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Talking Points on the Benefits of Healthcare Communication & Marketing

Talking Points on the Benefits of Healthcare Communication & Marketing

The CHC has developed a series of factoids on How Healthcare Communication and Marketing Improves Health Outcomes – supported by references to cited studies and research – to convey how healthcare communication and marketing benefits patients, the healthcare system and the U.S. economy. It’s also fundamentally good for business messaging. Take them and make them […]

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CHC Earned Media (updated 4-9-25)

CHC Earned Media (updated 4-9-25)

The following are earned news media articles, webinars and podcasts with contributions by CHC staff and member interviews and presentations. Framing DTC Rx Ad Ban: to convey courts, regulatory and legislative history that a DTC Rx advertising ban would ‘not be easily accomplished. RFK Jr.’s HHS gutted OPDP. How will it impact pharma advertising? (MM+M, […]

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Former CHC Board Chairs Sharon Callahan and Nick Colucci Named as 2025 MAHF Inductees

Former CHC Board Chairs Sharon Callahan and Nick Colucci Named as 2025 MAHF Inductees

Two former board chairs of the Coalition for Healthcare Communication (CHC) were named as the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame (MAHF) 2025 inductees – Sharon Callahan, former Chief Client Officer at Omnicom Health Group (OHG), and Nick Colucci, former Chairman and CEO of Publicis Health/COO of Publicis Groupe North America. The inductees will be honored […]

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Violet Aldaia Elected New CHC Board Chair

Violet Aldaia Elected New CHC Board Chair

Violet Aldaia has been elected as the new board chair of the Coalition for Healthcare Communication (CHC), a subsidiary of 4A’s, representing healthcare advertising, publishing and communications companies. She follows Jay Carter, former Executive Vice President of Business Development for AbelsonTaylor. Violet is President of Havas Life Chelsea, one of Havas Health Network’s flagship health […]

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CHC Names Compliancy Group as a Preferred Partner for HIPAA Compliance

CHC Names Compliancy Group as a Preferred Partner for HIPAA Compliance

As a Preferred Partner for HIPAA and cybersecurity compliance, CHC and 4A’s members will receive a special members-only discounted rate for automated compliance management, staff training, and business associate agreement tracking. Compliancy Group’s software, the Guard, eliminates the burden of compliance in a simple, fast, and affordable way. Released in conjunction with the joint 4A’s […]

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James Potter Named as New CHC Executive Director

James Potter Named as New CHC Executive Director

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 28, 2023 – James (Jim) Potter has been named the new Executive Director for the Coalition of Healthcare Communications (CHC), following the retirement of Jon Bigelow, and its acquisition by the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s) in 2022. The acquisition was made to enable the CHC to expand their capabilities for […]

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4A’s Acquires the Coalition for Healthcare Communication

4A’s Acquires the Coalition for Healthcare Communication

December 14, 2022 — The American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s), the leading U.S.-based advertising trade association serving more than 600+ members nationwide, today announced the acquisition of the Coalition for Healthcare Communication (CHC). Founded in 1993, the Coalition for Healthcare Communication (CHC) promotes the free exchange of accurate, credible, and scientifically sound healthcare information. […]

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Carter: CHC Plays Vital Role in Protecting our Industry

Carter: CHC Plays Vital Role in Protecting our Industry

March 24, 2022 – By Jay Carter, EVP/Director of Business Development, AbelsonTaylor In remarks I made recently at the 2022 Medical Advertising Hall of Fame gala, I asked the following questions, which I think are especially applicable here: Do you work on communications to consumers or patients regularly? Do you work on digital initiatives as […]

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Webinar: Biden Year Two, the 50/50 Senate, Looming Midterms: What Will Health Policy Look Like in 2022?

Webinar: Biden Year Two, the 50/50 Senate, Looming Midterms: What Will Health Policy Look Like in 2022?

Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, 12 p.m.-1 p.m. ET What were the most surprising aspects of health policy and regulation during the first year of the Biden administration? And what lies ahead for the second year, given the key players, the continuing pandemic, a tightly-divided Congress, and midterm elections that may flip control in one or […]

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Rising Leaders Conference Set for Nov. 18-19: Reserve Your Place Today!

Rising Leaders Conference Set for Nov. 18-19: Reserve Your Place Today!

March 12, 2020 —[Note: Due to the coronavirus epidemic, the Conference has been rescheduled from May.] Healthcare was already the top issue for voters—and the coronavirus pandemic only intensifies the focus heading into a hotly-contested election. Both parties want to “do something” about the cost of healthcare and especially drug prices, and what happens when […]

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