The State of Healthcare Digital Marketing in 2021

The survey results are in! See how the pandemic has shifted digital priorities and investments.

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

Your Presenter:
Ben Dillon, Chief Strategy Officer, Geonetric

Watch this webinar and you’ll learn:

• How the pandemic shifted priorities and investments
• Where organizations are investing when it comes to virtual care capabilities
• What leading organizations are doing differently than others in terms of goal setting, digital marketing tactics, and spending
• What are the hottest areas for staffing
• Where healthcare marketers feel most behind — and how that compares to the agency perspective

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Empathy, Not Judgment, To Overcome Vaccine Hesitancy

As the COVID-19 Delta variant spreads rapidly across the country, there is an increasingly urgent need to overcome vaccine hesitancy and access to care issues among the unvaccinated. Michigan Medicine is fielding a comprehensive vaccine hesitancy communications initiative that is strongly influenced by University of Michigan (U-M) research stressing the importance of being empathetic to Read More

University of Michigan Research Instrumental in Shaping Communications to Overcome COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

// By Brian Griffin // As the COVID-19 Delta variant spreads rapidly across the country, there is an increasingly urgent need to overcome vaccine hesitancy and access to care issues among the unvaccinated. Michigan Medicine’s communications strategy is based on research that shows patients want empathy, not lectures or bullying. Healthcare providers on the frontlines Read More

During a Crisis, Focus First on Communicating With Internal Stakeholders

Among the many adjustments hospital and health system marketers have made during the coronavirus pandemic is placing a greater emphasis on internal communications. In many cases, the shift has been dramatic. Alan Shoebridge, director of marketing and communication at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System (SVMHS) in west-central California, estimates that from the spring of 2020 Read More

Submit Your Entry to the 2021 eHealthcare Leadership Awards!

It’s May, and if you’re part of the digital healthcare marketing community, you know what that means… the Call for Entries for the 2021 eHealthcare Leadership Awards is officially open! What a year it has been. Last year around this time, we were hoping the worst was over and we could begin to get back Read More

Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System’s Internal Communications Strategy Kept Employees Connected During COVID-19

 // By Brian Griffin // Among the many adjustments hospital and health system marketers have made during the coronavirus pandemic is placing a greater emphasis on internal communications. In many cases, the shift has been dramatic. Alan Shoebridge, director of marketing and communication at Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare System (SVMHS) in west-central California, estimates that Read More

Call for Entries for the 2021 eHealthcare Leadership Awards Is Open

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // It’s May, and if you’re part of the digital healthcare marketing community, you know what that means… the Call for Entries for the 2021 eHealthcare Leadership Awards is officially open! What a year it has been. Last year around this time, we were hoping the worst was over and Read More

How Has COVID-19 Affected Digital Healthcare Marketing?

“The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every industry in the U.S., but not all in the same way or to the same degree,” says Ben Dillon of Geonetric. “Healthcare’s experience has been unique, with the combination of shutdowns early in the crisis coupled with costly emergency response plans for many health systems. Teams pivoted to focus Read More

2020 eHealthcare Leadership Award Winners

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // The eHealthcare Leadership Awards honor the very best websites and digital communications from a broad spectrum of healthcare organizations. Winners of the 21st Annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards were announced on November 17 at a special presentation at HCIC@Home, the virtual conference sponsored by Greystone.Net, our partner in presenting the Read More

Digital Marketing Trends in 2020 — The Impact of COVID-19

// By Ben Dillon // The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every industry in the U.S., but not all in the same way or to the same degree. Healthcare’s experience has been unique, with the combination of shutdowns early in the crisis coupled with costly emergency response plans for many health systems. Teams pivoted to focus Read More

How to Build the Case for Increasing Your Digital Marketing Budget in 2021

eHealthcare Strategy & Trends presents a brand-new member webinar for healthcare marketers and digital strategists

Watch this lively panel discussion with top marketers from leading organizations who will share their insights on how to get the budget you and your organization need to succeed in 2021.

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The State of Digital Marketing in Healthcare in 2020

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

Your Presenters

• Ben Dillon, Chief Strategy Officer of Geonetric

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How Are Healthcare Organizations Preparing for a Post-COVID World?

Today’s environment is incredibly challenging for healthcare leaders, as the pressures and changes brought by COVID-19 have impacted the way they plan and implement marketing/communications within their organizations. Many have been asked to “do more with less,” but what does this mean? And how can organizations prepare for a post-COVID future rife with unknowns? Jenny Read More

Navigating the New Marketing Normal

// By Marlene Kurban // Today’s environment is incredibly challenging for healthcare leaders, as the pressures and changes brought by COVID-19 have impacted the way they plan and implement marketing/communications within their organizations. Many have been asked to “do more with less,” but what does this mean and how can organizations prepare for a post-COVID Read More

Boots on the Ground: How One Marketing Team Has Been Coping with COVID

COVID-19 has challenged the American health system. As the disease spread across the country infecting more than a million people, hospitals jumped into action to save lives and minimize the virus’ spread. Part of that lifesaving care has been happening outside of the hospital grounds — it’s happening in the homes of the marketing and Read More

The 2019 eHealthcare Leadership Awards: Digital Progress That Helped Healthcare Organizations Cope With a Crisis in 2020

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Looking back at the winners from the 2019 eHealthcare Leadership Awards, we can see how leading organizations moved the industry forward in ways that they couldn’t have anticipated would be so necessary as the COVID-19 pandemic surged. Could they have known, for example, that virtual visits would become an Read More

How COVID-19 Impacts Digital Marketing Operations at Hackensack Meridian Health

// By Althea Fung // COVID-19 has challenged the American health system. As the disease spread across the country infecting more than a million people, hospitals jumped into action to save lives and minimize the virus’ spread. Part of that lifesaving care has been happening outside of the hospital grounds — it’s happening in the Read More

Future-Focused, Data-Driven, and Technology-Enabled: Internal Communications Reinforces Culture at St. Louis Children’s

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // How do you keep employees in the loop about what’s important to your organization? And how do you find out what matters to them? The broad goals of internal communications programs are to keep employees informed and engaged, and to solicit feedback from them. Why is engagement critical? Because Read More

What Consumers Really Want From the Healthcare Experience

Each month, NRC Health surveys American consumers about their healthcare experiences and preferences. And every month, the data seems to point to the same conclusion: Consumers want healthcare organizations to stop acting like healthcare organizations. The NRC survey polls more than 500,000 Americans and 100-plus healthcare CEOs. It also includes more than 300 face-to-face interviews Read More

Building Better Digital Experiences to Improve Patient Access and Engagement at Allina Health

// By Melanie Graham // Each month, NRC Health surveys American consumers about their healthcare experiences and preferences. And every month, the data seems to point to the same conclusion: Consumers want healthcare organizations to stop acting like healthcare organizations. The NRC survey polls more than 500,000 Americans and 100-plus healthcare CEOs. It also includes Read More

What Goes Into a Well-Designed Healthcare Site?

The call for entries for the 2019 eHealthcare Leadership Awards is officially open! Every year around this time, we pick one of our award categories and look back at the prior year’s winners to see what the judges thought they did right — and what they could do even better. In our new story, we Read More

eHealthcare Leadership Awards: It’s Not Just for the Big Guys

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // The call for entries for the 2019 eHealthcare Leadership Awards is officially open! Every year around this time, we pick one of our 17 award categories and look back at the prior year’s winners to see what the judges thought they did right — and what they could do Read More

2018 eHealthcare Leadership Award Winners Announced

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // The eHealthcare Leadership Awards program recognizes the very best websites and digital communications efforts of a wide range of healthcare organizations. This year’s winners were announced November 7 at a special presentation in Scottsdale, Arizona during the Healthcare Internet Conference, produced by Greystone.Net. More than 200 organizations received recognition Read More

eHealthcare Leadership Award Winners: They’re Simply the Best

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // It’s that time of year again. The call for entries for the 2018 eHealthcare Leadership Awards is open as of May 1. This year’s award winners will be announced at a gala luncheon on November 7 at the HCIC conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Winners are selected from nearly 1,000 Read More

Call for Entries — 2018 eHealthcare Leadership Awards

The Call for Entries for the 2018 eHealthcare Leadership Awards is now open. This leading awards program, which draws some 1,000 entries, exclusively recognizes the very best websites and digital communications of healthcare organizations (both large and small), online health companies, pharmaceutical/medical equipment firms, agencies/suppliers, and business improvement initiatives. These awards highlight the role of Read More