Sprint to Success: Lessons from Targeting a Niche Audience at the Chicago Marathon

// 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.

Focus on Digital Content: How 16 Leading Healthcare Organizations Engage Audiences Using the Latest Tools, Technologies, and Tactics

In this new report from eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, you’ll discover how leading hospitals and health systems have earned recognition and achieved business results through digital content that engages patients, improves health outcomes, and establishes their healthcare providers as trusted experts and thought leaders.

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Do You Have to Compromise Between Regulatory Adherence and Analytical Power?

Healthcare organizations face a significant challenge. Integration of advanced analytics with stringent HIPAA compliance requirements presents a complex landscape to navigate. As data-driven decision-making becomes the industry standard, demand for robust, HIPAA-compliant analytics solutions grows increasingly vital. Do you have to compromise between regulatory adherence and analytical power?

How Leading Healthcare Organizations Improve Access and Engagement Through Digital Solutions

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.

Welcoming Patients Through the Digital Front Door

// 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.

Unlocking the Power of HIPAA-Compliant Analytics in Healthcare

// By Demetrios Kontizas // Healthcare organizations face a significant challenge. Integration of advanced analytics with stringent HIPAA compliance requirements presents a complex landscape to navigate. As data-driven decision-making becomes the industry standard, demand for robust, HIPAA-compliant analytics solutions grows increasingly vital. Do you have to compromise between regulatory adherence and analytical power?

Google’s Cookie Conundrum: What it Means for Healthcare Advertisers

As the dominant player in online advertising, search, and browsing, Google routinely sets the online advertising world spinning. Its cookie policies are the latest upheaval as the company seeks to balance growing privacy concerns with its value proposition. ​​We sat down with two experts to learn more about the cookie conundrum.

Cookies Are Back. What Does It Mean for Healthcare Advertisers?

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // As the dominant player in online advertising, search, and browsing, Google routinely sets the online advertising world spinning. Its cookie policies are the latest upheaval as the company seeks to balance growing privacy concerns with its value proposition. ​​We sat down with two experts to learn more about the cookie conundrum.

Focus on Healthcare Websites: Designing Digital Experiences to Meet the Needs of Today’s Consumers and Drive Organizational Strategies

In this new report from eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, you’ll get an inside look at healthcare website transformations from leading hospitals and health systems around the country.

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Is Your Healthcare Website Ready for the Digital Future?

Advancements in digital technology are rapidly changing how consumers make decisions — especially about their healthcare. By integrating digital solutions into hospital websites, consumers have more access to the information they need. Hear from a panel of digital marketing leaders as they share best practices for future-proofing health system websites.

How Can Your Digital Marketing Team Stay Ahead of Industry Transformations?

Marketing technology is evolving at warp speed, creating new tools and solutions that require greater resources, expertise, and talent. But how do leaders ensure their digital marketing teams evolve, grow, and adapt to keep up with these new technologies and transformations? Discover expert insights on managing digital teams to ensure long-term success.

Prep for the Future of Websites: How Three Health Systems Create a Better Web Experience for Patients

// By Althea Fung // Advancements in digital technology are rapidly changing how consumers make decisions — especially about their healthcare. By integrating digital solutions into hospital websites, consumers have more access to the information they need. Hear from a panel of digital marketing leaders as they share best practices for future-proofing health system websites.

Building and Leading Digital Marketing Teams for Long-Term Success

// By Daniel Fell // Marketing technology is evolving at warp speed, creating new tools and solutions that require greater resources, expertise, and talent. But how do leaders ensure their digital marketing teams evolve, grow, and adapt to keep up with these new technologies and transformations? Discover expert insights on managing digital teams to ensure long-term success.

Healthcare Marketing Shifts Focus to Consumer Experience and ROI, Survey Shows

The Digital Healthcare Marketing Trends Survey, now in its 12^th Edition, is an industry litmus test that reveals the challenges and opportunities for growth and transformation in provider organizations of all sizes. Discover major themes from the research — positive trends as well as ongoing challenges — and what’s on the road ahead.

Road to Recovery: Latest Survey Shows Slow Return to Pre-Pandemic Marketing Efforts 

// By Ben Dillon // The Digital Healthcare Marketing Trends Survey, now in its 12^th Edition, is an industry litmus test that reveals the challenges and opportunities for growth and transformation in provider organizations of all sizes. Discover major themes from the research — positive trends as well as ongoing challenges — and what’s on the road ahead.

Privacy-First Foundation for High-Performance Healthcare Marketing

// By Ray Mina // Privacy regulations make healthcare marketing harder. A healthcare privacy platform adds a layer of protection, giving digital marketers access to the analytics tools they need without putting protected health information at risk. Find out how marketers get in hot water with regulators and how to structure your tech stack for HIPAA compliance.

Healthcare Digital Marketing Trends Survey 2024

Download our eBook to see how your efforts compare with other healthcare providers, and what tactics you should consider prioritizing to help your organization reach its marketing goals. Who knows — with this valuable information, you may end up as one of our marketing Leaders in a future edition of the survey!

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Newly Updated HHS Guidance: What Healthcare Marketers Need to Know

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 when it comes to tracking technologies, sharing consumer data, and maintaining HIPAA compliance. Its original guidance in Read More

HHS Has Updated Its Guidance: What It Means for Your Organization

// 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.

Privacy-First Healthcare Marketing: What it Means and Who Should Be Involved

What does it really mean to embrace a privacy-first communications approach? That’s just one of the many questions we wanted to answer during a recent webinar, Privacy-First: How to Ensure Your Healthcare Marketing Aligns with HIPAA. This webinar was presented on February 1, 2024 by eHealthcare Strategy & Trends. The panel discussion explored safer ways Read More

Privacy-First Marketing: HIPAA Guidance for Your Healthcare Communications

By prioritizing patient privacy and data security, healthcare organizations can implement marketing strategies without compromising patient trust. // By Elaine Christie // What does it really mean to embrace a privacy-first communications approach? That’s just one of the many questions we wanted to answer during a recent webinar, Privacy-First: How to Ensure Your Healthcare Marketing Read More

Set Your Healthcare Marketing Up for Success in 2024

2023 was a tough year for healthcare marketers. Budgets were cut, priorities slid in a dozen different directions at once, and tools we’ve used for decades became poisoned chalices locked behind glass by our Security and Compliance teams. 2024 looks like it is going to be a year of recovery: healthier margins, more favorable patient Read More

Two Easy Things Healthcare Marketers Can Do to Start 2024 with a Bang

This is the perfect time to turbocharge your marketing efforts, demonstrate success, and give your patients the best possible digital experience. // By Marc Needham // 2023 was a tough year for healthcare marketers. Budgets were cut, priorities slid in a dozen different directions at once, and tools we’ve used for decades became poisoned chalices Read More

How TikTok Can Be an Ideal Channel for Hospital Marketing

In December 2021, Callista Dammann and Jody Ganschinietz sat in their boss’s office watching a short homemade video on repeat. They were about to attempt what teens and young adults do daily by riding on the coattails of the latest viral TikTok video content. But the stakes were high for these two, serving as senior Read More

6 Ways to Use Generative AI Responsibly

It’s no exaggeration to say 2023 has been the Year of AI — and the use of AI technologies in healthcare marketing is no exception. You can probably rattle off a host of marketing benefits. There are seemingly unlimited new AI tools every day to accelerate strategic priorities and get more work done in less Read More