In March 2026, eHealthcare Strategy & Trends hosted The Future of Hospital Websites, a virtual summit that explored the strategies, technologies, and governance models shaping the next generation of hospital and health system websites. In this new report, you’ll find key insights and actionable takeaways from every session of the summit.
Digital experience can either drive loyalty or drive patients away. Leaders from Cleveland Clinic, Renown Health, MDRG, and SearchStax weigh in on findings from recent research. Read on to learn from these experts how you can create digital experiences that strengthen your relationship with patients and consumers.
// By Char Wilson // Digital experience can either drive loyalty or drive patients away. Leaders from Cleveland Clinic, Renown Health, MDRG, and SearchStax weigh in on findings from recent research. Read on to learn from these experts how you can create digital experiences that strengthen your relationship with patients and consumers.
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.
// 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.
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.
// 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.
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.
// 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.
As budget pressures mount, marketing performance is under a microscope. Here, we take a close-up look at Renown Health’s journey back to visibility and share the broad industry context and how a strong privacy foundation can improve marketing performance and lower customer acquisition cost.
This new report examines how leading hospitals and health systems around the country create digital experiences that work for patients.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // As budget pressures mount, marketing performance is under a microscope. Here, we take a close-up look at Renown Health’s journey back to visibility and share the broad industry context and how a strong privacy foundation can improve marketing performance and lower customer acquisition cost.
Intermountain Health saw an opportunity to expand its reach and strengthen access to orthopedic services in the Western Colorado market. The system wanted a campaign that would drive awareness, engagement, and appointments. Discover how this smart digital campaign exceeds every goal and offers practical lessons for healthcare marketers.
// By Susan Dubuque // Intermountain Health saw an opportunity to expand its reach and strengthen access to orthopedic services in the Western Colorado market. The system wanted a campaign that would drive awareness, engagement, and appointments. Discover how this smart digital campaign exceeds every goal and offers practical lessons for healthcare marketers.
Despite digital marketers’ best efforts to drive patients online to book appointments, most of us still choose to pick up the phone and speak to a human being. Can AI help to make the call a better experience for both sides? Discover how call intelligence enhances patient experience, which in turn drives better business results.
This year’s Mark Gothberg eHealthcare Organizational Commitment Award winners — Hackensack Meridian Health, Intermountain Health, and UCLA Health — redefine what it means to lead in a digital-first world. Get a closer look at how each of these award-winning organizations brings its mission to life through forward-thinking digital strategies.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Despite digital marketers’ best efforts to drive patients online to book appointments, most of us still choose to pick up the phone and speak to a human being. Can AI help to make the call a better experience for both sides?
// By Susan Dubuque // This year’s Mark Gothberg eHealthcare Organizational Commitment Award winners — Hackensack Meridian Health, Intermountain Health, and UCLA Health — redefine what it means to lead in a digital-first world. Get a closer look at how each of these award-winning organizations brings its mission to life through forward-thinking digital strategies.
In this new report from eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, you’ll discover how leading hospitals and health systems around the country optimize their websites to attract patients, improve user experience, and strengthen their digital brand presence.
For marketing leaders in healthcare, the provider search experience isn’t just a digital tool — it’s a reflection of your brand, a driver of patient loyalty, and a key lever for growth. A well-integrated provider search platform can directly impact patient acquisition, retention, and satisfaction scores.
// By Michael Kinkaid // For marketing leaders in healthcare, the provider search experience isn’t just a digital tool — it’s a reflection of your brand, a driver of patient loyalty, and a key lever for growth. A well-integrated provider search platform can directly impact patient acquisition, retention, and satisfaction scores.
Phoenix, Arizona-based Banner Health’s digital team adopted an e-commerce mindset to modernize the health system’s location pages, making it easier for patients to access the services and care settings of their choice. Find out how Banner Health followed the model of the hospitality industry to make its website location pages consumer-friendly.
// By Althea Fung // In today’s healthcare landscape, a hospital’s website is its digital front door and often its most powerful marketing tool. Recognizing this, FirstHealth of the Carolinas launched a comprehensive website redesign in 2023. Learn how FirstHealth improved access and experience, increased site traffic, and picked up several industry awards along the way.
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.
It takes hard work to make something look easy. UCI Health, the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, was overdue for a website update. Learn how UCI Health refreshed its website to improve searchability, integrate clinical trials, and optimize content, and set the foundation for future enhancements.