A Modern Hospital Website July 16, 2009
Posted by Dr. Bertalan Meskó in Health, Health 2.0, Hospital, Medicine, Web 2.0.trackback
John D. Halamka is an exceptional health blogger and Chief Information Officer and Dean for Technology at Harvard Medical School. He just blogged about the new website of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. I know I always use Mayo Clinic as a perfect example about how to create a proper web 2.0 coverage for a hospital, but this one is another good example.
Halamka blogged about the features as well:
- Blogs – Uses a SiteCore provided blogging module
- Chat – a commercial application called Cute Chat from CuteSoft.
- BIDMC TV (news and information videos produced by BIDMC)- Hosted by BrightCove.
- Medical Edge (videos about innovation produced by BIDMC)- Hosted by BrightCove.
- Podcast Gallery – Hosted on BIDMC servers.
- Health Quizzes – created using a commercial application called SelectSurvey.NET from ClassApps.
- Social Networking – entirely hosted by outside service providers (Facebook/Twitter/You Tube).
- Secure patient web pages for communication with their families – a commercial application provided by CarePages.
- Conditions A-Z – a web-based encyclopedia branded for BIDMC using commercial reference provided by Ebsco.
- Search Engine – We’re using a Google Appliance
This hospital website is not only modern but its really informative as well as all Social and everything are included