How to Build Your Healthcare Consumer Experience Roadmap — for 2025 and Beyond

Join us for a free webinar on Wednesday November 6 at 2 p.m. ET to hear from leading health systems who will share how they have addressed these key components of a consumer experience roadmap to increase patient loyalty and retention.

Your Presenters:

• Jennifer Carron Passon, CPXP, MSOM, Patient Experience Officer, BJC HealthCare
• Brian Carlson, VP of Patient Experience, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
• Justin Dearborn, Founder and CEO, Praia Health

Moderated by:

• Jared Johnson, Chief Marketing Officer at Praia Health and eHealthcare Strategy & Trends Editorial Advisory Board Member

You’ll learn:

• How to create or update your organization’s consumer experience strategy based on insights from forward-thinking institutions.
• Effective change management strategies to accelerate and gain buy-in for consumer experience initiatives
• How marketing leaders effectively collaborate with others who have consumer experience responsibilities without derailing other priorities and investments.
• How to evaluate new digital platforms and the possibilities that they open for connecting consumer experiences beyond the clinical encounter.

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Enhancing Patient Experience with Effective Provider Data Management Strategies

Your Presenters:

• Jeff Stewart, VP of Strategic Marketing, CHRISTUS Health
• Val Lopez, Assistant Vice President, Digital Marketing and Technology, Baptist Health
• Jessica West, Director, Content & Media, Piedmont
• Keir Bradshaw, EVP, Solution Consultant, MERGE

You’ll learn:

• Insights into how precise provider data impacts patient trust and the overall efficiency of healthcare delivery systems.
• How innovative technologies and systems can assist in the effective management and maintenance of provider data to ensure compliance and enhance patient care.
• Best practices for implementing a robust provider data management strategy that can directly improve the patient experience.

And much much more!

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9 Pitfalls of Digital Advertising

The opportunities of digital advertising are practically limitless, but it takes a disciplined approach to strategy to make the most of it. Who isn’t a fan of digital advertising? Using online channels to reach your target audience is a fundamental part of most marketing programs; it just makes sense given the amount of time consumers Read More

9 Digital Advertising Pitfalls: Ignore Them at Your Peril

The opportunities of digital advertising are practically limitless, but it takes a disciplined approach to strategy to make the most of it. // By Dan Dunlop and Jared Johnson // Who isn’t a fan of digital advertising? Using online channels to reach your target audience is a fundamental part of most marketing programs; it just Read More

Where Healthcare CRM is Headed in 2023 and Beyond

A new eHealthcare Strategy & Trends webinar for healthcare marketers and digital strategists

Panelists:

• Seth Kaplan, Director, Marketing & Customer Engagement, HonorHealth
• Craig Kartchner, AVP of Marketing & Customer Experience, HonorHealth
• Daniel Quinn, VP of Business Strategy & Analytics, Lionshare

Moderated by:

• Jared Johnson, Founder and Podcast Producer, Shift Forward Health and member of the eHealthcare Strategy & Trends Editorial Advisory Board

Watch this webinar and you’ll learn:

• How buyer decisions for CRM have changed
• How to evaluate platforms now that there are more choices on the market than ever before
• How strategy and operations work together to get the most out of a CRM investment
• How vendors see their platforms evolving over the next 1-2 years
• How to manage expectations for CRM now that healthcare organizations are facing historically challenging financial pressures

And much more!

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Focus on CRM: An Inside Look at Today’s Healthcare CRM Landscape

In this exclusive report from eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, we examine the current state of CRM usage in healthcare by sharing case studies and successful implementation practices from industry leaders and innovators.

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What Are the Top Digital Priorities as We Move Out of the Pandemic?

We’re fortunate at eHealthcare Strategy & Trends to have a talented and dedicated group of advisors with diverse backgrounds and experience — senior executives from leading healthcare organizations, digital agencies, and consulting groups. So when we wanted to get a broad perspective on where things are likely to go as we move out of the Read More

As we come out of the pandemic, what are the top digital priorities for healthcare organizations as they get back to business?

Ask the Expert, with the eHealthcare Strategy & Trends Editorial Advisory Board // By Jane Weber Brubaker // We’re fortunate at eHealthcare Strategy & Trends to have a talented and dedicated group of advisors with diverse backgrounds and experience — senior executives from leading healthcare organizations, digital agencies, and consulting groups. So when we wanted Read More

Banner Health Shifts to Consumer-First Zero-Click Strategy

2020 marked the end of a decade-long period in which MarTech teams focused their time on learning the rules of engagement for channels such as social media, mobile apps, and responsive websites. But a single platform or tool doesn’t meet complex consumer needs. Hospitals and health systems won’t be prepared to meet the changing needs Read More

The Digital Team’s Important Role in COVID-19 Vaccinations

// By Jared Johnson //  Ask the Expert with Zain Ismail, Principal Transformation Consultant, Strategy and Digital Health, Henry Ford Health System This chapter of the pandemic is the time for nonclinical teams to shine, according to Zain Ismail, principal transformation consultant for the Henry Ford Health System. In particular, digital marketing and communications teams Read More

Reducing Friction for Consumers Creates Value for Baystate Health and Banner Health

// By Jared Johnson // Hospitals and health systems won’t be prepared to meet the changing needs of consumers without a shift in their digital focus, according to the two featured panelists at eHealthcare Strategy & Trends’ recent webinar. Jill McCormick, director of design and innovation at Baystate Health, and Chris Pace, chief digital marketing Read More

2021 Digital Initiatives from 2 Leading Health Systems

How Banner Health and Baystate Health are Creating Quality Digital Experiences for Prospects and Patients

Where can your health care organization focus your efforts in 2021 to improve the digital experience for your prospects and patients to differentiate your brand, drive key business metrics, and win in the marketplace?

To meet the changing needs of healthcare consumers, digital teams at two leading organizations are changing focus – moving beyond mastering discrete channels or platforms and focusing instead on delivering the connected digital experiences that healthcare consumers expect.

Hear from Jill McCormick, Director of Design and Innovation at Baystate Health and Chris Pace, Chief Digital Marketing Officer at Banner Health, as they share the initiatives their organizations are focusing on to create those connected digital experiences for prospects and patients.

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How Duke Health’s Alexa Skill Improved Urgent Care Access

// By Jared Johnson // Now is an ideal time to explore opportunities for voice skills to improve a consumer’s healthcare experience. Seamus O’Reilly, senior director of content marketing and digital presence at Duke Health, and Matt Hummel, chief experience officer and vice president of consumer strategy and design at Paragon, presented on this topic Read More

How To Plan Digital Marketing Campaigns in an Uncertain Environment

Hospital digital teams continue to ask lots of questions about resuming and revising their digital marketing campaigns as COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise. For many, it continues to be a challenge to make decisions about how to revive key service-line campaigns while simultaneously mixing in COVID-19 informational messaging. JK Lloyd, president of Eruptr, recently Read More

Winning with Digital Marketing Campaigns During the Pandemic’s Ups and Downs

Ask the Expert, with JK Lloyd, President, Eruptr // By Jared Johnson // Hospital digital teams continue to ask lots of questions about resuming and revising their digital marketing campaigns as COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise. For many, it continues to be a challenge to make decisions about how to revive key service-line campaigns while Read More

The Zero-Click Front Door, Becoming a Data Czar, and More Tips for Patient Acquisition

// By Jared Johnson // Technology has changed how consumers seek health information, consume content, and travel to and from appointments. Chris Pace, senior director of digital marketing at Banner Health; Carrie Liken, head of industry for healthcare at Yext; and Michael Andrews, executive director at WebMD, presented on this topic during the 2020 Healthcare Read More

Video Is on the Rise in the Post-COVID World

In Part I of a special two-article series for eHST, Dan Dunlop and Jared Johnson discussed a phased approach to marketing during the peak of the crisis and a plan for coming out of it. In Part II of the series, they discuss some of the new opportunities that are emerging during a time of Read More

Preparing Your Post-Pandemic Marketing Strategy, Part II

Leveraging New Opportunities Pushed Forward by the Coronavirus // By Dan Dunlop and Jared Johnson // In Part I of this two-article series, we discussed a phased approach to marketing during the peak of the crisis and a plan for coming out of it. Here, we’ll talk about some of the new opportunities that are Read More

How To Start Pivoting Back to Service-Line Marketing

“Right now, our hospitals and health systems are facing far more than a public health crisis; they are facing a financial crisis that could threaten their very survival,” say Dan Dunlop of Jennings and healthcare branding specialist Jared Johnson. Here’s an excerpt from their new article: COVID-19 may be with us for a while, but Read More

How Can Hospitals Recharge Business Development as the Recovery Begins?

Ask the Expert, with Kelly David, APR, Director of Marketing and Business Development at St. Joseph Healthcare // By Jared Johnson // The COVID-19 pandemic has changed long-term business priorities for hospitals and health systems. One key to new business development during the recovery phase will be the direct communications tools that have been used Read More

Preparing Your Post-Pandemic Marketing Strategy, Part I

// By Dan Dunlop and Jared Johnson // Right now, our hospitals and health systems are facing far more than a public health crisis; they are facing a financial crisis that could threaten their very survival. It is estimated that hospitals and health systems are losing 25 to 40 percent of their revenue as a Read More

Why You Need a Crisis Marketing Plan During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Ask the Expert with Alan Shoebridge, Director of Marketing, Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System // By Jared Johnson // The COVID-19 pandemic has forced healthcare organizations to develop and execute crisis marketing plans. A crisis marketing plan addresses brand management with the goal of avoiding disconnects and establishes processes for rapidly redirecting messaging from service Read More

Perficient Acquires MedTouch: What It Means for Healthcare Providers

Ask the Expert, with Paul Griffiths, General Manager, Digital Health Solutions, Perficient // By Jared Johnson // On January 6, Perficient, a leading digital transformation consulting firm serving Global 2000 and other large enterprise customers, announced the acquisition of MedTouch, an award-winning, digital healthcare marketing and technology consultancy. Paul Griffiths, former chairman and CEO of Read More

How Does Google’s Cookie Announcement Affect Healthcare?

// By Jared Johnson // A recent announcement by Google to change how personalized advertising works in its Chrome web browser has the digital marketing world up in arms, but healthcare marketers might have less reason to worry, according to industry insiders. In January, Google declared its plan to phase out support for third-party cookies Read More

Using Today’s MarTech to Delight Customers

Ask the Expert, with Scott Brinker, Editor, chiefmartec.com // By Jared Johnson // Marketing technology, or MarTech, is essential for improving the experience we deliver to customers and the efficiency by which we allow those customer journeys to happen. But a lot has changed in a relatively short amount of time, so we need to Read More