Futurescan 2026 is the latest in a series of publications for health care leaders, produced by SHSMD in collaboration with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) since 1999. The report is an invaluable strategic planning resource, empowering hospital and health system leaders to prepare themselves and their organizations for the opportunities and challenges ahead.
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Unlock the power of data tools built for health care marketers, strategists and communicators to elevate your marketing strategies.
Learn how HIPAA-first analytics improves marketing performance through compliant data, attribution, and real-world use cases.
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A leadership guide for executive strategists to grow talent, mentor future leaders, hire via the Career Center, engage at President’s Club and executive tracks, and contribute benchmark data.
Support your growth and your team’s with training, mentoring, data resources, and networking to expand your impact.
Tools, courses, mentorship, and networking to help early career strategists grow with confidence. Bookmark and return anytime.
Explore practical strategies and real-world workflows that will help you harness AI tools to improve patient engagement, boost efficiency, and future-proof your marketing programs.
The SHSMD ADVANCE™ | Assess tool helps health care strategists – including marketers, planners, business developers, communicators, and physician strategists – evaluate and strengthen the skills needed for success in today’s evolving health care landscape.
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Discover how analytics and process optimization improve patient access, ease staffing strain, and boost efficiency in health care delivery.
Dive into the hottest topics in health care social media and discuss best practices from your peers.
Learn how Brookings Health carefully announced to their community in Summer 2023 that they would no longer be in network with Medicare Advantage (MA) plans.
Connect with peers and explore the crucial intersection of marketing and operations within health care, specifically focusing on the optimization of care delivery.
Learn HIPAA, FTC, and privacy compliance essentials for health care marketers in this 4-part live certificate course—stay compliant while executing data-informed campaigns.
In this session, we’ll walk through a real-world case study of a health care organization that expanded into upper funnel advertising for the first time. You’ll learn how to set up a rigorous testing framework, use geographic or audience-level controls to isolate performance, measure true incremental impact and marginal performance.
This webinar is designed to share preliminary aggregate data on those hospitals who have submitted complete data for SHSMD’s 2024-2025 By The Numbers: MarCom
Hospitals and health systems have long been targeted by negative narratives that portray them as profit-driven entities prioritizing revenue over patient care.