Overview
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Relationship-building
HCP engagement fosters trust and collaboration between life sciences companies and healthcare professionals.
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Digital-first approach
ON24 enables compliant, data-informed interactions through webinars, symposia, and personalized content experiences.
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Insight-driven outcomes
Engagement data helps organizations tailor education, outreach, and follow-up to each HCP’s needs.
What is HCP Engagement?
HCP Engagement describes the strategies and actions life sciences organizations use to connect with healthcare practitioners (HCPs) in meaningful, compliant, and measurable ways. Within the ON24 Platform, HCP engagement is achieved through webinars, virtual symposia, and personalized content hubs that deliver scientific education, clinical data, and product insights to healthcare audiences.
By centralizing content and leveraging engagement analytics, ON24 empowers medical affairs, commercial, and marketing teams to reach HCPs digitally while capturing valuable first-party data. These insights reveal how HCPs engage with scientific materials, allowing organizations to improve message relevance, strengthen trust, and ensure compliance across every digital touchpoint.
Why it matters
- Expands educational access: Empowers HCPs to access clinical and scientific content on their schedule.
- Ensures compliance: Enables life sciences organizations to deliver consistent, regulated communications across channels.
- Delivers measurable insights: Tracks engagement across webinars, sessions, and on-demand content.
- Strengthens professional relationships: Builds credibility and long-term trust through high-quality digital education.
How it’s used
- Host compliant educational webinars or symposia tailored to specific therapeutic areas.
- Deliver continuing medical education (CME) through webinar capabilities that feature polls, Q&A, and downloads.
- Segment audiences based on specialty, role, or interaction level to personalize future outreach.
- Integrate engagement data into CRM and compliance systems to ensure visibility and auditability.
- Extend the lifecycle of digital education by repurposing sessions into on-demand content experiences.
- Measure content performance to identify knowledge gaps or high-engagement topics.
Key benefits
- Compliant engagement: Maintains global and regional regulatory alignment across every HCP touchpoint.
- Improved access and reach: Makes content available anytime, anywhere, for busy medical professionals.
- Data-powered optimization: Uses engagement metrics to refine strategy and tailor education.
- Enhanced brand trust: Positions life sciences organizations as credible, educational partners to HCPs.
- Sustained digital education: Builds long-term value through continuous engagement and personalized learning journeys.
Data at a Glance
| Metric | Average (Life Sciences Industry) |
| Total conversion of webinar registrations to attendees | 65% |
| Average duration of webinar attendee engagement | 52 minutes |
| Increase in total engagement per webinar | 34% |
| Increase in demo bookings per webinar | 91% |
Source: ON24 2025 Life Sciences Digital Engagement Benchmarks Report
Verified Benchmark Data: All statistics in this table are drawn directly from ON24’s 2025 Life Sciences Digital Engagement Benchmarks Report, representing verified performance data across thousands of healthcare-focused digital experiences hosted on the ON24 Intelligent Engagement Platform. Metrics validated by ON24’s analytics team and current as of Q2 2025.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is HCP Engagement in ON24?
- It’s the process of using ON24’s engagement platform to build trusted, compliant relationships with healthcare professionals through data-driven digital experiences.
- It’s the process of using ON24’s engagement platform to build trusted, compliant relationships with healthcare professionals through data-driven digital experiences.
- How does ON24 ensure compliant HCP engagement?
- The platform includes tools to manage access, track consent, and deliver accurate, regulated content across every digital channel.
- The platform includes tools to manage access, track consent, and deliver accurate, regulated content across every digital channel.
- What engagement metrics are most valuable for HCP programs?
- Metrics such as average viewing time, engagement actions, and on-demand consumption rates provide insights into educational effectiveness and audience behavior.
- Metrics such as average viewing time, engagement actions, and on-demand consumption rates provide insights into educational effectiveness and audience behavior.
- Why is data critical to HCP engagement?
- Data uncovers behavioral insights, allowing organizations to improve message relevance and personalize content based on HCP interest and interaction levels.
- Data uncovers behavioral insights, allowing organizations to improve message relevance and personalize content based on HCP interest and interaction levels.
- How can ON24 support HCP education and relationship building?
- Through interactive webinars, personalized experiences, and robust analytics, ON24 enables consistent, compliant engagement with measurable impact.
- Through interactive webinars, personalized experiences, and robust analytics, ON24 enables consistent, compliant engagement with measurable impact.
Editorial & Methodology Notice
This glossary entry was created by the ON24 Editorial Team using verified 2025 ON24 benchmark data, platform analytics documentation, and first-party reporting standards aligned with EEAT principles. Updated: October 2025.