winners of the 2025 eHealthcare Leadership Awards were announced on November 9th at an awards presentation held during the Healthcare Internet Conference. More than 270 organizations were recognized for their outstanding work. Winners of Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Distinction awards represent 18 industry classifications, from hospitals and health systems to pharmaceutical firms.

Pamela Landis Joins Editorial Advisory Board of eHealthcare Strategy & Trends

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I’m pleased to announce that Pamela Landis has joined the eHST Editorial Advisory Board. Pamela is senior vice president of digital engagement at Hackensack Meridian Health, a $9 billion health network in New Jersey. She leads a team responsible for making access to and management of healthcare easier for patients, consumers, providers, and team members.

SEO in the Age of AI and Google Overviews: Winning Digital Visibility in Healthcare

Presented on September 24, 2025

Your Presenters:

  • Brandon Schakola, SEO Expert & Digital Marketing Lead, Healthcare Success
  • Maelina Frattaroli, Lead Copywriter and Content Strategist, Connecticut Children’s
  • Pamela Landis, Vice President, Digital Engagement, Hackensack Meridian Health

Moderated by:

  • Stewart Gandolf, CEO, Healthcare Success

You’ll Learn:

  • Why old-school keywords are obsolete — and what’s replacing them
  • How to secure visibility in Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, and beyond
  • Why being a trusted authority, thought leader, and omnipresent brand is now non-negotiable
  • Realistic solutions for the “disappearing traffic” crisis and ongoing LLM visibility battles
  • Concrete steps to find and fill your content gaps, and measure today’s AI-driven success

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Raising the Bar: How Award-Winning Health Systems Enhance Digital Patient Experience

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// By Susan Dubuque // Patient experience is no longer judged based on bedside manner or in-office interactions alone. Increasingly, it’s defined by the digital journey. This insight came during a recent member roundtable featuring eHealthcare Leadership Awards winners. Here, industry experts from Hackensack Meridian Health and UNC Health share secrets on meeting today’s consumer expectations.

Websites and Beyond: Transforming Patient Experience

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Presented March 27, 2025

Panelists:

  • Ben Dillon, CEO, Geonetric
  • Roc Johnson, Director, Digital Strategy, UNC Health
  • Adrienne Woods, Vice President, Digital Engagement, Hackensack Meridian Health

Moderator:

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

We’ll be discussing:

  • How user-friendly websites are the cornerstone of patient access, engagement, and information. For patients across the full range of digital experiences.
  • The growing role of mobile apps as part of a connected patient experience.
  • How online appointment scheduling empowers patients with seamless, self-service options.
  • Why personalized patient portals are essential for secure access to medical records, test results, and direct communication with providers.
  • Ways telehealth and virtual care expand access through video consultations and remote monitoring.
  • AI-driven chatbots and virtual assistants’ place in enhancing engagement and providing instant responses to common patient inquiries.

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The Healthcare Experience Patients Actually Want: A Roadmap to Digital Transformation

Brian Carlson

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.

Building Healthcare Experiences Patients Love

Jennifer Carron

// 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.

Beyond Tactics: How to Build a Digital Front Door Strategy for Your Enterprise

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Join us for a lively conversation with our panel of experts who will share their experiences working in or with major health systems and how they build effective enterprise-wide digital front door strategies informed by comprehensive consumer and market intelligence.

Your Presenters:

  • Margo Schneider, Assistant Vice President, Digital Strategy & Operations, UW Medicine
  • Zain Ismail, Senior Director, Digital Health & Transformation, Strategic Advisory Services, AVIA
  • Otto Angulo, Senior Director, Digital Consumer Engagement, AtlantiCare
  • Mike Julian, Principal Consultant, Population Intelligence & Activation Populi, a Definitive Healthcare Company

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How to Build Your Healthcare Consumer Experience Roadmap — for 2025 and Beyond

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Your Presenters:

  • Jennifer Carron Passon, CPXP, MSOM, Patient Experience Officer, BJC HealthCare
  • Brian Carlson, VP of Patient Experience, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Justin Dearborn, Founder and CEO, Praia Health

Moderated by:

  • Jared Johnson, Chief Marketing Officer at Praia Health and eHealthcare Strategy & Trends Editorial Advisory Board Member

You’ll learn:

  • How to create or update your organization’s consumer experience strategy based on insights from forward-thinking institutions.
  • Effective change management strategies to accelerate and gain buy-in for consumer experience initiatives
  • How marketing leaders effectively collaborate with others who have consumer experience responsibilities without derailing other priorities and investments.
  • How to evaluate new digital platforms and the possibilities that they open for connecting consumer experiences beyond the clinical encounter.

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Enhancing Patient Experience with Effective Provider Data Management Strategies

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Your Presenters:

  • Jeff Stewart, VP of Strategic Marketing, CHRISTUS Health
  • Val Lopez, Assistant Vice President, Digital Marketing and Technology, Baptist Health
  • Jessica West, Director, Content & Media, Piedmont
  • Keir Bradshaw, EVP, Solution Consultant, MERGE

You’ll learn:

  • Insights into how precise provider data impacts patient trust and the overall efficiency of healthcare delivery systems.
  • How innovative technologies and systems can assist in the effective management and maintenance of provider data to ensure compliance and enhance patient care.
  • Best practices for implementing a robust provider data management strategy that can directly improve the patient experience.

And much much more!

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9 Pitfalls of Digital Advertising

Jared Johnson

The opportunities of digital advertising are practically limitless, but it takes a disciplined approach to strategy to make the most of it. Who isn’t a fan of digital advertising? Using online channels to reach your target audience is a fundamental part of most marketing programs; it just makes sense given the amount of time consumers Read More

9 Digital Advertising Pitfalls: Ignore Them at Your Peril

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The opportunities of digital advertising are practically limitless, but it takes a disciplined approach to strategy to make the most of it. // By Dan Dunlop and Jared Johnson // Who isn’t a fan of digital advertising? Using online channels to reach your target audience is a fundamental part of most marketing programs; it just Read More

Navigating the Privacy Landscape in 2023 and Beyond

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The issue of pixel tracking tied to third-party website analytics tools was the big story of 2022 and 2023. It’s been about a year and a half — June 2022 to be exact — since several leading technology media outlets published the results of a joint study by The Markup and STAT News. The study Read More

A Year in Privacy: Concerns, Challenges, and Remediations

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What marketers need to know now to navigate the changing landscape and what lies ahead. // By Daniel Fell // The issue of pixel tracking tied to third-party website analytics tools was the big story of 2022 and 2023. It’s been about a year and a half — June 2022 to be exact — since Read More

4 Tips for Maintaining HIPAA Compliance and Managing Online Tracking Risks

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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

Traffic Risks: Next Steps for Tracking Pixels and HIPAA Compliance

Christie-Elaine

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

HCIC 2023 Preview: Come for the Comradery, Leave with Fresh Inspiration

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This year in Los Angeles. Last year in Miami. HCIC spans the country the same way it covers the digital healthcare landscape — coast to coast and end to end. #HCIC23, the latest edition of the must-attend conference for digital healthcare marketers, promises to showcase the industry’s best practices and get attendees up to speed Read More

See You in the City of Angels, Changemakers!

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// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Innovation doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Join your industry peers for the annual gathering of digital innovators at HCIC in Los Angeles, November 5-8. This year in Los Angeles. Last year in Miami. HCIC spans the country the same way it covers the digital healthcare landscape — coast to Read More

What Drives Success for Today’s Healthcare Digital Teams?

Margo Schneider

As digital teams take on more and more strategic responsibilities, leaders step forward to complement staff they have in place by recruiting additional talent and collaborating closely with strategy, information systems, and clinical operations to help achieve success and establish more rigorous leadership development. Three panelists presented on the digital teams of the future at Read More

The Digital Team of the Future

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// By Dalal Haldeman, Ph.D. // Leaders from Hackensack Meridian Health, UW Medicine, and RUSH compare notes on what it takes to push digital transformation forward in their organizations. As digital teams take on more and more strategic responsibilities, leaders step forward to complement staff they have in place by recruiting additional talent and collaborating Read More

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