Doctors need a website because patients and their families want their doctors to have a website. A medical practice website is a powerful tool for doctors, allowing them to educate patients, attract new patients, and increase office efficiency, for much less time than older methods. To realize the full benefit of having a website, doctors need full-service website development, including patient education articles and website promotion, and Healthcommunities.com provides everything needed in the Full-Service Plan. Thousands of doctors use our website services and are seeing results.

You'll find the following information useful when weighing the importance of having an online presence.

Health Care Information and the Internet

• Physicians and patients want information they can trust.
• Number of online health care consumers is rising.
• People use the Internet to find physicians.
• Well-informed patients enrich physician-patient interaction.

An Online Educational Tool

These tools and utilities are standard features of the Full-Service Plan:

• Comprehensive information about conditions and treatment options
• Patient education videos
• Monitored links to trustworthy support organizations

An Office Management Tool

A website improves office efficiency by providing answers to routine questions.

• Staff biographies and credentials
• Office hours
• Maps with directions to office locations
• Printable patient forms
• Links to insurance providers
• What patients should bring on their first visit
• List of services and areas of specialization