Transforming Patient Acquisition with AI-Powered Conversation Intelligence

Presented November 18, 2025

Discover how Emory Healthcare and University Hospitals connect the dots between digital touchpoints and phone conversations, creating seamless experiences that drive patient acquisition and retention.

Your Presenters:

• Allyzon Zahorcak, Director, Performance Marketing, Emory Healthcare
• Noah Brooks, Manager of Analytics & Strategy, University Hospitals
• Lyndey Brock, Director of Account Management Health, Healthcare Vertical, Invoca

Moderated by:

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

You’ll Learn:

• How to track call conversions back to the exact ad or keyword that drove them.
• How you can automate bidding strategies and optimize for high-value patient calls.
• How to improve your website by understanding which interactions led to calls.
• How to use digital intent data to route callers to the most qualified agent or care location, improving first-call resolution.

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

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.

Prisma Health’s Digital Integration Strategy Drives 400 Percent Increase in New Patient Bookings

When two of South Carolina’s leading healthcare organizations merged to form Prisma Health, it marked more than a consolidation of services. It was the creation of a new healthcare identity for more than 1.4 million South Carolinians. Learn how Prisma Health solidified its brand and created a unified digital front door.

Focus on CRM: How Leading Healthcare Organizations Win by Turning Data into Action

In this new report from eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, you’ll learn how leading hospitals and health systems use CRM tools to acquire new patients, improve patient engagement, optimize communications, and improve health outcomes.

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Proven Strategies to Maximize ROI from Your CRM Investment

Healthcare marketing executives and CRM experts, including leaders from Emory Healthcare, Banner Health, and Lionshare, reveal operational challenges, data governance requirements, and cross-functional collaboration needed to turn CRM investments into measurable patient engagement and ROI. Read on to discover strategies that separate CRM success from failure.

Behind the Best: How Top Health Systems Designed Award-Winning Integrated Campaigns

// By Susan Dubuque // 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.

Digital Showcase: Building Trust Through Digital Integration

// By Susan Dubuque // When two of South Carolina’s leading healthcare organizations merged to form Prisma Health, it marked more than a consolidation of services. It was the creation of a new healthcare identity for more than 1.4 million South Carolinians. Learn how Prisma Health solidified its brand and created a unified digital front door.

Turning CRM into a Strategic Engine: Healthcare Leaders Share Candid Lessons on Data, Alignment, and ROI

// By Therese Lockemy, MBA // Healthcare marketing executives and CRM experts, including leaders from Emory Healthcare, Banner Health, and Lionshare, reveal operational challenges, data governance requirements, and cross-functional collaboration needed to turn CRM investments into measurable patient engagement and ROI. Read on to discover strategies that separate CRM success from failure.

Turn Data into Demand: Proven Strategies to Drive Net New Patient Growth

Wednesday | July 23, 2025 | 2 p.m. Eastern

Your Presenters:

• Matt King, Senior Consultant, Population Intelligence, Definitive Healthcare
• Reed Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Consumer Officer, Ardent Health
• Matt Gove, Chief Growth Officer, QuickMD

Moderated by:

• Jane Weber Brubaker, Executive Editor, Plain-English Media

You’ll Learn:

• How to grow net new patients while strengthening retention
• Tactics for identifying high-value audiences and prioritizing outreach
• How segmentation enables more efficient use of marketing spend and higher conversion rates
• Strategies for aligning clinical data with marketing insights to personalize the patient journey
• How to use data and market intelligence to uncover growth opportunities

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Beyond CRM 101: Aligning People, Data, and Strategy for Smarter Engagement

Presented June 4, 2025

Your Presenters:

• Laura Lee Jones, Founder & CEO of LionShare
• Judith Ward, Strategic Health Care Marketing Executive
• Denise Davis, Vice President, Marketing Technology & Operations, Emory Healthcare
• Chris Pace, Marketing Executive

Moderated by:

• Therese Lockemy, Founder and Principal Consultant, Inner Path Digital, L.L.C

Join us as our panelists explore how you can:

• Identify the right CRM use cases, from patient acquisition and retention to reactivation, referral growth, and engagement journey orchestration.
• Break down silos across marketing, IT, and data teams to enable smarter engagement and measurement.
• Ensure CRM strategy reflects marketing goals by partnering effectively with IT, bridging gaps between technical infrastructure and engagement needs.
• Measure what matters by connecting CRM data across channels and understanding true marketing ROI.
• Build a source of truth for data-driven decisions, including more accurate targeting and audience suppression.
• Strengthen data governance to support segmentation, suppression, and system-wide confidence in CRM insights.

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A CRM Story: Penn Highlands Healthcare

Download this new white paper and learn:

• How Can a Mid-Size Hospital System Achieve Measurable Growth and Deeper Patient Engagement? Explore the strategies and real-world outcomes that drove impactful results.
• What Are the Key Steps to Prove ROI and Secure Support for Marketing Investments? Learn how to build a compelling case for CRM-driven campaigns.
• Which Scalable, Data-Driven Tactics Can Position Your Marketing for Long-Term Success? Discover future-ready methods to stay competitive in the dynamic healthcare landscape.
• How Can You Test and Optimize CRM Campaigns to Adapt to Evolving Market Needs? Gain insights into creating flexible campaigns that deliver results in shifting environments.

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HCM Media Kit 2026

HCM Media Kit 2026

CRM: How to Optimize Your Tech Stack to Attract and Retain Patients

Your Presenters:

• Mike Sonnentag, Senior Service Line Marketing Strategist, Virtua Health
• Seth Kaplan, Director, Marketing and Customer Engagement, HonorHealth
• Ross Therrien, Enterprise Account Executive (Healthcare), LeadSquared

Moderated by:

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

You’ll learn:

• Why an EHR system alone may not be enough
• How Virtua Health uses the CRM to uncover opportunities for service line growth
• How HonorHealth’s CRM team reaches out to internal clients as strategic partners
• How integrated systems enable data sharing and improve care coordination
• How you can use CRM solutions to manage patient and prospect relationships across multiple touchpoints.

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CRM: How to Optimize Your Tech Stack to Attract and Retain Patients

Join us for a free webinar on Wednesday October 9 at 2 p.m. ET to learn how your organization can drive growth, deliver comprehensive, patient-centered care, and stay competitive in today’s rapidly changing healthcare environment.

You’ll learn:

• Why an EHR system alone may not be enough
• How Virtua Health uses the CRM to uncover opportunities for service line growth
• How HonorHealth’s CRM team reaches out to internal clients as strategic partners
• How integrated systems enable data sharing and improve care coordination
• How you can use CRM solutions to manage patient and prospect relationships across multiple touchpoints.

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A Tale of Two CRMs: How Sharp HealthCare Achieved Success with a Dual Approach to Patient Engagement

CRM lacks a universal definition in healthcare, encompassing everything from patient acquisition to care gap resolution. The fragmented vendor landscape offers solutions ranging from niche tools to comprehensive platforms, challenging organizations to pinpoint their specific needs. Explore how Sharp HealthCare navigated this complexity, crafting a unique two-pronged strategy for optimal results.

Focus on CRM: Success Stories from Leading Healthcare Organizations

In this new report from eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, you’ll get an inside look at the current CRM landscape in healthcare and discover how hospitals and health systems around the country use it to streamline data and drive growth.

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How Many CRMs Do You Need?

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // CRM lacks a universal definition in healthcare, encompassing everything from patient acquisition to care gap resolution. The fragmented vendor landscape offers solutions ranging from niche tools to comprehensive platforms, challenging organizations to pinpoint their specific needs. Explore how Sharp HealthCare navigated this complexity, crafting a unique two-pronged strategy for optimal results.

The Remix — The Evolution of the Digital Front Door

This new free guide will help you answer:

• What is the history of the Digital Front Door and what factors have influenced its status today?
• With so much industry and technology disruption, where will the Digital Front Door go next?
• What are the main areas of investment to consider in evolving your Digital Front Door? And how do you measure up?
• What expertise do you need to cultivate a smart and effective Digital Front Door?
• And much more!

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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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Innovaccer and Cured Join Forces to Create a “Healthcare Experience Platform”: What it Means for Healthcare Marketers

One benefit of mixing and mingling at industry events is that you might discover another service provider with solutions that complement your own. That was the story behind Innovaccer’s acquisition of Cured earlier this year. Cured cofounder and CEO Andrew Sawyer says, “We had obviously started to see them in market at conferences and as Read More

A Best in Breed Data Platform + Healthcare CRM: A “Match Made in Heaven”

// By Jane Weber Brubaker // If the promise of CRM in healthcare has been largely unfulfilled, data silos are partially to blame. Innovaccer’s acquisition of digital marketing and CRM platform Cured earlier this year could solve data challenges and accelerate growth for health systems. One benefit of mixing and mingling at industry events is Read More

Geisinger and Henry Ford Health Leverage Epic Cheers to Fuel Marketing Efforts

Epic is the dominant player in electronic health records, with U.S. hospital market share of 35.9 percent, according to May 2023 research from KLAS, reported by Becker’s. This figure represents 47.6 percent of beds — nearly double that of Epic’s closest competitor, Oracle Cerner (25.8 percent), which gained hospitals but lost beds year over year. Read More

Privacy-First: How to Ensure Your Healthcare Marketing Aligns with HIPAA

Your Presenters:

• Ray Mina, Head of Marketing, Freshpaint
• Doriann Cain, Partner, Faegre Drinker
• Bridget O’Connor, COO, Fortalice Solutions
• Edward Rafalski, Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer, BayCare Health System

You’ll learn:

• What it means to be privacy-first.
• Who needs to be involved in process change.
• How to have constructive conversations with legal and compliance.
• Why web trackers don’t comply with HIPAA.
• Which tools you need a BAA (Business Associate Agreement) for.
• What to do if you can’t get a BAA.

And much much more!

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Focus on ChatGPT and Large Language Models: Exploring AI’s New Role in Healthcare Marketing

In this new report from eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, we’ll take you through the first full year of ChatGPT, exploring the opportunities, risks, and practical uses of generative AI in healthcare communication.

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Epic Cheers Update

Two major U.S. health systems share why they like Epic’s CRM. // By Jane Weber Brubaker // Epic is the dominant player in electronic health records, with U.S. hospital market share of 35.9 percent, according to May 2023 research from KLAS, reported by Becker’s. This figure represents 47.6 percent of beds — nearly double that Read More