Children's Memorial's website wins awards in 2008
November 24, 2008 — Our website has been honored again this year with several awards. Most notable are the two awards from eHealthcare Leadership from Healthcare Communications: a “gold” award for the “Best e-Business” site among hospitals with beds numbering between 200 and 399, and a “distinction” award for “Best Overall Internet Site” in that same bed range. The awards were announced at the Twelfth Annual Healthcare Internet Conference held in Orlando, Florida, in November. Sites receiving the 2008 eHealthcare Leadership Awards were selected from more than 1,100 entries. A total of 114 individuals familiar with healthcare and the internet judged the entries.
“A growing number of healthcare organizations are clearly embracing the web and emerging technologies,” says Mark Gothberg, eHealthcare Leadership Awards chairman. “The 2008 awards program attracted entries from a diverse range of organizations. Even after the bar for winning an award was raised, a record number of sites made the cut.”
Investments in e-business functions continue to expand and deliver a significant, measurable value. “Two key functions are employee recruitment and physician referral,” says Gothberg. “But the really big payoff comes from the integration of service details with health content.”
Winners of platinum, gold, silver, and distinction awards represented 17 industry classifications, from hospitals and health systems to pharmaceutical firms and online health companies. Awards were given in 12 different categories: Best Site Design, Best Interactive, Best Health/Healthcare Content, Best e-Business, Best Care/Disease Management, Best Web 2.0/Rich Media, Best Employee Recruitment, Best Quality Communication, Best Newsroom, Best Overall Internet Site, Best Intranet Site, and eHealth Organizational Commitment. Judges looked at how sites compared with others in their organization’s classification. They also reviewed sites based on a proprietary multi-point standard of internet excellence.
“Every year, competition is especially strong in the large hospital, healthcare system, and managed care classifications, and 2008 is no exception,” says Gothberg. Best Health/Healthcare Content, Best Site Design, and Best Overall Internet Site categories drew the most entries. There were also a large number of entries in the Best Intranet category.
The eHealthcare Leadership Awards program was developed and first presented nine years ago by eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, an internet resource published by Health Care Communications. The Twelfth Annual Healthcare Internet Conference was sponsored by Greystone.Net, an Atlanta-based strategy firm, and StayWell Custom Communications, an Evanston, IL-based content supplier. Find more information here on the eHealthcare Leadership Awards.
A merit winner in the WWW Health Awards
Children's Memorial Hospital also was named a “Merit” winner in the Spring/Summer 2008 World Wide Web Health Awards in the Health Promotion/Disease and Injury Prevention Web category for “Hospitals and Health Care Systems.” The awards are sponsored by the National Health Information Awards program, which is organized by the Health Information Resource Center (HIRC), a national clearinghouse for consumer health programs and materials. Find more information here on the WWW Health Awards.
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