Garden City Hospital's Website Wins Gold in 2012 MarCom Awards

MarCom Awards recently announced Garden City Hospital, Garden City, MI, won a Gold Award for outstanding Medical Website in its 2012 international awards competition.

2012-11-29

WIXOM, MI, November 29, 2012 (Press-News.org) MarCom Awards recently announced Garden City Hospital, Garden City, MI, won a Gold Award for outstanding Medical Website in its 2012 international awards competition. The competition recognizes high standards in fields of marketing, communications and interactive media. Garden City hospital's website, http://www.gch.org, was produced by Biznet Internet Solutions in Wixom, MI, utilizing the Kentico CMS platform. The site's simple, bold design reflects the hospital's brand while providing improved access to interactive features that health care consumers want today.

New features included a custom physician search with fields such as gender, languages spoken and office location. Users can request appointments online as well as pre-register for tests and procedures. Other features include an ER wait times live feed, a video library, a custom health information interface, and an events calendar.

Honorees in the 2012 MarCom Awards range from individual communicators to media conglomerates and Fortune 500 companies. This year, more than 6,000 entries were submitted. MarCom Awards is administered and judged by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals. Judges are industry professionals who look for companies and individuals whose talent exceeds a high standard of excellence and whose work serves as a benchmark for the industry. For a complete list of winners, please visit http://www.marcomawards.com/

Garden City Hospital is an award-winning osteopathic teaching hospital located in Garden City, Mich. It provides care to the community in more than 45 medical specialties with related services including emergency, surgery, orthopedics, oncology, neurology and cardiac care. For more information, visit http://www.gch.org.

Based in Wixom, Mich., Biznet Internet Solutions is an ROI-focused, full service web solutions company. Core offerings include creation of business and mobile websites, advertising agency support and Internet marketing, including search and social media marketing. Biznet Internet Solutions is a Kentico CMS Gold Certified Partner. For more information, visit http://www.biznetis.net.

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