Published on August 31, 2009
Geonetric News Release
Geonetric Launches Enhanced Website for Mary Greeley Medical Center
New Web presence better serves patients and community, and reflects the organization's "Specialized Care. Personal Touch." vision
Cedar Rapids, IA - August 31, 2009 - Geonetric, an online solutions provider for the healthcare industry, and Mary Greeley Medical Center (MGMC), headquartered in Ames, Iowa, launched a new website today.
The new site, www.mgmc.org, showcases user-centered navigation, patient-focused content, and an impressive list of functionality - all which demonstrate the organization's dedication to specialized care delivered with a personal touch.
"The new website provides an updated, compelling design and makes information more accessible to patients and our community," says Ron Smith, planning and research coordinator at MGMC. "Geonetric provided exceptional guidance to our team, enabling us to develop engaging Web content that really resonates with our audience. Geonetric's software, VitalSite®, gave our team unprecedented ownership and control over our site, allowing us to keep home page banners fresh and effectively cross-promote our programs and services."
The site is built on Geonetric's award winning software, VitalSite, and includes functionality that allows users to easily find doctors and services. MGMC's site features Geonetric's latest doctors SmartPanel - which displays doctor photos and contact information automatically on pages with related services. Driving additional traffic to the site is also an important goal for the organization, and together MGMC and Geonetric implemented a plan to optimize search engine results.
The site boasts an extensive list of functionality including: baby photos, foundation donations, bill payment, appointment requests, calendar and events registration, press center, gift shop, cheer cards, pre-registration, volunteer center, interactive calculators, lifelines and quizzes, photo slider, clinical trials and requests, quality reports and recipe center.
MGMC's site offers visitors the ability to search for credible health information through utilization of A.D.A.M. content. It also features quality reports that are built dynamically.
In the next phase, MGMC and Geonetric will implement an eNewsletter center, develop a strategy to take the site mobile, and expand the hospital's social media presence.
About Mary Greeley Medical Center
Mary Greeley Medical Center is a 220-bed regional referral center headquartered in Ames, Iowa. The medical center has combined extraordinary people with state-of-the-art facilities in a progressive community to build a reputation as a dependable healthcare provider for Central Iowa.
Mary Greeley Medical Center serves a 13-county region in Central Iowa with more than 1,400 staff members and more than 170 physicians offering more than 50 specialties and subspecialties. Mary Greeley Medical Center provides patients with high quality, compassionate care and services usually reserved for major metropolitan areas.
