The Health System Digital Front Door: Enhancing Patient Access, Engagement, and Experience

A new eHealthcare Strategy & Trends member roundtable, featuring winners from the 2023 eHealthcare Leadership Awards

Wednesday | August 7, 2024 | 2 p.m. Eastern

Your Panelists:

• Jennifer Segalini, VP of Strategy at Phase2
• Amanda Jones, Senior Director of Digital Engagement at Geisinger
• Jennifer Mackendree, System Director of Marketing at Health First
• Nardeep Singh, Marketing Technology Manager at Renown Health

In this session, you’ll learn:

• The breadth, scope, and depth of DFD strategies and tools
• Best practices for implementing a DFD
• Practical tips for enhancing patient engagement and satisfaction
• How a DFD can impact marketing outcomes
• How to prioritize DFD investments for maximum impact
• And much more!

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Discover Award-Winning Digital Strategies to Improve Patient Experience

eHealthcare Leadership Awards provides a valuable opportunity to see what leading healthcare systems across the country do so you can adapt and apply these best practices in your organization. Discover how award-winning healthcare organizations demonstrate best practices in digital strategies to improve the patient experience.

Mobile Apps for Healthcare Providers: Your Patients Need More Than Just a Portal.

An investment in mobile is essential to compete in today’s healthcare marketplace. But should you build or buy?

Meeting customers where they are — on devices they use, in ways that are familiar and seamless — continues to separate leaders from laggards in the healthcare provider space.

Mobile-first strategies, particularly mobile apps, have become a critical part of these efforts.

The mobile app conversation is not a simple one, even if the choices themselves are relatively straightforward: build your own proprietary mobile app or use an existing EHR-provided app, such as Epic’s MyChart.

Download this new white paper today to get insights on how to lead your organization to the right decision.

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Reimagining CRM for Health Systems with an Enterprise-Wide Approach

Watch our webinar and hear from a top industry expert who will share how CRM has evolved and discuss best practices that can help your organization take full advantage of state-of-the-art CRM capabilities.

You’ll learn:

• What the current state of CRM is in healthcare, and why it often falls short.
• How to structure CRM for enterprise-wide success.
• Best practices for implementation, governance, and strategy.
• How to set priorities that align with the strategic plan when launching campaigns.
• How a CRM can scale communications using real-time data and rules-based automated campaigns.
• What to consider when choosing a CRM solution.
  And much much more!

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