eHealthcare Leadership Awards Begins Call for Entries; 12 Categories in Eighth Annual Competition to Recognize Outstanding Healthcare Web Sites.RYE, N.Y. -- The eHealthcare Leadership Awards program, which drew more than 1,100 entries last year, recognizes the best Web sites of healthcare organizations, online companies, pharmaceutical/medical equipment firms, corporate suppliers, and business improvement initiatives. The program is presented by eHealthcare Strategy & Trends. "The Awards program continues to mirror the changing nature of e-health E-health Informatics A philosophy that empowers–E = electronic–health care consumers by bringing information, products and services online and reflect new technologies," says Mark Gothberg, Awards chairman and editor of eHealthcare Strategy & Trends. "No longer a simple informational vehicle, the Internet now includes revenue and cost-savings centers that affect patient satisfaction and safety, physician productivity, and employee effectiveness and efficiency. A focus on quality and pricing transparency (1) The quality of being able to see through a material. The terms transparency and translucency are often used synonymously; however, transparent would technically mean "seeing through clear glass," while translucent would mean "seeing through frosted glass." See alpha blending. has also emerged." The 2007 program features a new award category - Best Newsroom. The other award categories are Best Site Design, Best Health/Healthcare Content, Best Interactive, Best Care/Disease Management, Best e-Business, Best Employee Recruitment, Best Rich Media, Best Quality Communication, Best Overall Internet Site, Best Intranet Site, and eHealth Organizational Commitment In the study of organizational behavior and Industrial/Organizational Psychology, organizational commitment is, in a general sense, the employee's psychological attachment to the organization. . Organizations enter under one of 17 classifications so that they compete only against others of comparable type, size, and resources. Platinum, gold, silver, and distinction awards may be given in every classification for each award category. An independent panel of individuals familiar with healthcare and the Internet evaluates entries. Winners will be honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. during the Eleventh In music or music theory an eleventh is the note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord and also the interval between the root and the eleventh. Since there are only seven degrees in a diatonic scale the eleventh degree is the same as the subdominant and the interval Annual Healthcare Internet Conference, November 4 - 6, in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . Major supporters of the Awards are Blausen Medical Communications Blausen Medical Communications, based in Houston, Texas, is a medical and scientific communications firm specializing in branding and 3D medical animations. Founded in 1991 by Bruce Blausen, the company has become a provider of biomedical visualizations and has developed a library , a Houston-based supplier of medical animation and graphics; Coffey Communications, a Walla wal·la n. Variant of wallah. , Walla, WA-based provider of print and online healthcare content; Element115.net, an information technology solutions company in Chicago; IGCN, an Easton, PA, firm that offers such products and services as content management and interactive disease management; Atlanta-based PhotoBooks, which provides physician directories and custom Web sites; Professional Research Consultants, an Omaha, NE-based market and customer research firm; and StayWell Custom Communications, an Evanston, IL-based supplier of custom Web solutions and print publications. Published by Rye, NY-based Health Care Communications, eHealthcare Strategy & Trends is a leading publication for Internet knowledge and management. Organizations can enter at www.strategichealthcare.com/awards or call 914/967-6741. Entry deadline is June 30. Design, strategy, and PR firms may enter on behalf of clients. |
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