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// By Daniel Fell // Hospital and health system mergers are nothing new for anyone familiar with health care. After a slight decline during and after the pandemic, mergers and acquisitions have picked up again. Read on to understand the current state of health care mergers and acquisitions and get an actionable playbook for marketers and strategists.
A new Strategic Health Care Marketing webinar for healthcare marketers and strategists
Wednesday | April 2, 2025 | 2:00 p.m. Eastern
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A free white paper, published by Prairie Dog
With all the pressures faced by health care marketers, it can be too easy to jump straight to tactics like launching new campaigns without properly diagnosing the root problem and crafting an evidence-based strategy. This is a risky path that can result in marketers moving forward with incorrect, misinformed or incomplete actions. Ultimately, results suffer along with the reputation of the marketing function.
This white paper shares three such examples, showing how the discipline of the marketing process (diagnosis, strategy, tactics and measurement) helped avoid misdirected and ineffective actions.
The United States is facing a national crisis in child and teen mental health. Children’s hospitals across the country are responding by building upon the care they already provide. Read on to explore 12 notable initiatives at children’s hospitals across the country working to tackle the growing challenges in adolescent mental health.
// By Melissa Sher // The United States is facing a national crisis in child and teen mental health. Children’s hospitals across the country are responding by building upon the care they already provide. Read on to explore 12 notable initiatives at children’s hospitals across the country working to tackle the growing challenges in adolescent mental health.
As major retailers struggle to deliver primary care services, some health care strategy experts say the situation provides health systems with an important learning opportunity. Get insights from Matt Gove and Dan Miers on what this means, and a case study of a successful retail model adopted by Baptist Health in Kentucky.
// By Brian Griffin // As major retailers struggle to deliver primary care services, some health care strategy experts say the situation provides health systems with an important learning opportunity. Get insights from Matt Gove and Dan Miers on what this means, and a case study of a successful retail model adopted by Baptist Health in Kentucky.
Without a unified governance framework to guide marketing, organizations risk sending mixed messages, squandering resources, and failing to engage patients and employees and fulfill the organizational mission. Explore how three health systems use tailored governance models to align marketing efforts with strategic goals, ensuring consistent brand messaging and effective return on investments.
// By Marcos Irigaray // Without a unified governance framework to guide marketing, organizations risk sending mixed messages, squandering resources, and failing to engage patients and employees and fulfill the organizational mission. Explore how three health systems use tailored governance models to align marketing efforts with strategic goals, ensuring consistent brand messaging and effective return on investments.
SHSMD Connections is a must-attend event for health care marketers every fall. This year’s conference takes place October 13-15 in Denver. This three-day conference, jampacked with exceptional educational and networking opportunities, will fill you up with new ideas and fresh inspiration, and empower you to become a changemaker in your organization.
The University of Maryland Medical Center employs a three-tier marketing strategy for its transplant program, using strategic communications for broad reach, targeted digital tactics for mid-funnel engagement, and search campaigns to capture bottom-funnel consumers. Find out how this leading medical center achieves impressive results with a multichannel marketing and communications strategy.
Data analytics is more important than ever, given industry pressures tightening health system budgets. Fortunately, expanding data resources provide planners with additional analytical tools they need to identify and capitalize on the most promising strategic growth opportunities. Discover how planners can leverage these information sources to develop effective growth plans.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // SHSMD Connections is a must-attend event for health care marketers every fall. This year’s conference takes place October 13-15 in Denver. This three-day conference, jampacked with exceptional educational and networking opportunities, will fill you up with new ideas and fresh inspiration, and empower you to become a changemaker in your organization.
Alignment is hard to come by in complex organizations like hospitals and health systems. But progress is possible when stakeholders come together and make decisions collaboratively. Find out how governance groups function in two organizations, how they work through conflicts and set priorities, and improve conversions.
// By Susan Dubuque // The University of Maryland Medical Center employs a three-tier marketing strategy for its transplant program, using strategic communications for broad reach, targeted digital tactics for mid-funnel engagement, and search campaigns to capture bottom-funnel consumers. Find out how this leading medical center achieves impressive results with a multichannel marketing and communications strategy.
// By Brian Griffin // Data analytics is more important than ever, given industry pressures tightening health system budgets. Fortunately, expanding data resources provide planners with additional analytical tools they need to identify and capitalize on the most promising strategic growth opportunities. Discover how planners can leverage these information sources to develop effective growth plans.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // Alignment is hard to come by in complex organizations like hospitals and health systems. But progress is possible when stakeholders come together and make decisions collaboratively. Find out how governance groups function in two organizations, how they work through conflicts and set priorities, and improve conversions.
A focused, bidirectional collaboration between health system call centers and marketing teams is critical to ensuring positive customer experiences that deliver on the brand promise and ultimately drive organizational targets for growth and revenue. Too often, health system marketing and Access teams operate separately and don’t align to create the best customer service journey. This Read More
A new Strategic Health Care Marketing webinar for health care marketers and strategists
Presented on May 23, 2024
Podcasts are a popular, well-established audio medium used by healthcare institutions around the world to share longer-format content. They are an excellent marketing tool offering an array of benefits, including: increasing brand awareness, engaging patients, building community, and establishing thought leadership.
In this webinar, you’ll learn how to leverage the power of podcasts to enhance brand visibility and community/patient engagement. We’ll provide a playbook with practical tips related to defining your audience, content creation, hosting, and physician engagement.
You’ll hear from industry leaders — including 3 Platinum winners of the 2023 eHealthcare Leadership Awards “Best Healthcare Podcast” category — about how podcasts can be a valuable tool for elevating your marketing by connecting with audiences in a highly personalized way.
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// By Susan Dubuque // This year marks the silver anniversary of the eHealthcare Leadership Awards. Join us as we celebrate 25 years of industry innovation and honor your accomplishments from the past year. The eHealthcare Leadership Awards recognize outstanding health websites and digital initiatives. The Call for Entries is officially open!
In the evolving health care landscape, developing successful service line strategies is more challenging than ever. Health systems are dealing with a range of issues and trends that affect the process, such as: Mounting financial pressures. Shifting payment models. Escalating competition from other providers and disruptors. Increasing post-COVID consumer expectations. Changing physician relationships. Rising staffing Read More
// By Linda MacCracken and Jane Weber Brubaker // A focused, bidirectional collaboration between health system call centers and marketing teams is critical to ensuring positive customer experiences that deliver on the brand promise and ultimately drive organizational targets for growth and revenue. But done right, all of these problems can be avoided.
A clear strategy gives you direction for where to invest scarce resources. In the dynamic landscape of health care, marketers face a pivotal choice: Should we invest in our brand or our business? If you put it in simple terms like this, the answer is: both. Marketers need to allocate resources to promote services while Read More
When a health care conference sends out a call for speakers nine months in advance, you might wonder how current the sessions will be by the time the live event rolls around. That’s where the Healthcare Marketing & Physician Strategies Summit (HMPS24) advisory committee — made up of industry leaders convened by conference producer Judy Read More
// By Brian Griffin // CommonSpirit Health’s framework for successfully achieving clinically aligned service line growth. In the evolving health care landscape, developing successful service line strategies is more challenging than ever. Health systems are dealing with a range of issues and trends that affect the process, such as: Mounting financial pressures. Shifting payment models. Read More
