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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.

Bringing It All Together: Integrated Marketing Campaigns That Deliver

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A new eHealthcare Strategy & Trends member roundtable featuring winners from the 2025 eHealthcare Leadership Awards

Presented April 30, 2026

Panelists:

  • Mindy Adams, chief creative officer, BPD Healthcare
  • Lindsay Mosley, marketing coordinator, South Georgia Health System
  • Jaycelyn Puttick, executive director, strategic partnerships, AdventHealth
  • Ana Vela, executive director of creative and digital strategies, Community First Health Plans

Moderator:

  • Susan Dubuque, Contributing Editor, eHealthcare Strategy & Trends and Co-Chair, 2025 eHealthcare Leadership Awards

You’ll hear how leading organizations:

  • Build campaigns that connect brand and business goals
  • Align teams and channels around a clear strategy
  • Translate insights into creative that resonates
  • Extend campaigns across digital and traditional media and on-the-ground efforts
  • Measure what matters and use results to refine future work

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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.

AI in Healthcare Marketing Week

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A virtual summit for healthcare marketers and digital strategists from eHealthcare Strategy & Trends

June 15-18, 2026

Artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of healthcare, but what does that really mean for marketing?

From predictive modeling to generative content, AI has the potential to reshape how health systems engage consumers, manage campaigns, and allocate resources. But for senior marketing leaders, the path forward isn’t about shiny new objects — it’s about strategy, structure, and scalability.

Join us for a full week of programming for marketing and digital leaders at hospitals, health systems, and other healthcare provider organizations.

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What Does It Really Take to Make CRM Work Across the Healthcare Enterprise?

Laura Lee Jones- Founder/CEO of LionShare

Healthcare marketers are under increasing pressure to show results. At the same time, many organizations are still working through the operational, data, and governance issues that make CRM hard to scale effectively. Here, leaders share practical lessons on why CRM works best as an enterprise capability, not just a marketing tool.

Turning CRM into an Enterprise Growth Strategy, Part 1: Start With Strategy, Coordination

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// By Therese Lockemy, MBA // Healthcare marketers are under increasing pressure to show results. At the same time, many organizations are still working through the operational, data, and governance issues that make CRM hard to scale effectively. Here, leaders share practical lessons on why CRM works best as an enterprise capability, not just a marketing tool.

Websites with a Purpose, Part 1: Designing Digital Experiences That Drive Action

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// 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 Is Changing Search—But It’s Making Hospital Websites More Critical, Not Less

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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.

Creating Flexible Hospital Websites That Grow with Your Organization

Hospital Websites Day 4 Session 1 

Presented March 12, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Meghan Eddy Crombie, Senior Enterprise Account Executive, Optimizely
  • David Sturtz, Senior Vice President of Product, Geonetric
  • Julie Lindsay, Digital Strategy Consultant at Hospital Sisters Health System
  • Aaron Watkins, AVP, Digital Strategy, NorthBay Health

Moderated by:

  • Therese Lockemy, Founder and CEO, Inner Path Digital, L.L.C

You’ll hear perspectives on:

  • How health systems evaluate platform needs, prioritize capabilities, and build a business case for change
  • How to create a scalable digital foundation that supports ongoing growth and improvement
  • Where platforms and implementation partners each play a critical role in achieving long-term value
  • How to plan for “what’s next” (including AI, search, and experience optimization) with clear use cases, not buzzwords

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Healthcare Websites with a Purpose

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Hospital Websites Day 2 Session 1 

Presented March 10, 2026 at 1 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Cynthia Li, Vice President, Client Partnership, Huge
  • Joseph Unger, Senior Manager of Digital Products, Atlantic Health
  • Amy Augenstein, Senior Specialist Consumer Experience Platform, Atlantic Health
  • TJ Kottenstette, Digital Strategist, The Kids Mental Health Foundation, Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Moderator:

  • Susan Dubuque, Contributing Editor, eHealthcare Strategy & Trends and Co-Chair, 2025 eHealthcare Leadership Awards

In this session, you’ll learn:

  • How leading organizations define the primary job of a website — and design around that purpose rather than defaulting to a redesign
  • When a specialized or campaign-based site makes strategic sense — and when it doesn’t
  • The differences (and surprising similarities) between designing for access to care and designing for education, reassurance, and community support
  • How to move beyond “reskinning” and instead make meaningful improvements to structure, content, and experience
  • Where personalization and AI-driven tools create measurable value — and where they introduce unnecessary complexity
  • Which metrics truly influence leadership confidence and digital investment
  • How marketing, IT, and agency partners can work together to build purposeful experiences without slowing innovation

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The Next Generation of Hospital Websites

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Hospital Websites Day 1 Session 1 Keynote

Presented March 9, 2026 at 2 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Adrienne Woods, Vice President, Consumer Engagement, Hackensack Meridian Health
  • Jeff Stewart, VP, Strategic Marketing, CHRISTUS Health
  • Mona Baset, Vice President, Digital Engagement, Intermountain Health

Moderated by:

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

What you’ll learn:

  • How generative AI and AI Overviews are rewriting the rules of search visibility
  • The future of content design: modular, structured, and personalized
  • What today’s visitors expect from your site, and how to deliver it
  • The growing role of your website in enabling transactions: find care, pay bills, schedule, and more
  • Why architecture, governance, and technology decisions matter more than ever
  • How to future-proof your site

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Sound Advice: How Award-Winning Healthcare Podcasts Build Trust and Brands

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Presented March 17, 2026

Panelists:

  • Bill Klaproth, director of marketing and production, DoctorPodcasting
  • Melody Bradley, digital media supervisor, Southeast Georgia Health System
  • Kenneth Hines, associate director, digital strategy, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center (OSUCCC – James)
  • Dr. Rita Roy, CEO, National Spine Health Foundation

Moderator:

  • Susan Dubuque, Contributing Editor, eHealthcare Strategy & Trends and Co-Chair, 2025 eHealthcare Leadership Awards

You’ll hear how leading organizations:

  • Define strategy and audience before hitting “record”
  • Balance clinical credibility with compelling storytelling
  • Spotlight patient voices in authentic and responsible ways
  • Sustain momentum month after month
  • Measure success beyond downloads

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The Future of Hospital Websites

A virtual summit for healthcare marketers and digital strategists from eHealthcare Strategy & Trends

Presented March 9-13, 2026

Hospital and health system websites are evolving faster than ever.

From AI Overviews reshaping search visibility to the rise of composable CMS platforms, digital teams are under pressure to keep pace with consumer expectations, compliance, and ROI demands.

The Future of Hospital Websites Virtual Summit brings together experts and peers for a week of practical, one-hour sessions that explore the strategies, technologies, and governance models you need to build a flexible, patient-centered digital front door.

Join us for a full week of programming for marketing and digital leaders at hospitals, health systems, and other healthcare provider organizations.

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Why Hospital Websites Are Becoming More Important in the Age of AI Search

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// 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.

Beyond Google: The Multi-Channel Playbook for Healthcare Marketers

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A free white paper, published by Freshpaint

This playbook shows healthcare marketers how leading systems are moving beyond search dependency—by building multi-channel infrastructure that creates demand upstream, captures it downstream, and proves impact in terms finance understands.

You’ll Learn How To:

  • Define what “multi-channel” actually means in healthcare
  • Build first-party data foundations that work in a post-cookie, HIPAA-constrained world
  • Make the case for multi-channel marketing strategies to stakeholders

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When Social Media Grew Up: How Social Channels Perform Serious Work

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// By Susan Dubuque // Social media is now carrying some of healthcare’s most complex stories. UCLA Health, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and UCB demonstrate how social media can be successfully deployed for high-impact topics. Discover how social media is doing serious work and why it now plays a central role in healthcare strategy.

AI Helps Healthcare Leaders Turn Intuition into Data-Driven Action

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// By Wendy Margolin // As pressure to personalize the patient journey grows, healthcare organizations that embrace AI are finding ways to move faster and smarter. Discover how three leaders from AdventHealth, UCI Health, and Mount Sinai Health System use AI to turn data into actual improvements.