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Maximizing MarTech in Healthcare: From Stack Sprawl to Strategic Growth

Maximizing MarTech in Healthcare

A new eHealthcare Strategy & Trends webinar with insights from Atlantic Health, UNC Health and Unlock Health

Presented May 13, 2026

Your Presenters:

  • Orla Seidel, Director, CRM & Digital Marketing at Atlantic Health
  • Susie Magrogan, Performance and Demand Gen Manager at UNC Health
  • Lisa Bevere, Senior Director of Digital Strategy at Unlock Health

Moderated by:

  • Jamie Mermelstein, VP of Digital Experience at Unlock Health

Together, we’ll explore:

  • Where attribution breaks down in healthcare organizations — and why
  • How to connect brand investment to measurable access and utilization
  • What full-funnel governance requires across marketing, IT, analytics, and operations
  • How to move from reporting metrics to guiding decisions
  • What it takes to align strategy, martech, and Epic tools to achieve true full-funnel marketing and analytics

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Healthcare Marketing Compliance Trends 2026

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A free white paper, published by Ours Privacy

What 100+ healthcare marketers reveal about privacy, performance, and growth

You’ll learn:
  • How marketers are balancing HIPAA compliance with campaign performance
  • Why rising costs and limited tracking are impacting ROI
  • Where martech stacks are breaking down and what’s replacing them

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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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AI Hallucinations in Healthcare: The Hidden Risk to Your Brand, Compliance, and Patient Trust

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AI in Healthcare Marketing June 2026 Day 3 Session 2

Wednesday | June 17, 2026 | 2:30 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Stewart Gandolf, CEO,Healthcare Success
  • Brandon Schakola, Senior Director, Digital Services, Healthcare Success

Moderated by:

  • Jared Johnson, Host, Healthcare Rap Podcast, and eHealthcare Strategy & Trends Editorial Advisory Board Member

You’ll learn how to:

  • Understand the causes and implications of AI hallucinations in healthcare, including risks to brand reputation, compliance, and patient trust
  • Identify where and how AI may be misrepresenting your organization using emerging monitoring tools and competitive visibility analysis
  • Apply practical strategies to reduce hallucinations, improve AI-driven search visibility, and strengthen brand safety in an evolving digital landscape

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When AI Becomes How Work Gets Done

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AI in Healthcare Marketing June 2026 Day 1 Opening Keynote 

Monday | June 15, 2026 | 2 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Cristal Woodley, VP, Marketing and Communications, Renown Health
  • Taylor Pressler, MPH, MS, Sr. Director of Enterprise Analytics, Renown Health
  • Gregg Johnson, CEO, Invoca

Moderated by:

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

What you’ll learn:

  • How leaders are re‑architecting marketing and digital workflows with AI as the default path.
  • Examples of a real AI-driven workflow overhaul, from intake to output to governance that you can adapt for your own teams.
  • New operating roles and how they plug into existing teams and structures.
  • Guardrails that let non‑technical staff build useful agents without creating compliance and security headaches.
  • How to measure “AI as normal work” — from throughput gains on content and campaigns to better access, engagement, and conversion.

AI in Healthcare Marketing June 2026 D1S1

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Shaping Patient Trust: 80% of Patients Say Digital Experience Shapes Trust: What Health Systems Need to Know

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Presented April 22, 2026

Your Presenters:

  • Amanda Todorovich, Enterprise Executive Director of Digital Marketing | Cleveland Clinic
  • Cristal Woodley, VP of Marketing | Renown Health
  • Kristy Roldan, VP of Growth | MDRG
  • Chris Pace, VP, Healthcare Industry | SearchStax Inc.

Moderated by:

  • Char Wilson, Owner & Principal Consultant, Char Wilson Consulting

You will learn:

  • What new research reveals about the connection between digital experience and patient trust
  • How search, navigation and self-service tools influence decision-making
  • Where hospital websites unintentionally create friction
  • The role of personalization and first-party data in strengthening engagement
  • How to reduce call center strain while improving brand perception

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How ThedaCare Activated Its Brand Platform to Drive Primary Care Growth

Allie Sonsthagen

After launching a bold brand platform built around inspiration and community well-being, ThedaCare faced a new opportunity: reconnecting patients with primary care. Discover how ThedaCare translated its inspiration-driven brand platform into a campaign to reconnect patients with primary care and drive measurable growth.

Ask Us Anything: AI Search + the Future of Website Content

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Hospital Websites Day 3 Session 2 

Presented March 11, 2026 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Amanda Todorovich, Cleveland Clinic
  • Ahava Leibtag, Aha Media Group

Moderator:

  • Lacey Reichwald, Aha Media Group, as moderator

Ask us about:

  • How AI search is changing traffic, SEO, and web strategy
  • What “AI-ready” content actually looks like — and how to get started
  • Whether your content still matters (spoiler: yes)
  • What to do now to future-proof your site content for LLMs and chatbots
  • The role of E-E-A-T, branding, and trust when users don’t even visit your site

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Healthcare Websites with a Purpose

Healthcare Websites with a Purpose

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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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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Ask Us Anything: AI Search + the Future of Website Content

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Hospital Websites Day 3 Session 2 

Wednesday | March 11, 2026 | 2:30 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Amanda Todorovich, Cleveland Clinic
  • Ahava Leibtag, Aha Media Group

Moderator:

  • Lacey Reichwald, Aha Media Group, as moderator

Ask us about:

  • How AI search is changing traffic, SEO, and web strategy
  • What “AI-ready” content actually looks like — and how to get started
  • Whether your content still matters (spoiler: yes)
  • What to do now to future-proof your site content for LLMs and chatbots
  • The role of E-E-A-T, branding, and trust when users don’t even visit your site

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Healthcare Websites with a Purpose

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Hospital Websites Day 2 Session 1 

Tuesday | March 10, 2026 | 1:00 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

Websites with a Purpose Speakers

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AI in Healthcare Marketing Week

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

Presented December 8-12, 2025

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.

Whether you’re building your first use case or shaping a system-wide roadmap, this virtual summit will help you move toward meaningful, mission-aligned implementation.

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AI Innovation of the Future: The Einstein Divide

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

Presented December 12, 2025 at 2:30 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Sameer Sethi, SVP, Chief AI Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health
  • Jason Lesandrini, Assistant Vice President of Ethics, Wellstar Health System
  • Stephanie Wierwille, EVP, Strategy & Innovation, BPD
  • Edward Marx, Chief Executive Officer, Marx Advisory

Moderated by:

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

You’ll Learn:

  • What early results and lessons leaders are seeing across functions
  • How to build internal fluency and prepare teams for what’s next
  • What structural, ethical, and cultural shifts are required for AI readiness
  • How to responsibly operationalize AI while protecting trust and compliance
  • How leading systems are using AI to elevate marketing, experience, and brand
  • Outside the box ideas that reimagine AI-powered organizations

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Enterprise Design for AI

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

Presented Friday, December 12, 2025 at 1 p.m. Eastern

Panelists:

  • Victoria Davis, Group Account Director, BPD
  • Christine Kotler, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Baptist Health South Florida
  • Pam Landis, VP, Digital Engagement, Hackensack Meridian

Join us to learn how healthcare leaders are:

  • Designing enterprise AI strategies that connect marketing, digital, IT, and operations rather than creating new silos
  • Defining roles, responsibilities, and decision rights for AI, including who owns what, and how work flows across teams
  • Building data and technology architectures that allow AI solutions to plug into existing systems without creating chaos
  • Establishing governance models that address risk, ethics, security, and regulatory requirements while still enabling innovation
  • Prioritizing use cases and investments so AI efforts align with organizational goals, not just individual passions, or shiny objects
  • Developing talent, training, and operating norms so teams feel confident using AI in their day-to-day work
  • Measuring impact in ways that resonate with executive leadership and support ongoing investment

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AI and Content: Turning Generative Tools into a Scalable Strategy

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

Presented December 9, 2025 at 1 p.m. Eastern 

Panelists:

  • Matt Cyr, Founder & President, Loop AI Agency
  • Allie Karas, Senior Vice President of Content, MJH Life Sciences
  • Carolina Anthony, Executive Director, Digital Marketing, AdventHealth

Moderated by:

  • Emily Baker, AVP, Engagement Strategy, BPD

Join us to learn how healthcare leaders are:

  • Translating enterprise goals into AI-informed content roadmaps that prioritize the right topics, audiences, and formats.
  • Using generative AI to support audience research, content ideation, and first drafts, while preserving a strong editorial point of view.
  • Establishing content standards, style guides, and prompts that help AI produce outputs aligned with brand, clinical, and accessibility requirements.
  • Optimizing existing content for AI-driven search and summarization so that trusted information is more likely to surface in AI answers and recommendation engines.
  • Integrating human review, legal/compliance sign-off, and fact-checking into AI-assisted workflows without overwhelming teams.
  • Upskilling writers, strategists, and digital teams to use AI tools confidently — including how to spot hallucinations, bias, and gaps
  • Defining KPIs and feedback loops that show where AI is helping content perform better, and where traditional approaches are still the better choice

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The Battle for Healthcare Brand Visibility in the Age of AI-Powered Search

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Building search strategies in response to the rise of AI-generated search results can feel like throwing darts at the computer screen. Tried-and-true playbooks marketers use for SEO and SEM are yielding entirely different results. Today, success means being cited and synthesized by AI models, a transformation that demands a strategic reboot.

AI Overviews Rewrite the Patient Journey

// By Wendy Margolin // When ChatGPT was released to the public on a massive scale a mere three years ago, eager early adopters headed to an AI URL of their choice to test-drive a new tool while others steered clear. Learn how AI is changing healthcare search and how healthcare organizations should respond.

AI Search Is Rewriting the Content Marketing Rules

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// By Devin Healy // Building search strategies in response to the rise of AI-generated search results can feel like throwing darts at the computer screen. Tried-and-true playbooks marketers use for SEO and SEM are yielding entirely different results. Today, success means being cited and synthesized by AI models, a transformation that demands a strategic reboot.

SEO in the Age of AI and Google Overviews: Winning Digital Visibility in Healthcare

Presented on September 24, 2025

Your Presenters:

  • Brandon Schakola, SEO Expert & Digital Marketing Lead, Healthcare Success
  • Maelina Frattaroli, Lead Copywriter and Content Strategist, Connecticut Children’s
  • Pamela Landis, Vice President, Digital Engagement, Hackensack Meridian Health

Moderated by:

  • Stewart Gandolf, CEO, Healthcare Success

You’ll Learn:

  • Why old-school keywords are obsolete — and what’s replacing them
  • How to secure visibility in Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, and beyond
  • Why being a trusted authority, thought leader, and omnipresent brand is now non-negotiable
  • Realistic solutions for the “disappearing traffic” crisis and ongoing LLM visibility battles
  • Concrete steps to find and fill your content gaps, and measure today’s AI-driven success

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Where Is Healthcare Marketing Headed Next? Industry Leaders Map the Road Ahead

Chris Bevolo

If you question where healthcare marketing is headed, these experts have answers. We turned to trusted voices from organizations supporting the eHealthcare Leadership Awards, all leaders in the healthcare marketing space. Their insights reveal not only where the field is headed but also how marketers can adapt and thrive.

Mount Sinai and University of Maryland Medical Center Lead with High-Impact Integrated Campaigns

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With countless media channels to choose from, shrinking budgets, and growing demands for measurable results, today’s healthcare marketing professionals face increasing challenges in developing and implementing integrated marketing campaigns. Discover how marketing teams at Mount Sinai and the University of Maryland Medical Center built high-impact integrated campaigns — from concept to acclaim.

Samsung Healthcare Taps Virtual Production for Seamless Storytelling

Anthony Tardi, head of marketing at Samsung Healthcare USA

Hospitals are complicated enough without introducing a film crew into the mix. What if you could recreate your hospital location virtually? Door G, a full-service creative production studio in East Providence, Rhode Island, solves some of these challenges. Read on to learn how the magic is done.

Conference Preview: HCIC 2025 Heats Up in Las Vegas

Kathy Divis

We asked people who have supported HCIC for many years what makes it such a valuable conference that they keep coming back year after year. Here, we share their comments and highlight sessions you won’t want to miss. Join healthcare marketing leaders and innovators, November 9-12 at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas.

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