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Bringing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to Life in Today’s Healthcare Environment

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// By Susan Dubuque // The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted health disparities in the U.S., which disproportionately affected vulnerable and underserved communities. This article will present examples of DEI in action through three award-winning entries in the Best Digital Leadership in Health Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion category from the 2023 eHealthcare Leadership Awards.

Social Media Campaign Shines Light on Black Maternal Health Efforts

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Despite great strides in medical care, the U.S. is witnessing a troubling trend — rising rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, especially among Black women and infants. A social media campaign shows what is being done to counteract and prevent infant and maternal mortality, not just focus on the negative statistics.

Rallying Around Sisters: How Riverside University Health System-Public Health Brings the Community Together to Support Black Maternal Health 

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// By Althea Fung // Despite great strides in medical care, the U.S. is witnessing a troubling trend — rising rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, especially among Black women and infants. A social media campaign shows what is being done to counteract and prevent infant and maternal mortality, not just focus on the negative statistics.

St. Peter’s Multi-Level Strategy to Boost Recruitment and Retention

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The eHealthcare Leadership Awards introduced a new category in 2023 to address healthcare workforce shortages. Eight winners were selected, including St. Peter’s Healthcare System, which used a twofold strategy to promote hard-to-fill jobs and support recruitment initiatives through marketing and HR collaboration. Discover St. Peter’s tactics and enhance your organization’s hiring practices.

Winning Digital Strategies to Boost Employee Recruitment and Retention

// By Susan Dubuque // The eHealthcare Leadership Awards introduced a new category in 2023 to address healthcare workforce shortages. Eight winners were selected, including St. Peter’s Healthcare System, which used a twofold strategy to promote hard-to-fill jobs and support recruitment initiatives through marketing and HR collaboration. Discover St. Peter’s tactics and enhance your organization’s hiring practices.

Strategic Repurposing: How to Get the Most Out of Your Content

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Hospitals and healthcare organizations produce an astounding amount of content. Thousands of blog posts, service line pages, emails, social media posts and other collateral probably come out of your department every year. But knowing these stats makes all your efforts and content production worth it: 77 percent of health searches begin online. 95 percent of Read More

Four Ways to Repurpose Your Content

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Don’t forget the mountain of content you’ve already created. There’s precious metal in there, just waiting for some polish so it can sparkle once again. // By Ahava Leibtag // Hospitals and healthcare organizations produce an astounding amount of content. Thousands of blog posts, service line pages, emails, social media posts and other collateral probably Read More

Gen Z’s Innovative Approach to Healthcare: 5 Ways to Attract and Engage Them

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The healthcare industry is in the midst of a transformation, and Generation Z is leading the charge. This new generation, born between the mid-1990s and mid-2000s, is challenging traditional notions of healthcare and redefining what it means to be healthy. They are turning to innovative solutions, and they are “life hacking” healthcare to create experiences Read More

Wrapping Social Justice Into Your Social Media Efforts

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The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the inequities and injustice of American society. Communities of color bore about three times the burden of COVID-19 infections and deaths as White communities. While job losses were universal, Latinos and Blacks had the highest unemployment rate — about 19 and 17 percent, respectively. The world watched as people Read More

Social Media and the Social Justice Movement: Finding Your Voice

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// By Althea Fung // The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the inequities and injustice of American society. Communities of color bore about three times the burden of COVID-19 infections and deaths as White communities. While job losses were universal, Latinos and Blacks had the highest unemployment rate — about 19 and 17 percent, respectively. Read More

At Mount Sinai Health System, Physicians Are Driving Social Media Success

Social media plays an important role in many healthcare systems’ efforts to promote their brands, engage their audiences, and share valuable information with their communities. Mount Sinai Health System is no exception. Its 905,000 social media followers across the system make it the top health system on social media regionally and number three nationally. The Read More

Boots on the Ground: How One Marketing Team Has Been Coping with COVID

Pam Landis, vice president of digital engagement, Hackensack Meridian Health

COVID-19 has challenged the American health system. As the disease spread across the country infecting more than a million people, hospitals jumped into action to save lives and minimize the virus’ spread. Part of that lifesaving care has been happening outside of the hospital grounds — it’s happening in the homes of the marketing and Read More

Physician Social Media Strategies Used by Mayo Clinic

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How many of your hospital’s physicians are active on social media? Most hospital marketing teams don’t know the answer, but they should, says Lee Aase, director of the Mayo Clinic Social Media Network. Aase says that hospital physicians who engage in social media can impact reputation scores that account for about 25 percent of a Read More

Small Medical Practice Gets Big Results from LOCALiQ

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Creating and maintaining a strong digital presence can be difficult for any healthcare organization. But for smaller groups with fewer resources, it can be particularly tough to compete online with more established systems. That’s where the latest technological advances can make a real difference.  This was the case for Mitchell Medical Group in New York Read More

Digital Marketing Strategy to Grow Medical Practice Brings Newsworthy Results

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// By Lisa D. Ellis // Creating and maintaining a strong digital presence can be difficult for any healthcare organization. But for smaller groups with fewer resources, it can be particularly tough to compete online with more established systems. That’s where the latest technological advances can make a real difference.  A Small Fish in a Read More

3 Platinum Award Winners Show How Digital Marketing Is Done

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// By Jane Weber Brubaker // As healthcare organizations grow in digital marketing sophistication, they raise the bar for others, creating powerful multichannel campaigns that drive measurable results. Three organizations achieved top honors in the category of Best Marketing Campaign in the 2017 eHealthcare Leadership Awards, winning Platinum Awards. This category gives organizations the opportunity Read More

Are Your Social Media Channels Braced for Crisis?

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Most health systems today have an established social media presence. But is it ready and able to flex in times of emergency? When Hurricane Harvey struck the greater Houston area in August 2017, it left widespread flooding and devastation in its wake. With roads impassable and power outages in many areas, the University of Texas MD Read More

An App That Facilitates Physician Referrals

Social media and mobile apps are an important part of any healthcare marketer’s toolkit; these technologies are crucial in building brand awareness and increasing patient volume. But what about their use in driving physician referrals? Most of the time a healthcare referral is made, it is made by a physician, not a consumer or patient. Read More

Cherry Garcia, Chunky Monkey, and Your Healthcare Organization

What do Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Time Inc., and other consumer brands and products have in common with your healthcare organization? More than you might think, when it comes to digital consumer engagement. Everyone knows Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. In fact, just thinking of the name may make you drool for a pint Read More