2009 Best In Class Awards Winners

Winners of the Seventh Annual Best In Class Client Awards Announced 

The Seventh Annual Greystone.Net and StayWell Custom Communications Best In Class Client Award Winners were announced at the Client Conference Luncheon on November 2, 2009 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, NV. Awards were presented in twelve categories, showcasing the finest in hospital and healthcare system Web site content and functionality.

In this year’s competition, Greystone and StayWell provided all of their clients with an opportunity to submit entries in a series of Web categories.  Each entrant was asked to provide examples and written descriptions of why their organizations should be considered for the award. Entries were reviewed by a panel, were narrowed to a list of finalists, and an online ballot was created. This year there were nearly 140 entries and 50 plus finalists.  As in previous competitions, clients were asked to vote for the sites they thought were Best In Class. Voting was held online from September 10 through September 24, 2009, and the results of the online voting weighed heavily in the selection of the final winners.

Greystone and StayWell also selected a Gold, Silver and Bronze Best Overall Web site based on all entries. This award recognizes the Client Web site that embodies the strategic vision of the organization, exceeds the expectations of visitors to the Web site, and is among the hospital and healthcare system leaders in terms of innovation, design, content and functionality.

If you would like to view more information on the finalists and their entries, please visit the case studies page.

 
This year’s awards for Best Overall Web Sites went to:

Gold Award Winner: UW Health

Silver Award Winner: St. Louis Children's Hospital

Bronze Award Winner: Sharp HealthCare

 

The winners for all Best In Class Awards are listed below. To see a list of all finalists, winners and winner’s descriptions, be sure to download a Best In Class Awards Program (in .pdf format).  If you have any questions about the awards please contact Greystone at:  info@greystone.net or call us at 770-407-7670.

Innovator’s Award 

Gold Award Winner: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Silver Award Winner: Medical University of South Carolina

Bronze Award Winner: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Best Redesigned Web Site 

Gold Award Winner: St. Louis Children's Hospital

Silver Award Winner: Baptist Health

Bronze Award Winner: Sharp HealthCare

Best Redesigned Web Site - AMC

Gold Award Winner: UW Health

Silver Award Winner: Medical University of South Carolina

Bronze Award Winner: Massachusetts General Hospital

Best Redesigned Intranet

Gold Award Winner: UW Health

Silver Award Winner: Saint Francis Health System

Bronze Award Winner: Greater Baltimore Medical Center 

Best Use of Web Analytics

Gold Award Winner: St. Louis Children's Hospital

Silver Award Winner: Children's Memorial Hospital

Bronze Award Winner: Sharp HealthCare

Most Efficient Use of Limited Web Resources 

Gold Award Winner: Emory Healthcare

Silver Award Winner: St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers

Bronze Award Winner: Children's Hospital & Medical Center

Best Use of Social Media

Gold Award Winner: Children's Medical Center Dallas 

Silver Award Winner: Nationwide Children's Hospital

Bronze Award Winner: Provena Health

Best Integration of Content to Drive Results

Gold Award Winner: UT Southwestern Medical Center 

Silver Award Winner: Medical University of South Carolina 

Bronze Award Winner: Massachusetts General Hospital 

Best Method of Driving Traffic to the Web Site

Gold Award Winner: Emory Healthcare

Silver Award Winner: Sharp HealthCare

Bronze Award Winner: Community Health Network

Best Use of Cross-Media Approaches

Gold Award Winner: Children's Medical Center Dallas 

Silver Award Winner: Emory Healthcare 

Bronze Award Winner: Sharp HealthCare 

Best Promotion of Online Health Content

Gold Award Winner: St. Louis Children's Hospital 

Silver Award Winner: Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 

Bronze Award Winner: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield