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Texas Family Medicine Website LIVE

We are proud to bring you a new live Texas Family Medicine website. The Family Medicine Associates of Texas provide excellent, comprehensive medical care to each member of the family. Their emphasis is on preventive medicine as a way of promoting long term health and well-being for the whole family. Texas Family Medicine’s wide range of health services include pediatric and adolescent care, women’s health, immunizations, allergy testing and treatment, dermatological procedures, and complete physical examinations including cancer screening. Visit our client showcase to learn more about family practice website design.

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Demand for Elder Care and Retirement Home Services Increases as Baby Boomers Retire

The post-World War II baby boom changed more than just the age dynamic in the United States.  The exploding youth population between 1946 and 1964 has had a huge influence on the social climate, economic development, and the workforce over the past seventy-five years.  We’ve been closely following the effects of the enormous population of this age bracket – and now that the baby boomers’ retirement is in full swing (and the oldest boomers are starting to enter retirement homes in increasing quantities), it’s more important than ever to adjust our healthcare services to accommodate their Retirement Home Website Designchanging needs.

Many Americans struggle with the decision to place their parents in a retirement home or assisted living center, and those who don’t often feel the impact of caring for older relatives on their lives.  According to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, adults caring for old and chronically ill relatives report higher levels of stress, poorer health, and an increased risk of engaging in unhealthy behaviors to cope with their stress levels.  Over 55% of these home caregivers report feeling overwhelmed.  Many simply don’t have the medical knowledge or skills to provide adequate care, and it’s often simply the best choice to place an ill parent in a geriatric care facility with the means to provide good medical care.

These geriatric care facilities are expecting to see an explosion in patient intake in the next several years as the baby boomers begin to pass retirement age and begin requiring more medical attention.  As more and more middle-aged and young adults are using the internet to research physicians or hospitals, geriatric care centers will need to pay more attention to how their clients (or, equally likely, their clients’ children) are finding them.  Retirement homes, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospice care centers will need to pay more attention to retirement home website design and geriatric website design to keep their facility visible online and draw the attention of computer-savvy adults looking to find the best care available in the best location for their relatives.  Staying ahead in medical marketing means thinking about the whole picture – it’s important to look beyond who your clients are and consider how they’re coming to you and what the best way to present your practice in a positive light would be.

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New Live Pain Rehabilitation Website

CareFirst Medical Associates and Pain Rehabilitation Center provides exceptional treatment and care for acute and chronic pain, personal injury, occupational therapy, and urgent care. Their multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals are committed to offering a supportive and caring environment for their patients in order to handle the wide range of medical issues surrounding pain treatment and management. To learn more, visit our pain management website design showcase.

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Urology Georgia New Live Website

Medical Web Experts is pleased to bring you the Advanced Urology Institute of Georgia new LIVE website. Urology Georgia professionals are experts in minimally invasive surgery, robotic surgery, endourology and laser surgery and are committed to providing outstanding service and exceptional quality care. They handle all urological conditions from kidney stones to prostate cancer to recurrent urinary infections. Visit the urology website design page to learn more!

 

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Three Ugly-But-Successful Websites – and Why They Work

Medical website design experts focus on building websites that are both intuitive for patients to use and easy on the eyes.  Though having a great medical website with excellent content and an aesthetically pleasing design is one of the best things you can do for your business, unattractive websites can sometimes be successful.  Medical website designers can learn a lot from the few ugly gems that have hit it big with users.

1.  Craigslist.  Arguably the most influential classified advertising website in the world, craigslist.com has built a reputation as an excellent online resource as much as it has for scandal and strife.  The design of the site is startlingly simple – a white background filled with row after row and column after column of plain, lowercase text.  No images, no flash, and no scrolling banners or large headers.  The simplicity of the site is one of the things that make it so successful and easy-to-use.  It’s accessible and the columns and rows exist to organize the material on the site.  By focusing on function first, the site’s designers have made it so intuitive that people can’t help but appreciate it.

medical website design2.  eBay.  eBay.com is one of the most link-cluttered websites on the internet.  In addition to the homepage loaded with links, images, headings and buttons, the bright primary color scheme filling every page should make it hard on the eyes.  However, the organization of the site makes it someone easy for users to find a category they’re looking for as well as search the site.  The colors make it memorable – and the design makes it easy to shop.

3.  IMDB.com.  The Internet Movie Database – after having branded itself as “IMDB” – has built a huge following among movie and TV buffs as well as people interested simply in finding quick information on an actor or film.  The cheesy movie-reel theme has recently given way to a cleaner and smaller banner, but the long pages (requiring users to scroll through dozens of paragraphs of content under different headings) are still there.  Though it’s a lot of content organized into small sections on one page, it’s somewhat sensible – and regular users know exactly which section to go to in order to find what they’re looking for.  There’s something comforting and familiar about being able to see the same data for any given film.

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EMR Success Requires Some Attention to Detail

It’s no secret that transitioning to electronic medical records can be difficult for some practices.  Beyond the stress of choosing a system, financing, and teaching your team to use the equipment, many medical offices find themselves avoiding the amazing benefits of an EMR system simply because of the trouble they expect related to implementation.Patient Portal

As discussed by medical software blogger Katie Matlack, who covers medical software for Software Advice, a free online resource, EMR systems offer amazing benefits for office organization, patient portal compatibility, medical office marketing and overall improved patient care that doctors simply can’t ignore (and financial penalties for not implementing EMR by 2015 provide an additional reason for switching).  Matlack interviewed three providers who have successfully implemented EMR at their practices – which range in size from 5 to 26 practitioners – to find out what advice they can offer for physicians looking to begin using electronic medical records.  The suggestions her interviewees offered recommend a bit of detail-oriented thinking to set up a system that meets all the practice’s needs and runs as smoothly as possible.

Highlights from the list of tips include:

  • Carefully read over and arrange the vendor agreement details.  Have everything as a signed contract.  Being sure about your vendor agreement, product details, warranties, etc. will prevent a host of problems in the future related to miscommunications between you and your vendor.  (Addendum: it may be wise to have an EMR attorney look over your EMR contracts and agreements to help clear up any questions and be sure that the contract benefits you.)
  • Choose a system for your specialty.  A podiatry clinic has different needs than a cardiology practice or a pediatrician’s office.  To be sure that you’ll have the right features, pick a customizable EMR designed for your specialty.
  • Create a system for scanning records.  Design a system for your staff to help organize data entry.  Your system may end up being somewhat complicated, but having clear rules about whether to scan new patient files, chart manually, or enter directly will make transition much smoother during the workday.

Click here to read the original article (and five more tips).

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How Personalized Google Results are Changing the Face of SEO Rankings

People often think of search engine rankings as something universal, seen the same by any person who enters a given search term into Google from any place.  Internet marketing experts Googleknow that Google’s algorithm incorporates a number of personalized factors into its rankings – factors that change the way you see results from different locations, different computers, and even with different friends.

In each search query, Google utilizes:

  • Local search results.  Google brings up results specific to your area.  Searching a term like “chiropractor” or “dermatologist” will bring up a list of sites for businesses located in your area.  These local results are so important that many SEO agencies have set up proxy servers in other cities to check local rankings.
  • Your search history.  Google also incorporates results from terms you’ve already searched and links you’ve already clicked on in order to deliver what they call “personalized results.”
  • Your Google+ network.  If you’re using Google+, what your friends have searched and recommended has a huge impact on the results returned.
  • A number of other factors.

So how is this changing how we interpret Google rankings in light of marketing for doctors?  We need to take into account the fact that each person who may potentially search a keyword that we’re targeting will have their results strongly influenced by a number of factors totally out of a marketing agency’s control.  Each of our client’s potential clients is seeing the search results differently – and while it’s true that there’s no way to change this, we can keep it in mind while writing reports and analyzing the results.

Many argue that this means that search engine rankings reports have considerably less meaning and usefulness for doctor marketing now that we’re not all seeing rankings equally.  Instead of seeing rankings reports as the absolute way of measuring success, we can use analytics to look deeper into which search terms are influencing traffic to the pages.  This can tell us more about who’s landing on the page and how we can optimize it to improve traffic.  It’s a simple reminder that the goal of internet marketing is to get more leads – not necessarily just number-one Google rankings.

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New website LIVE!

prn healthPRN Health Service provides in-home care for delicate children with a personal and family-oriented touch. A grassroots firm with over 30 years of experience, PRN aims to develop a care plan that meets your child’s needs, respects the family dynamic and helps to build your family’s confidence in caring for your child.

Find out more about child healthcare in Pennsylvania today!

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DHEA Supplementation for Female Fertility Website LIVE

Medical Web Experts is pleased to bring you a new LIVE WEBSITE! FERTINATAL is the first and only DHEA supplement that is specifically designed to enhance female fertility. Endorsed by the Center for Human Reproduction, the only center to hold patents regarding DHEA supplementation, this new fertility supplement is plant-derived and micronized. It has been triple-tested for potency and particle size. FERTINATAL and CHR are committed to bringing quality research and development to the infertility field. To learn more about FERTINATAL, click here.

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Healthcare Web Portal from Medical Web Experts Featured on New Social Website How2Connect.com

December 19, 2011 (San Diego, CA) – Healthcare web portal and medical web design agency Medical Web Experts is announcing their partnership with How2Connect.com – an online provider of therapeutic services that promotes health, wellness and community.  Medical Web Experts has developed a unique online patient web portal custom-built for wellness, and it will allow users to communicate securely with licensed clinicians as well as learn new techniques for improving their health.

“How2Connect.com’s groundbreaking approach to behavioral healthcare – paired with our advanced portal technology – is a perfect combination for effective healthcare delivery in the internet age,” says John Deutsch, CEO and founder of Medical Web Experts.

How2Connect.com is a new therapeutic and social networking site that allows users to connect and get behavioral health services all at affordable prices while using the anonymity of the internet.  Members are able to seek behavioral health therapy, explore questions in spirituality, and improve their health and wellness with advice from real medical professionals.  Users can use the site as a viable resource to improve their health and gain balance in their lives through the robust Wellness area, which features the Medical Web Experts Patient Portal.  Experienced in medical practice and hospital patient portal design, this new wellness portal will allow patients to log in over a secure, HIPAA-compatible connection and communicate directly with medical staff to ask questions and find new solutions to improve their health.

“We needed genuine experts to help us realize our vision and that is exactly what we found with the aptly named Medical Web Experts,” said Tracy Wood, President of How2Connect.com. “Bringing affordable therapeutic healthcare services plus a rich social networking experience to people who might otherwise not have access to what they really need is a tremendous reward in itself, but the frosting on the cake has been this collaboration with true professionals,” she said.

Selected due to its customizability and advanced medical records integration system, the portal also allows users communicate their health needs to their online wellness coach as well as incorporating online medical records.  The portal allows for video eConsultations and secure messaging with medical staff; Health Tracker software to keep track of vital signs or weight loss; interactive education resources and more.  Users of How2Connect.com will also enjoy weight loss help; men’s and women’s wellness resources; recipes and nutrition education; and spiritual guidance to help find both mental and physical balance in their lives.

“I see a tremendous amount of opportunity in this partnership,” adds Deutsch.  “Patients are putting additional importance on wellness and spiritual well-being as a form of preventive medicine.”  The Medical Web Experts Patient Portal helps How2Connect incorporate spiritual, social, mental and physical health and offers users a new way to enrich their lives through an interactive online community.

 

About How2Connect.com
How2Connect.com is an interactive online Behavioral health, wellness site and interactive site that offers users many ways to improve their spiritual, emotional and physical well-being with resources from medical professionals, therapists and a community of like-minded individuals.  Members can seek online therapy and health consultations, explore their spirituality, engage in the interactive portal, and create an “avatar” to interact in a virtual world with other How2Connect members.  The site launches in early 2012.  For more information, visit http://www.How2Connect.com.

About Medical Web Experts
A subsidy of New Wave Enterprises, LLC, Medical Web Experts offers healthcare web design for physician practices, hospitals, and all other healthcare organizations.  Their totally customizable Enterprise Patient Portal allows healthcare organizations of all types to incorporate a HIPAA-friendly login portal on their websites, improving their patients’ experience as well as boosting revenue and efficiency.  For more information, visit http://www.medicalwebexperts.com.

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