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If you've been reading the news in recent months, there is an increasing cross-industry focus on consumer privacy, security, and trust. And if you're in digital marketing, you're probably scratching your head trying to figure out what it means.

With trade shows cancelled, sales teams across B2B are scrambling to find new ways to engage prospects and replenish their pipeline.

One month ago, telehealth was a distant roadmap item for most hospitals. Today’s it’s a necessity. Hospitals across the country are losing more than 50% of their revenue[1] due to cancelled appointments and elective surgeries. To counter the sudden “bleeding out,” most healthcare organizations have rolled out telehealth in just 3 weeks.

Hospital website redesigns aren’t easy. First of all, there’s the internal politics. They seem to put the needs of individuals and department agendas over the needs of the entire organization. This complication seems to affect hospital website redesigns more than any other industry.

Last week, Las Vegas hosted the inaugural HLTH Conference. According to organizers, it was "a much needed dialogue focused on disruptive innovation." Here's our take on a few noteworthy topics from the event.

While the the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a new law coming out of the European Union (EU), it will impact marketers worldwide. Starting May 25, 2018, if you send an email to a person residing in the EU without their consent, there is serious money on the line. To the tune of €20 million or 4% of your company’s total global annual turnover (whichever is higher).

First it was books and toys, then they bought Whole Foods now Amazon might be making its move into the healthcare space. But what does this mean for healthcare, and specifically hospital marketers?

I recently sat down with White Rhino’s healthcare practice leads, chief digital strategist Shawn Gross and VP of client services Tara Becker. With more than 15 years experience leading marketing for Boston’s top hospitals, I wanted their perspective on what 2017 holds. Shawn made a chilling comparison: