The podcast that goes deep on critical digital marketing trends, strategies, and tactics for the healthcare and medical device industries. Each episode brings you expert guests sharing the knowledge, insights, and advice that healthcare marketers need to be successful in this complex and rapidly evolving digital landscape.
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How do you optimize your digital ad platforms when strict healthcare privacy laws block your tracking pixels? In this episode of Digital Clinic, Aaron Burnett sits down with Michael Wiegand, Director of Marketing Sciences at Wheelhouse DMG. Together, they explore how real-time propensity modeling enables HIPAA-compliant, value-based bidding on platforms like Google and Meta. Michael shares how to bypass slow retroactive audience modeling, protect patient privacy, and feed real-time prediction scores back to your ad networks so you can optimize for higher quality leads. In this episode, you'll
Are AI search citations really driving business outcomes, or are they just a vanity metric? In this episode of Digital Clinic, Aaron Burnett sits down with Taylor Hurff, Director of Digital Strategy at Wheelhouse DMG. Together, they unpack Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) in healthcare and medtech, moving beyond simple citation counts to focus on brand sentiment and real visibility. Taylor shares practical ways to diagnose traffic drops, build compliant AI workflows, and adapt as search engines shift to AI-default modes. In this episode, you'll learn: • Why brand mentions and sentiment mat
Only 28% of MedTech companies have a documented marketing strategy—are you in the 72% falling behind? In this episode of Digital Clinic, Aaron Burnett sits down with Saul Marquez, CEO of Outcomes Rocket. Drawing from his MedTech sales experience and 2,000 interviews, Saul reveals why rushing into execution is a costly mistake. Together, they explore the foundational role of strategy and how to craft a winning commercial story. In this episode, you'll learn: • Why the "marketing treadmill" traps teams in execution mode • Why FDA clearance is a "license to hunt," not a sales guarantee • How a st
Healthcare buying committees are large, slow-moving, and full of stakeholders with competing priorities. Adam Turinas understands this from both sides of the table. Before founding Health Launchpad, he spent years running a health tech company navigating the same complexity his clients face today. In this episode, he shares how to approach account selection, map buying committees, and build measurement frameworks that connect marketing activity to pipeline. He also covers where AI adoption is creating a genuine competitive opening for healthcare marketers right now and what it takes to treat i
In this milestone 50th episode of Digital Clinic, we celebrate by revisiting the most insightful moments from our previous conversations with industry leaders in healthcare marketing. Join me as we explore the unique challenges and opportunities faced by med tech marketers in a privacy-first, highly regulated environment. We’ll discuss how to effectively engage consumers (formerly known as patients) while navigating compliance and building trust through first-party data strategies. Discover the evolving role of AI in digital marketing and why it’s crucial to maintain a human touch in our commu
In this episode of Digital Clinic, we tackle the pressing challenge of navigating shifting compliance rules in healthcare marketing without sacrificing performance. Join me as I speak with Richard Chapman, an experienced privacy officer and founder of Syndalos, who shares invaluable insights into the evolving landscape of state-level privacy regulations. With federal guidance becoming less clear, healthcare marketers must adapt to a complex web of compliance requirements while maintaining effective marketing strategies. Richard emphasizes the importance of collaboration between marketing, comp
In this episode of Digital Clinic, I dive into the transformative potential of media mix modeling for privacy-first marketers in healthcare and med tech. With cookie deprecation and new regulations reshaping how we track and measure success, conventional attribution methods are proving inadequate. I chat with Michael Wiegand, Director of Marketing Sciences at Wheelhouse DMG, who shares his journey from skepticism to advocacy for media mix modeling. Discover how this innovative approach can reveal the joint, direct, and indirect effects of your marketing channels, driving better decisions with
Abby Lovett spent 26 years at the world's foremost PR agencies doing the kind of work AI is worst at: building credibility that cannot be bought. Now, as founder of CTP Visibility Advisors, she's making the case that the AI visibility challenge facing brands today isn't an SEO or a GEO problem. It's a narrative and credibility problem, and that's always been PR's turf. In this episode, Abby and Aaron dig into why the skills PR practitioners have spent decades developing are exactly what the AI era demands. Connect with Abby Lovett: https://www.linkedin.com/in/abbylovett/ Check out CTP Visibili
Great content doesn't sell, it serves, and Courtney Patterson has built her entire marketing philosophy around that distinction. Courtney is the Content Strategist and Marketing Lead at Implant Direct, with a career spanning FinTech, SaaS, and medical device across some of the largest companies in the world. Along the way, she developed a content framework rooted in three questions: Why me? Why now? And why should I care? If you can't answer all three, the content isn't ready to publish. In this episode, you'll learn why audience-centered content drives better results, how marketing in a regul
In this episode of Digital Clinic, I'm joined by Bridget Linebarger, founder of Springbridge, as we explore how patient-centered thinking enhances MedTech marketing performance. With over 20 years in the industry, Bridget emphasizes the importance of understanding the full spectrum of the patient journey—starting from their initial diagnosis to life beyond the hospital. We delve into user journey mapping, patient segmentation, and how to craft marketing strategies that resonate within compliance-driven environments. Bridget shares her insights on building communities and creating messaging tha
In this episode of Digital Clinic, I sit down with Erika Bigelow, founder of Do Good Today and former Wheelhouse alum, to explore the transformative power of corporate volunteering. We discuss the vital role that generosity plays in fostering a strong workplace culture and enhancing employee satisfaction. Erika shares her insights on how to effectively match companies with meaningful causes, the intricacies of logistical planning for volunteer events, and the profound impact these experiences have on team dynamics. Tune in to discover actionable strategies for integrating volunteerism into you
In this episode of Digital Clinic, I sit down with Todd Weinstein, Director of Digital Marketing at NeuroPace, to explore the intersection of data privacy, AI, and healthcare marketing. With over two decades of experience, Todd shares insights on effectively tying marketing efforts to real business outcomes in a highly regulated environment. He discusses the importance of humanizing AI-driven campaigns, the challenges posed by privacy regulations, and innovative strategies for audience targeting. We dive into how Todd leverages data-driven attribution models and first-party data strategies to
In this episode of The Digital Clinic, we explore the patterns shaping healthcare marketing and health IT with John Lynn, Founder and Chief Editor of Healthcare Scene, the organization behind Healthcare IT Today and the Swaay.Health community, two of the most recognized names in healthcare media. John shares his perspective on the current state of healthcare marketing, drawing on nearly 20 years of interviews and conversations with CMOs, digital marketing directors, and health IT leaders. We discuss why budget constraint, far from slowing organizations down, is quietly becoming one of the most
In this episode of The Digital Clinic, we explore the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare marketing with Mari Considine, Chief Brand & Marketing Officer at Acenda Integrated Health, where she's spent over a decade transforming how the organization understands and values marketing's business impact. Mari shares the concept of "two different internets", explaining how search behavior on traditional platforms fundamentally differs from AI-driven queries, forcing healthcare marketers to develop entirely different content strategies to reach the same audiences. We discuss the practical realiti
In this episode of The Digital Clinic, we explore the dramatic transition from consumer-packaged goods to medical device marketing with Michel Montenegro, Global Digital Lead & Content Operations Manager at a global medical device organization. Michel shares his journey from executing performance marketing at billion-dollar CPG brands like Procter & Gamble, Unilever, and Kimberly-Clark to navigating the highly regulated world of healthcare marketing. We discuss how regulatory constraints fundamentally transform the marketer's approach, forcing deeper attention to customer needs, value proposit
In this episode of The Digital Clinic, we explore the evolution of AI in healthcare content strategy with David Patton, Senior Director of Content Strategy at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. David shares his dramatic transformation from viewing AI as an existential threat to content professionals to embracing it as a capacity multiplier that enables expert teams to accomplish more without sacrificing quality. We discuss the "dynamic storytelling evolution", how content teams must adapt to audiences who stay in their native platforms rather than crossing back to institutional websites, and why t
In this episode of Digital Clinic, we delve into the critical intersection of compliance and performance in healthcare marketing with experts Michael Regan and Emily Brooks from Wheelhouse Digital Marketing Group. They share insights from their Ultimate Guide to Compliance Monitoring and Auditing Tools, emphasizing the necessity of third-party monitoring to uncover hidden technical debt and ensure adherence to HIPAA regulations. We discuss the multifaceted benefits of compliance monitoring across legal, marketing, and IT teams, and how organizations can quickly gain value from their first audi
In this episode of The Digital Clinic, we explore the transformation of performance marketing in regulated healthcare with Ethan Peterson, Performance Marketing Manager at Vibrant Wellness. Ethan shares how privacy constraints have removed the "crutches" of easy retargeting and precise tracking, forcing marketers to develop stronger creative, clearer messaging, and a deeper understanding of the customer journey. We discuss the practical realities of managing B2B2C campaigns under HIPAA compliance, why tracking deeper into actual revenue conversion outperforms traditional lead-based metrics, an
In this episode of The Digital Clinic, we explore the evolving landscape of healthcare digital marketing with Ashley Anderson, Director of Digital Marketing at Adventist Health. Ashley shares practical insights for navigating the intersection of authentic storytelling, HIPAA compliance, and AI innovation, from creating genuine connections with healthcare providers on camera to building first-party data strategies that outperform traditional third-party tracking. We discuss how privacy regulations have fundamentally reshaped measurement and targeting, why rural and urban markets require differe
In this episode of The Digital Clinic, we explore the architecture behind HIPAA-compliant data warehouses with Michelle Jennette, BI Specialist at Wheelhouse DMG, as she walks us through the normalization processes and pipeline structures that enable privacy-first marketing analytics. Michelle shares the insights we've gained building data infrastructure for healthcare and other regulated industries—what works, what doesn't, and why managing platform APIs in-house creates more problems than it solves. From extraction tools and transformation layers to UUID implementation and quality assurance
In this episode of the Digital Clinic, we talk with K Royal, Global Chief Privacy Officer & Deputy General Counsel at Crawford & Company, about how different cultures approach data protection and why it matters for your marketing strategy. From Europe's human rights framework to Asia's honor-based systems and America's commercial model, we uncover how these fundamental differences shape the way you need to think about privacy compliance. The key insight? Privacy doesn’t come down to just checking regulatory boxes. When you prioritize transparency and genuine consent, you build trust that drive
In this episode of The Digital Clinic, we dive into building a privacy-compliant MarTech stack with Paul Weinstein, President at Wheelhouse DMG, as he breaks down the comprehensive 12-category guide we created to navigate demanding privacy environments. While evaluating MarTech tools at the intersection of privacy and performance, Paul shares practical insights for building your own compliant marketing infrastructure, revealing why proper privacy compliance doesn't hurt performance—it dramatically improves it. From consent management platforms to data activation tools, this episode delivers th
In this episode of The Digital Clinic, we dive into the rapidly shifting privacy enforcement landscape with Alysa Hutnik, Privacy and Information Security Practice Chair and Partner at Kelley Drye & Warren LLP. Alysa shares practical insights for navigating what she calls "a reckoning in digital privacy", from understanding the complex web of federal and state regulations to building consent-based strategies that actually boost marketing performance instead of limiting it. This episode delivers the strategic guidance you need to transform regulatory challenges into business opportunities, movi
In this episode of the Digital Clinic, we dive into the evolving landscape of healthcare data compliance with Adam Putterman, Co-founder of Ours Privacy, discovering how his company charted a new course from a telehealth platform to a HIPAA-compliant customer data platform that's reshaping healthcare marketing. The conversation reveals the significant transformation healthcare organizations are navigating, moving from pixel-heavy tracking to privacy-first marketing strategies, sparked by evolving regulations and increased enforcement. Whether you're navigating the complexities of state privacy
In this episode of the Digital Clinic, we explore the strategic implementation of AI in healthcare marketing with Diane Hammons, Director of Digital Engagement at WG Content, uncovering how forward-thinking organizations are navigating regulatory requirements while unlocking AI's potential. The conversation reveals practical insights into how LLMs are fundamentally changing healthcare marketing, from requiring new approaches to content structure and user experience design to the need for AI literacy training even in highly regulated environments. Whether you're navigating compliance requiremen
