Digital Marketing, Communications and Strategy for Healthcare Leaders

Programmatic Ad Buying

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

November 25, 2024

// 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.

12 Percent Jump in Screenings: Atlantic Health’s ‘Charlie the Colon’ Campaign Wins Big

September 11, 2024

Colorectal cancer is a significant health concern in the United States. Early detection through screenings like colonoscopies can significantly improve survival rates, with five-year survival rates at about 90 percent if treated early. Discover the strategy behind Atlantic’s “Here’s the Bottom Line” campaign and how it achieved a significant increase in screenings.

Atlantic Health System Launches Humorous Campaign for Colorectal Cancer Awareness

August 22, 2024

// By Althea Fung // Colorectal cancer is a significant health concern in the United States. Early detection through screenings like colonoscopies can significantly improve survival rates, with five-year survival rates at about 90 percent if treated early. Discover the strategy behind Atlantic’s “Here’s the Bottom Line” campaign and how it achieved a significant increase in screenings.

Solving the HIPAA Conundrum

September 28, 2023

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Can healthcare marketers leverage tracking technologies the way they used to without risking noncompliance? When HHS stepped on the gas last December — issuing ominous warnings about HIPAA, tracking pixels, and PHI — healthcare marketers and legal and compliance teams put the brakes on fast. But some organizations had Read More

Blockchain Technology in Digital Healthcare: An Answer to Digital Ad Fraud?

September 28, 2022

If you’re running digital healthcare advertising campaigns, you’re probably aware of blockchain technology. To hear some tell it, blockchain is the answer to just about every problem faced by modern society. Others describe it as a solution in search of a problem. One area in which blockchain has seen some success is in helping to Read More

Point/Counterpoint: Can Blockchain Protect Digital Advertisers from Fraud?

September 26, 2022

// By Jim Samuel // Digital advertising will total more than $571 billion worldwide in 2022. But the latest projections from Juniper Research say $81 billion of that will be wasted because of fraud. Some advocates say blockchain technology can be the solution to the fraud problem. Others say blockchain is likely to come up Read More

What Can AI Unlock for You as a Healthcare Marketer?

July 31, 2021

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // “AI” and “machine learning” are terms that get batted around a lot these days. We know that there’s great promise on the clinical side to take vast amounts of data and use AI to make discoveries that would be impossible for humans to find on their own — akin Read More

How To Learn More From the Data You Are Already Collecting

November 4, 2020

Brandy Hill, director of marketing and public relations at Riverview Health

Health systems and hospitals can use data they already have to help set marketing priorities and determine the best use of their budgets, according to Brandy Hill, director of marketing and public relations at Riverview Health in Noblesville, Indiana, and Mahek Thakkar, manager of integrated marketing at Healthgrades. Hill says Riverview’s experience showed that brand Read More

Riverview Health Mines Data to Uncover New Opportunities and Drive Growth

October 22, 2020

// By Jim Samuel // Health systems and hospitals can use data they already have to help set marketing priorities and determine the best use of their budgets. That was just one of the lessons identified during “Using Analytics to Inform, Plan, and Optimize Marketing,” a presentation given during the 2020 Healthcare Marketing and Physician Read More

How To Get Your Ads in Front of Your Target Audience

January 15, 2020

Marc Reifenrath, co-founder and president of Spinutech

According to a Deloitte Global survey, more than three-quarters of North Americans use at least one form of ad-blocking. The survey found that 31 percent of Americans use ad-blocking software on their desktop computers, and 20 percent say they use a mobile ad-blocker. With a significant number of people using ad-blocking tools, marketers face an Read More

Banner Ads in the Age of Ad-Blocking

January 15, 2020

// By Althea Fung // Digital advertising has always been and will always be a moving target, as the online audience matures and platforms become more sophisticated. To win in this environment, it’s essential to keep pace with emerging trends and adapt accordingly. Atop the building next to my apartment is a billboard that reads: Read More

3 Platinum Award Winners Show How Digital Marketing Is Done

June 5, 2018

// 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

Ethical Land Mines To Avoid In Your Digital Advertising Efforts

January 3, 2018

Chris Neuner, senior vice president and general manager of digital health solutions at PulsePoint

Are you reaching the right people with your digital advertising without crossing any ethical lines? The latest programmatic technology makes it easier than ever to gather insights to help you connect with your target audience. But in the process, there are some land mines you’ll need to avoid. The exploding popularity of personal devices, from Read More

Steer Your Digital Healthcare Ad Targeting Around Ethical Land Mines

January 3, 2018

New Advisory Group Sets Guidelines for Programmatic Healthcare Advertising // By Lisa D. Ellis // Are you reaching the right people with your digital advertising without crossing any ethical lines? The latest programmatic technology makes it easier than ever to gather insights to help you connect with your target audience. But in the process, there Read More