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Showcase Your Best Work: The 2026 eHealthcare Leadership Awards Call for Entries is Open

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The 2026 eHealthcare Leadership Awards Call for Entries is officially open! In its 27th year, the eHealthcare Awards celebrate excellence in healthcare digital marketing, recognizing standout websites, videos, campaigns, and other digital initiatives that drive marketing and business success across the healthcare industry. The deadline for submitting entries is June 26, 2026.

Submit Your Entries to the 2026 eHealthcare Leadership Awards

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// By Susan Dubuque // The 2026 eHealthcare Leadership Awards Call for Entries is officially open! In its 27th year, the eHealthcare Awards celebrate excellence in healthcare digital marketing, recognizing standout websites, videos, campaigns, and other digital initiatives that drive marketing and business success across the healthcare industry. The deadline for submitting entries is June 26, 2026.

Platinum Playbook: An Inside Look at Award-Winning Hospital Websites

Platinum Playbook: An Inside Look at Award-Winning Hospital Websites

Hospital Websites Day 5 Closing Keynote 

Presented March 13, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Carolina Anthony, Executive Director, Digital Marketing, AdventHealth
  • William “Skip” Hidlay, Vice President and Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Moderator:

  • Jane Weber Brubaker, Executive Editor, Plain-English Health Care

The panelists will share:

  • What set their award–winning websites apart from competitors
  • The design, UX, and content decisions that made the biggest impact
  • How AI is influencing search, content strategy, and user journeys today
  • Lessons learned — including what they would do differently if starting now
  • How their websites continue to evolve in a fast-changing digital environment

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Platinum Playbook: An Inside Look at Award-Winning Hospital Websites

Hospital Websites Day 5 Closing Keynote 

Friday | March 13, 2026 | 2:30 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Carolina Anthony, Executive Director, Digital Marketing, AdventHealth
  • Laura Housholder, Digital Marketing Manager, Children’s Nebraska
  • William “Skip” Hidlay, Vice President and Chief Communications and Marketing Officer, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Moderator:

  • Jane Weber Brubaker, Executive Editor, Plain-English Health Care

The panelists will share:
The panelists will share:

  • What set their award–winning websites apart from competitors
  • The design, UX, and content decisions that made the biggest impact
  • How AI is influencing search, content strategy, and user journeys today
  • Lessons learned — including what they would do differently if starting now
  • How their websites continue to evolve in a fast-changing digital environment

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AI in Healthcare Marketing: Moving Beyond Iteration to Transformation

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// By Jane Weber Brubaker // eHealthcare Strategy & Trends invites you to join us during AI in Healthcare Marketing Week, a new virtual summit for healthcare marketers and digital strategists, December 8-12, 2025. Join our stellar lineup of industry thought leaders and learn how AI transforms Content Strategies, Data-Driven Marketing, Workflow Optimization, Enterprise Design, and more.

10 signs your agency is mismanaging your paid search campaigns

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A free white paper, published by Fathom

One of the most common ways we begin supporting hospitals and health systems is by conducting detailed audits of their campaign strategy, structure, and results to uncover opportunities to improve performance and maximize the impact of every dollar in market. And, without fail, we find budget mismanagement.

Our digital advertising specialists have compiled some of the biggest red flags to watch for, the significance of those issues, and the specific actions you can take to remedy them.

We’ve organized these ten warning signs into five categories:

  • Campaign Strategy and Structure: Overly General Campaign Structure
  • Targeting Fundamentals: Spending Budget Outside Target Geography
  • Optimization and Execution: Stagnant Change History Signals Lack of Optimization
  • Tracking and Compliance: Non-Compliant Conversion Tracking
  • Spend-draining Campaign Defaults: Google Search Partners Enabled

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Engaging Today’s Healthcare Consumer: Winning Content Strategies from Trinity Health of New England and Walmart Health

Julie Williams, Regional Marketing Manager, Trinity Health of New England

Connecting with healthcare audiences has never been more challenging — or critical. In a recent Member Roundtable, panelists shared their approaches to content strategy — what works, what’s evolving, and how they navigate today’s healthcare challenges. Here, we explore key takeaways from the discussion, including strategies for improving engagement, measuring success, and staying ahead.

When Healthcare Privacy and Marketing Performance Collide: Overcoming a 70% Cost Per Lead Spike

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A free white paper, published by Freshpaint

Download this eBook to learn how to stay compliant while keeping marketing effective. Discover strategies to optimize your ad spend, reduce inefficiencies, and regain visibility without compromising privacy.

What You’ll Learn:

  • Key healthcare privacy regulations and their impact on marketing
  • The value of digital advertising to reach patients and control costs
  • How platforms like Google and Facebook use data to improve performance
  • Safe ways to restore data flow while maintaining compliance
  • Real-world case studies of success

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Unlocking ROI in Healthcare: Bridging the Gap Between Appointment Data & Ad Campaigns

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A free white paper, published by Freshpaint

Download this eBook to learn:

  • How healthcare marketers can achieve the same level of insight and campaign optimization as leading e-commerce brands—all while staying compliant with privacy regulations like HIPAA.
  • Strategies for calculating and leveraging true CAC and ROI for smarter, service-line-specific decisions.
  • Proven approaches to demonstrate ROI to leadership and make a strong case for greater marketing investment.

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Award-Winning Content Strategies from Trinity Health of New England and Walmart Health

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// By Susan Dubuque // Connecting with healthcare audiences has never been more challenging — or critical. In a recent Member Roundtable, panelists shared their approaches to content strategy — what works, what’s evolving, and how they navigate today’s healthcare challenges. Here, we explore key takeaways from the discussion, including strategies for improving engagement, measuring success, and staying ahead.

OSU Wexner Transforms Mental Health Access with Innovative Digital Solutions

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Mental health challenges are a growing crisis impacting people of all ages in communities across the nation. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center uplifted its mental healthcare by revamping its website content, making it more accessible and patient-friendly. Discover how this health system’s web content guides patients to essential mental healthcare.

Guiding Minds: Award-Winning Content Strategies to Navigate Mental Health Services

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// By Susan Dubuque // Mental health challenges are a growing crisis impacting people of all ages in communities across the nation. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center uplifted its mental healthcare by revamping its website content, making it more accessible and patient-friendly. Discover how this health system’s web content guides patients to essential mental healthcare.

Healthcare Privacy Platform

Healthcare Privacy Platform

Freshpaint’s Healthcare Privacy Platform empowers healthcare companies to confidently measure, optimize, and scale their marketing campaigns using the best tools available—all while remaining compliant with a growing list of privacy regulations like HIPAA

Download this one pager to learn how some of the biggest names in healthcare are using Freshpaint to:

  • Restore Critical Data Flow: Ensuring ad platforms receive the necessary data to optimize campaigns.
  • Reduce Marketing Costs: Bringing CPL and CPC back to baseline levels.
  • Ensure Privacy Compliance: Safeguarding sensitive data to prevent it from being shared with unauthorized tools.

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How Does Cleveland Clinic Consistently Dominate Health Search Results?

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If you ask Google to solve the mystery of any random thing happening to your body, chances are you’ll find an answer from Cleveland Clinic high up on page 1 of the search engine results page. How does it consistently rank so high for such a large number of health-related questions?

Cleveland Clinic’s “Team of Teams” Approach to SEO and Content Marketing

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// By Jane Weber Brubaker // If you ask Google to solve the mystery of any random thing happening to your body, chances are you’ll find an answer from Cleveland Clinic high up on page 1 of the search engine results page. How does it consistently rank so high for such a large number of health-related questions?

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

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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.

Building and Leading Digital Marketing Teams for Long-Term Success

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// 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.