When Healthcare Privacy and Marketing Performance Collide: Overcoming a 70% Cost Per Lead Spike

A free white paper, published by Freshpaint

Download this eBook to learn how to stay compliant while keeping marketing effective. Discover strategies to optimize your ad spend, reduce inefficiencies, and regain visibility without compromising privacy.

What You’ll Learn:

• Key healthcare privacy regulations and their impact on marketing
• The value of digital advertising to reach patients and control costs
• How platforms like Google and Facebook use data to improve performance
• Safe ways to restore data flow while maintaining compliance
• Real-world case studies of success

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Why Lemon Wedges Took Off: Leveraging Lessons from a Viral Story for Social Media Posts

// By Melissa Sher // Many years ago, I worked for HuffPost. One of the most popular articles published answered a simple reader question: How germy are lemon garnishes that restaurants put in drinks? It’s probably not a surprise that this story went uber-viral. Read on for topic ideas that may inspire your next social media post.

Memorial Hermann “Moments” Campaign Shares Powerful First-Person Stories of Healing

Kel’s deeply personal story is told entirely in the first person. So is Sarah’s story, chronicling her risky surgery to remove a mass of abnormal blood vessels. Their stories are featured in Memorial Hermann’s “Moments” campaign. Explore how this campaign showcases transformative experiences taking place at Memorial Hermann through in-depth, first-person storytelling.

Social CEO: How Mount Sinai Elevates Executive Thought Leadership on LinkedIn

// By Althea Fung // Executives increasingly are expected to engage with their industry, employees, and the public through social media. Mount Sinai Health System uses LinkedIn to position its CEO as a personable leader in the healthcare space. Read on to learn strategies to grow the online influence of your leaders and elevate your organization’s reputation.

Helping Your Healthcare Providers Thrive on Social Media

// By Melissa Sher // This past September, Healthline and YouGov asked Americans where they got their health information in the past year. Fifty-two percent of respondents said they use social media. Read on for inspiration from hospitals around the country that post regular content in a variety of formats helping make social media a little healthier.

Moments That Shape Us: The Power of First-Person Storytelling

// By Melissa Sher // Kel’s deeply personal story is told entirely in the first person. So is Sarah’s story, chronicling her risky surgery to remove a mass of abnormal blood vessels. Their stories are featured in Memorial Hermann’s “Moments” campaign. Explore how this campaign showcases transformative experiences taking place at Memorial Hermann through in-depth, first-person storytelling.

Turning Ordinary Moments Into Extraordinary Content on Social Media

// By Melissa Sher // In her newsletter about social media, writer Rachel Karten shared advice from Dan Titmuss, a marketing expert who helps arts organizations connect with audiences: “Your brand’s ordinary is your audience’s extraordinary.” Keep reading for behind-the-scenes or day-in-the-life examples from other hospitals. They may inspire you to share something extraordinary about your hospital.

Content that Connects: Strategies for Reaching and Engaging Your Audiences

Presented January 30, 2025

Panelists:

• Emilie Ansel, CEO, Private Health News
• Julie Williams, Regional Marketing Manager, Trinity Health of New England
• Diana Jones, CEO, Petrastella Communications Marketing Strategy & Planning for Walmart Health & Wellness

What You Will Learn:

• How to define and prioritize target audiences for your content marketing efforts
• Effective methods for developing audience personas
• Balancing personalization with scalability in campaigns
• The most engaging types of content for specific audience segments
• When to pivot to ensure your content remains relevant in rapidly changing markets?
• Tools and platforms for analyzing audience behavior and preferences
• How to tailor content for different stages of the buyer’s journey
• Trends shaping the future of targeted content marketing

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Inside Orlando Health’s Multichannel Strategy to Engage and Inspire Audiences

Effectively engaging with patients, physicians, employees, and community members means going beyond traditional communication methods. Orlando Health has embraced this challenge head-on, creating an expansive digital communication strategy that meets people where they are. Discover how this omnichannel strategy drives engagement, builds trust, and delivers measurable impact across all audiences.

25 Inspiring Hospital Instagram Posts that Showcase Healthcare Excellence

Those who work in social media for a hospital or large healthcare institution may feel choice overload regularly. The task of choosing what to highlight and how to highlight it can feel overwhelming. Here, we highlight 25 Instagram posts from your colleagues at hospitals across the country that stand out.

Orlando Health Builds Connections and Achieves Results Through a Robust Digital Strategy

// By Susan Dubuque // Effectively engaging with patients, physicians, employees, and community members means going beyond traditional communication methods. Orlando Health has embraced this challenge head-on, creating an expansive digital communication strategy that meets people where they are. Discover how this omnichannel strategy drives engagement, builds trust, and delivers measurable impact across all audiences.

25 Instagram Posts to Spark Social Media Creativity in 2025

// By Melissa Sher // ​​Those who work in social media for a hospital or large healthcare institution may feel choice overload regularly. The task of choosing what to highlight and how to highlight it can feel overwhelming. Here, we highlight 25 Instagram posts from your colleagues at hospitals across the country that stand out.

TikTok for Healthcare Marketers: How Cleveland Clinic Builds Trust Through Credible Content

Cleveland Clinic first joined TikTok in March 2020 to combat COVID-19 misinformation. In the nearly five years since its TikTok debut, the marketing team at Cleveland Clinic has learned a great deal about creating short-form health content that resonates on the platform. Learn more in our Q&A with Amanda Todorovich.

DEI in Action: How Top Health Systems Are Overcoming Disparities and Building Inclusive Care Models

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted health disparities in the U.S., which disproportionately affected vulnerable and underserved communities. This article will present examples of DEI in action through three award-winning entries in the Best Digital Leadership in Health Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion category from the 2023 eHealthcare Leadership Awards.

TikTok: Stay True to Your Goals, Don’t Do It to Be Cool, and Other Advice from Cleveland Clinic

// By Melissa Sher // Cleveland Clinic first joined TikTok in March 2020 to combat COVID-19 misinformation. In the nearly five years since its TikTok debut, the marketing team at Cleveland Clinic has learned a great deal about creating short-form health content that resonates on the platform. Learn more in our Q&A with Amanda Todorovich.

Bringing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to Life in Today’s Healthcare Environment

// By Susan Dubuque // The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted health disparities in the U.S., which disproportionately affected vulnerable and underserved communities. This article will present examples of DEI in action through three award-winning entries in the Best Digital Leadership in Health Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion category from the 2023 eHealthcare Leadership Awards.

The Future of Findability: Search in the Age of AI

Artificial intelligence has recently established its presence in search through features like Google’s AI overviews, Bing’s integration with Microsoft Copilot, and the Perplexity AI search engine. As these AI search engines and integrations become more prevalent, digital marketers still need to focus on what has been their goal all along: findability.

So what can healthcare organizations do to stand out, stay findable, weather these changes, and understand how they’re performing in this new age of AI search? 

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AI Overviews Dominate SERPs: How Healthcare Marketers Are Adapting to Zero-Click Searches

First Google drove organic results lower down on the SERP, favoring paid ads instead. Now Google’s AI Overviews has taken the top spot. Content marketers are raising their game to compete for traffic. Discover how predictive analytics, health journey content series, and immersive content are driving results for three major health systems.

Celebrate Excellence and Innovation in Healthcare at HCIC 2024

HCIC is where leaders in our industry gather to share best practices and reveal what’s next in the ever-changing digital healthcare landscape. Join us in Austin, Texas, November 10-13 for this educational and networking extravaganza. Read on for a snapshot of what’s in store for you if you attend this year’s conference.

Social Media Campaign Shines Light on Black Maternal Health Efforts

Despite great strides in medical care, the U.S. is witnessing a troubling trend — rising rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, especially among Black women and infants. A social media campaign shows what is being done to counteract and prevent infant and maternal mortality, not just focus on the negative statistics.

How to Target Your Patient Audience in the Age of Zero-Clicks

// By Wendy Margolin // First Google drove organic results lower down on the SERP, favoring paid ads instead. Now Google’s AI Overviews has taken the top spot. Content marketers are raising their game to compete for traffic. Discover how predictive analytics, health journey content series, and immersive content are driving results for three major health systems.

HCIC 2024: Transformation in Action

// By Susan Dubuque // HCIC is where leaders in our industry gather to share best practices and reveal what’s next in the ever-changing digital healthcare landscape. Join us in Austin, Texas, November 10-13 for this educational and networking extravaganza. Read on for a snapshot of what’s in store for you if you attend this year’s conference.

Rallying Around Sisters: How Riverside University Health System-Public Health Brings the Community Together to Support Black Maternal Health 

// By Althea Fung // Despite great strides in medical care, the U.S. is witnessing a troubling trend — rising rates of maternal mortality and morbidity, especially among Black women and infants. A social media campaign shows what is being done to counteract and prevent infant and maternal mortality, not just focus on the negative statistics.

St. Peter’s Multi-Level Strategy to Boost Recruitment and Retention

The eHealthcare Leadership Awards introduced a new category in 2023 to address healthcare workforce shortages. Eight winners were selected, including St. Peter’s Healthcare System, which used a twofold strategy to promote hard-to-fill jobs and support recruitment initiatives through marketing and HR collaboration. Discover St. Peter’s tactics and enhance your organization’s hiring practices.