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2026 eHealthcare Leadership Award Winners Announced

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// By Susan Dubuque // More than 200 organizations were honored for outstanding work across the digital healthcare spectrum at the 2026 eHealthcare Leadership Awards, announced October 25, 2026, during an awards presentation at the Healthcare Interactive Conference (HCIC). Read on for a detailed rundown of the 2026 Awards and view highlights of the winning entries.

What’s on Healthcare Leaders’ AI Wish List?

Peter Isaacson

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // During the closing keynote session of eHealthcare Strategy & Trends’ June virtual summit, AI in Healthcare Marketing Week, three healthcare leaders talked about their aspirations for AI and the problems it could solve in the future. Here’s what’s on the panelists’ wish list.

From Blueberries to Watermelons: How Inspira Health Made Maternity Marketing Feel Local

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// By Susan Dubuque // Pregnancy tracking apps often compare fetal growth to fruits and vegetables. A blueberry. A peach. A watermelon. Inspira Health turned that familiar experience into the foundation of an award-winning digital marketing campaign. Discover how this clever maternity campaign increased engagement, online bookings, and patient volume.

How Novant Health Filled a Critical Gap in Menopause Care With a Virtual-First Strategy

Meghan Huffman

Menopause is a universal experience for women. Novant Health’s virtual menopause clinic shows what happens when real patient needs and smart digital strategy align. Learn how Novant Health identified a gap in care, then aligned clinical leadership, operational readiness, and digital marketing to deliver strong results on a surprisingly small budget.

How Novant Health Turned an Unmet Need into a High-Performing Virtual Service

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// By Susan Dubuque // Menopause is a universal experience for women. Novant Health’s virtual menopause clinic shows what happens when real patient needs and smart digital strategy align. Learn how Novant Health identified a gap in care, then aligned clinical leadership, operational readiness, and digital marketing to deliver strong results on a surprisingly small budget.

How Billings Clinic Built a Smarter Location Strategy for Search, AI, and Patient Access

Ben Dillon

As health systems expand through partnerships, acquisitions, and regional growth, maintaining accurate and useful location information becomes increasingly difficult. Here, we look at how Billings Clinic moved from fragmented location content to a more scalable, patient-centered model, and why that work now matters for access, search visibility, and AI-enabled discovery.

Location Strategy Is Access Strategy: How Billings Clinic Improved Findability

Mandi Graham

// By Therese Lockemy, MBA // As health systems expand through partnerships, acquisitions, and regional growth, maintaining accurate and useful location information becomes increasingly difficult. Here, we look at how Billings Clinic moved from fragmented location content to a more scalable, patient-centered model, and why that work now matters for access, search visibility, and AI-enabled discovery.

Hospital Websites Carry More Weight. Is Your Digital Foundation Ready?

Meghan Eddy Crombie

// By Therese Lockemy, MBA // Hospital websites are no longer just a place to publish service line content, provider profiles, and location pages. They now sit at the center of a much bigger job. Read on for practical advice on building a hospital website that can keep up with what comes next.

AI in Healthcare Marketing Virtual Summit Is Back Next Week!

Opening Keynote Panelists: Cristal Woodley, vice president, marketing and communications, Renown Health; Taylor Pressler, MPH, MS, senior director of enterprise analytics, Renown Health; Gregg Johnson, CEO, Invoca; Julia Sorensen, vice president, marketing – market research and consumer insights, Mass General Brigham

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // It’s not too late to sign up for AI in Healthcare Marketing Week, eHealthcare Strategy & Trends’ new virtual summit. We offer it at no charge to employees of healthcare provider organizations. Don’t miss this opportunity to hone your AI knowledge and learn how you can bring greater value to your organization.

Trust Is Built in a Thousand Small Digital Moments

Andy Lyons

// 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.

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.

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.

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.

How 3 Healthcare Leaders Use Agentic AI to Personalize Healthcare

Andrew Chang

// 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.

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