Best Health Care Website to be Named by Web Marketing Association in 21st Annual WebAward Competition

Boston, MA, March 13, 2017 --(PR.com)-- The Web Marketing Association is looking for the best healthcare websites in the world as part of their 21st annual international WebAward Competition for Web site development at www.webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets benchmarks for 96 industries, including healthcare, healthcare provider, medical, medical equipment, biotechnology and pharmaceutical websites, based on the seven criteria of a successful web site. The deadline for Healthcare websites to enter to be judged is May 31, 2017.

“Excellence deserves recognition. The healthcare industry is very competitive when it comes to Web development and many companies deserve to be recognized for their online efforts,” said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. “Healthcare web sites are typically strong in terms of content and copywriting due to their role of helping the organization become a trusted medical source. In past years, judges have also scored these sites well in ease of use, and design; however, they can tend to lag in innovation and use of technology.”

Websites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use. Each WebAward entry in the Health Care category is judged against other healthcare sites and then against an overall standard of excellence.

All healthcare entrants benefit from receiving valuable feedback in terms of their specific criteria scores compared against the average scores for their industry. They also may receive specific comments from the WebAward’s professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.

Winners of a WebAward in the health care category will also receive:
· Handsome statue or certificate of achievement
· Increased visibility for their company
· Marketing opportunity to promote the company website to the media
· Links to your site from the highly ranked WebAward site to help SEO
· A highlight for your resume.
· Admiration of peers, friends and co-workers

Each year, the Web Marketing Association names the Best of Industry for the various health care categories based on the score they receive from the WebAward judges.

Winners of the Best Health Care Web Site include:

- 2016 – IPG Marketing Team for IPG.com Website Re-Design
- 2015 – Ha Design Studio for Trainer Rx
- 2014 - Corcept Therapeutics & Heartbeat Ideas for Cushing's Connection
- 2013 – Incubate for Shire: HealTogether
- 2012 - Cyber-Duck Ltd for London Cardiovascular Clinic
- 2011 – Siren Interactive for Diagnosing Acute Intermittent Porphyria
- 2010 - Bridge Worldwide for Prilosec OTC - The Official Sponsor of You

Winners of the Best Health Care Provider Web Site include:

- 2016 – SapientNitro & Harken Health for Harken Health Public Site
- 2015 – Scorpion for Good Samaritan Hospital
- 2014 – Christiana Care Health System for Christiana Care News
- 2013 – Concord Hospital and Geonetric for Concord Hospital Website
- 2012 - Acodez IT Solutions for Mother Dental Super Speciality Clinic
- 2011 – St. Louis Children's Hospital for St. Louis Children's Hospital
- 2010 - Resurrection Health Care for Resurrection Health Care

Winners of the Best Medical Web Site include:

- 2015 – Morrison for QSpex Technologies Website
- 2014 – CommonPlaces, Inc. for Capsule Tech
- 2013 – Bold Array for Summit Imaging Website
- 2012 - Overdrive Interactive for Cold-EEZE Website
- 2011 – Nobel Biocare for Nobel Biocare Dental Professional Website
- 2010 - St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for Cure4Kids

Winners of the Best Medial Equipment Web Site include:

- 2016 - CommonPlaces for BK Ultrasound 2015 – Morrison for QSpex Technologies Website
- 2014 – CommonPlaces, Inc. for Capsule Tech
- 2013 – Bold Array for Summit Imaging Website
- 2012 – pilot for ottobock. Living with Michelangelo.
- 2011 – Pixel Light Digital Media, Inc. for Empi Active product web site
- 2010 - Boston Interactive - Palomar Medical Technologies

Winners of the Best Biotechnology Web Site include:

- 2016 – 3 Media Web for MatTek Corporation
- 2015 – Bridgeline Digital for YSI Website
- 2014 – SharpMotion for AceCGT NutriGene Website
- 2013 – Euroweb Internet GmbH for Ulrich Berninger Wassertechnik
- 2012 - Bluetube Interactive for Kimberly Clark Product Selector
- 2011 – Phenomenex, Inc. for Phenomenex.com
- 2010 - Naturxan CreatiVerge for Naturxan.com

Winners of the Best Pharmaceutical Web Site include:

- 2016 – BioMarin for BioMarin Careers
- 2015 – Lyons Consulting Group for Gene.com
- 2014 – Given Imaging and Intouch Solutions for PillCamCrohns.com (Best of Show)
- 2013 – BGT Partners for Quintiles Website Redesign
- 2012 - Intouch Solutions for iBGStar Blood Glucose Monitoring System
- 2011 – Campbell-Ewald for McKesson BOP
- 2010 – Heartbeat Ideas and sanofi-aventis U.S. LLC. for Xyzal Website

Healthcare Websites can be entered into consideration for the 2017 Best Healthcare Website and other medical-related WebAwards at the WebAward Website.

The 2017 WebAwards are sponsored by the following leading organizations: PR.com, EContent Magazine, iContact, ad:tech conferences, Cranbery Radio, and Website Magazine. The Web Marketing Association thanks these companies for their commitment to the entire online marketing community.

About the WebAwards

The Web Marketing Association was founded in 1997 to help define the standard of excellence for online marketing. Our internationally known award programs, such as WebAward Competition for Website Development, Internet Advertising Competition and the MobileWebAwards, recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing the most effective online marketing programs on the Internet today. Entrants benefit from assessment of their marketing efforts by a professional judging panel and the marketing opportunities presented by being recognized as an award-winning web developer.