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Healthcare Industry Thought Leadership

Health Union’s data-driven industry conversations help pharma make smarter, more effective decisions.
Check out our latest thought leadership pieces below.

More Than Moderators: Why Authentic Expertise is the Core of Our Community Model

November 13, 2025

Health Union's Community Managers don’t just manage discussion forums, they nurture a thriving, condition-specific ecosystem where validation and understanding empower patients and caregivers.

Redefining “Community”: From Niche to Next-Generation Performance and Scale

November 10, 2025

Discover how 1P data and a powerful tech stack prove that patient communities can deliver unrivaled quality and massive scale.

Building Authentic Connections: The Core of Health Union’s Community Model

October 30, 2025

What sets Health Union’s model apart? Learn how expert community managers and peer-to-peer validation build the confidence patients need to take action in their health journey.

Maximize Your Programmatic Reach: The Power of Audience Diversification

October 16, 2025

Maximize programmatic reach by diversifying your audience strategy. Learn how utilizing partners with differentiated data and granular segmentation unlocks net-new, high-intent audiences to connect with patients at critical decision points. Discover how Health Union delivers superior Audience Quality Index performance

What Healthcare Marketers Should Know About Connecting With Women

November 22, 2021

It’s vital that healthcare marketers connect with women. Women make up 50.8% of the US population and make 80% of the healthcare decisions.

5 Unique Terms Patients Use to Describe Health Experiences

October 5, 2021

Here are five (of many) unique terms used by people with chronic conditions to increase understanding about what they represent to patients.

[Infographic] Social Health: The New Patient Journey

September 17, 2021

Patients are seeking dynamic, ever-changing social health connections online that have reinvented the patient journey – and pharma’s role in it.

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The Many Frustrations of Explaining Your Condition to Others

August 9, 2021

Findings across Health Union’s surveys can help spotlight some of the frustrations, context and nuances people face when discussing their conditions.

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