eHealth Excellence Award Winners Announced at MEDSEEK Client Congress

Birmingham, Ala., May 8, 2014— MEDSEEK, the only provider of a comprehensive patient influence platform for the healthcare industry, announced the winners of the eHealth Excellence Awards during the 2014 Client Congress at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada this week.

“We are proud to recognize these organizations for their accomplishments in patient, clinical and employee engagement and strategic healthcare marketing,” states Dale Edwards, EVP, Account Management, MEDSEEK. “These hospitals are blazing the trail in digital health, equipping individuals to lead healthier lives and ultimately improving population health.”

Carolinas HealthCare System was awarded the Overall eHealth Excellence Award for eHealth Vision and Organizational Commitment. Other winners of the 2014 eHealth Excellence Awards include:

  • University of Colorado Health for Overall Consumer Engagement
  • Legacy Health for  Consumer Engagement - Organic Growth
  • Henry Ford Health System for Consumer Engagement- Interactive Features
  • Scripps Health for Employee Engagement
  • Norton Healthcare for Mobile Engagement
  • Banner Health for Patient Engagement
  • CHE Trinity Health for Physician Engagement
  • University of South Alabama Health System for Search
  • Alegent Creighton Health for Service Line Marketing
  • Methodist Health System - Dallas for Social Engagement
  • Beaufort Memorial Hospital for Wellness Outreach and Disease Management

“While the healthcare landscape is almost always in flux, we have never collectively encountered the sea of change that our industry is undergoing now,” states Peter Kuhn, CEO, MEDSEEK. “Being at Client Congress this week and witnessing top healthcare organizations share best practices of how they are using patient engagement technology to improve healthcare is inspiring, knowing they are making a difference in the lives of so many. We applaud these hospitals and their staff for the amazing work they are doing to influence patient health.”

To learn more about how the MEDSEEK software platform gives hospitals the power to influence patients with virtual tools visit www.medseek.com or contact marketing@medseek.com.

About the eHealth Excellence Awards

MEDSEEK was founded on the premise that the Internet could improve the collaboration between healthcare providers and patients and have partnered with hundreds of organizations to virtually engage, activate and influence patients. The eHealth Excellence Awards program is designed to recognize organizations for their innovation and cultural commitment to improving healthcare using digital solutions. 

About MEDSEEK

Since 1996, MEDSEEK has focused exclusively on building software to help hospitals and health systems virtually influence prospects and patients before and after a physical encounter. Today, the MEDSEEK Influence platform integrates web, mobile, social, predictive analytics and relationship management solutions to help organizations drive profitable volume, improve individual and population health, increase patient satisfaction and create lasting health-related loyalty. Birmingham, AL-based MEDSEEK is proud to serve over 200 customers representing over 1,000 hospitals including many of the top hospital systems in the United States and Canada.

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