SHSMD Resource Library

About SHSMD

The Society for Healthcare Strategy & Market Development (SHSMD), a personal membership group of the American Hospital Association, is the largest and most prominent voice and resource for healthcare strategists, planners, marketers, and communications and public relations professionals nationwide. SHSMD is committed to helping its members meet the future with greater knowledge and opportunity as their organizations work to improve their communities’ health status and quality of life. View the SHSMD Values.

SHSMD serves more than 4,000 members—professionals who work in all healthcare sectors, including hospitals and health systems, physician groups, consulting firms, advertising and public relations agencies, and service providers.

Join SHSMD

Perhaps the only things changing faster than healthcare are the healthcare strategy professions, where new tools and higher expectations are rewriting the playbook daily. With access to the latest marketing instruments, SHSMD can help take your strategies to the top.

The people who join SHSMD don’t want that playbook written for them or have their future determined by others. Instead, they are the ones who want to play a role in where their profession and their industry are heading. They are the people—just like you—who join SHSMD.

Visit SHSMD’s membership testimonials and application page.

Connect With SHSMD

Follow the SHSMD Blog and keep updated on all the great news and happenings occurring in the SHSMD community. Follow SHSMD on social media for quick and instant updates.