Question

Search the web for three different hospital systems: one inner city, one academic-focused, and one rural. (For a list of hospitals in Michigan, look through the web sites for the Michigan Health and Hospital Association and the Michigan Department of Community of Health.) The hospitals you select can be from different parts of the state and can be members of larger health systems or independent entities.

How easy was it to access each web site?

What are the web sites saying to a consumer?

What draws your attention?

Would this help you select a hospital and a physician for your health care?

Answer 1

Accessing websites is not a complex task in this internet world. It was easy to access and find all the hospitals details

website loaded in just 2 seconds and appropriate images where shown in the sites for more clarification. some sites exactly specified the fees of the doctors , amount for the treatments etc..

what truly matters is what the consumer wants.the one who search for medical centers and physician will be the one who want for treatment. the ease of accessing websites helps a consumer to get information fast. they will get available doctors for the date mentioned along with fees structure.in his current Era of website accessing made so easy for business development and consumer orientation.In 3 of the cases accessing website is made easy.

Contents of websites:

Every Website is enabled with ease of search of Doctors,availability of doctors on specific dates,fees structure of every doctors.

and it also shows the pictures that showing the results of the hospitals before and after treatment.the reviews of patients are given for the reference to consumers for seeking attention to website and for rating.Insurance policy details are also given in websites to get insurance policies online.

direct appointment with doctor is available in all websites in spite of area. appointment with doctor made easy through online booking.

Attention:

The websites are made simple and it looks prominent for each consumer for easy access.The contents are arranged in well manner and access of links provided in the 1 st page itself for ease of access.Live chat with doctors seems to be attractive for retaining consumers in the website.All necessary information are in one place, that is the key of every website.

Selection of Hospital and Physician:

The websites made with all required information helps a consumer to select the hospital or a physician for treatment.The courses offered, physicians availability,online booking etc made a customer to select the hospital or physician easily.Reviews of patients are given in websites,so a consumer can rate the quality of treatment or course offered with the hospital.Live chat with doctors can improve the confidence of consumer with physician that leads to the selection.

Conclusion:

In this current Era of internet everything is offered over the network.an updated website will help a hospital to increase their footfalls and that leads to increased income.A consumer can easily get information through an updated website and they can book their doctor from home.So having an updated website is helpful for both service providers and consumers.