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IHealthSpot. com wins eHealthcare Leadership Award for Orthopedic Practice Website

IHealthSpot. com wins eHealthcare Leadership Award for Orthopedic Practice Website

IHealthSpot was honored with a Distinction eHealthcare Leadership Award for best ebusiness site for South Palm Orthopedics during the Twelfth Annual Healthcare Internet Conference.

Margate, FL (PRWEB) December 4, 2008

iHealthSpot was honored with a Distinction eHealthcare Leadership Award for best ebusiness site for South Palm Orthopedics during the Twelfth Annual Healthcare Internet Conference.

Only 235 healthcare organizations were recognized with over 1,100 entries vying for the prestigious awards. The website features that made South Palm Orthopedics (www. SouthPalmOrthopedics. com) shine among the competition were the interactive online patient registration and health history forms, physician referral forms, online appointment requests, Interactive patient education with 3D animations, online newsletter sign up, and online prescription requests.

In 2006 iHealthSpot. com built the website, www. SouthPalmOrthopedics. com, as a marketing and operational tool to allow the busy orthopedic practice to use the Internet to effectively market to patients and streamline their operations. "We are very excited to be recognized as a leader in providing cutting edge Interactive websites that embrace emerging technologies and allow medical practices to provide a virtual office online " stated Mary Hall, CEO of iHealthSpot. com, "The Interactive features in our website products really set us apart from our competition. It is our continued goal to provide all of our clients with the tools they need to actively engage their patients through their websites."

IHealthSpot continues to set the precedent in providing innovative technology options for medical practice clients and their websites such as online bill pay, secure online forms, appointment requests, prescription requests, physician referrals, easy online publishing tools, message boards and blogs, Interactive patient education with 3D animations, online newsletters and email capture, all at an affordable price.

"We were thrilled to learn of our award winning entry." said Patsy Smith, Practice Administrator of South Palm Orthopedics, "We have found iHealthSpot to be an irreplaceable partner in developing and maintaining our website. Our website allows us to market to new patients, service existing patients and operate more effectively and efficiently." The South Florida based practice provides comprehensive orthopedic care and is recognized in South Florida as a foremost authority in advanced techniques for diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of a variety of orthopedic conditions including severe trauma, minimally invasive joint replacement and complex hand conditions and treatments.

The eHealthcare Leadership Awards program was developed and first presented nine years ago by eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, a leading Internet resource published by Health Care Communications, Rye, NY. The Twelfth Annual Healthcare Internet Conference was sponsored by Greystone. Net, an Atlanta-based strategy firm, and StayWell Custom Communications, an Evanston, IL-based content supplier.

Winners of platinum, gold, silver, and distinction awards represented 17 industry classifications, from hospitals, health systems to pharmaceutical firms, medical practices and online health companies. Awards were given in 12 different categories: Best Site Design, Best Interactive, Best Health/Healthcare Content, Best e-Business, Best Care/Disease Management, Best Web 2.0/Rich Media, Best Employee Recruitment, Best Quality Communication, Best Newsroom, Best Overall Internet Site, Best Intranet Site, and eHealth Organizational Commitment.

About iHealthSpot Inc:

IHealthSpot Inc. is a leading Web development and patient education provider dedicated to providing turnkey website and technology solutions to the medical industry. The company's core product focuses on enabling medical practices to market themselves with a full-featured website that includes everything from online communication tools and easy updating to award winning patient education.

IHealthSpot, Inc. is a subsidiary of Action Online Technologies, Inc., a leading edge technology company voted one of the top 25 Web Development companies in South Florida, specializing in helping clients leverage the power of the Internet through creative interactive solutions. Action Online Technologies, Inc.'s subsidiary Action Online, LLC is a leading provider of Web technology solutions to the hospitality industry.

For more information about iHealthSpot, visit www. iHealthSpot. com or http://Promotions. iHealthSpot. com (http://Promotions. iHealthSpot. com).

For press inquiries, contact Mary Hall at (954) 978-2184 or info at iHealthSpot dot com

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