WEB DESIGN PACKAGE FROM EASYGP.NET GIVES PRACTICES AFFORDABLE ONLINE PRESENCE

GP practices are increasingly aware of the benefits and opportunities the internet can bring, but many are deterred by the time and costs involved in putting their booking and information functions online. Cambridge-based company, Easygp.net, is providing the answer with an affordable package that includes website design and ongoing maintenance.

Practices can save valuable resources by giving patients direct access to basic information such as opening times and holiday flu jabs, besides interactive tools to register new patients, make appointments and order repeat prescriptions. The websites can go even further, increasing patient-practice communication with tools such as patient satisfaction surveys and questionnaires. Syndicated health advice material is also included, created exclusively for clients by a panel of practising doctors and other clinicians.

These services not only enable busy practices to reduce personnel hours and workload, but also help to maintain the higher level of contact with patients stipulated in this year’s new GP government contract.

The sites are modular in design, giving each individual practice the flexibility to tailor its online presence to suit its individual objectives, needs and budget. The aim is to take the effort out of creating a professional and up-to-date website, which can be added to and developed over time. Each practice can decide how much it wants to spend, with the average cost for a new website from Easygp.net being around £700.

Alan Travers, Technical Director of Easygp.net, comments: “Getting a practice online can be a real headache for busy doctors and practice staff, while keeping the resulting site up-to-date and interesting for its users is a particularly daunting task. Our package solves the time and resources problem at a reasonable cost by pooling the efforts of our expert designers with the community of medical professionals.”

Two of the existing sites created by Easygp.net have recently been voted "must see" sites on gpwebsites.net - a database of global GP websites.


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About Easygp.net
Easygp.net was established in 2000 to offer website design to healthcare practices. The company started by building bespoke websites for three large practices in Suffolk . The current website package grew out of its experience in designing those sites and the need to provide a cost-controlled service for GP practices operating on tight budgets. A portfolio of live sites can be viewed on www.easygp.net.

The Cambridge-based company has two designers, a content manager, plus a panel of nine medical practitioners. In October 2003, it started developing a web-based GP practice information management system in conjunction with two large practices. This service will be rolled out in spring 2005.

For further information, please contact:
Alan Travers
Tel: 01223 700099/07876752423
Site: www.easygp.net

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