South Central Kansas Medical Center has launched a new Web site to mark the next phase of transition toward the opening of its new hospital early next year.
The site was designed through a partnership with FastHealth Corp., a developer of programming and Internet software for community hospitals.
"After months of work, we’re proud to launch our new website. It’s our goal to have our site be an extension of the facility itself. We decided early on we didn’t want the normal on-line promotional billboard, instead we’ve attempted to fill the site with useful tools for both patients and their families," Clayton Pappan, SCKMC’s Chief Marketing Officer, said in a written statement.
A few of the website’s highlights include on-line health dictionary, drug encyclopedia, and medical research tools. Patients can view the clinic dates of specialist physicians, pre-register prior to their stay, and download brochures detailing a specific exam.
In addition, website visitors will have the ability to create an e-card, an on-line greeting card for hospital patients, that will be printed off by staff and delivered directly to the patient’s room.
The medical center’s administrative team has divided up the responsibility of continuously updating and expanding the website. New features that should be available within the coming weeks include on-line bill pay for patients, and on-line gift giving.
The new hospital north of Ark City is set to open in Feb. 2011.
