Selecting the right Web development company for your health care education project can be a daunting task.

On the one hand, there are firms that seem to have the right stuff technically but they lack experience in health care. On the other hand, you have those with some health care background but you know they aren't quite up to delivering the current Web technologies you need.

NetHealth combines the best of both worlds. We have a deep level of experience delivering valuable Web sites to leading heath care institutions like yours and we have the technical sophistication to make your site extremely useful and engaging.

This combination gives us something unique -- a real fire in the belly and capability to help you make a difference in the lives of people who need your health care information. Because when we develop, launch, or manage a site that participants enjoy and benefit from, we feel good about doing our part to improve the lives of patients everywhere. That's what it's all about for us.

Begin with the End in Mind

You can tell we are emotionally inspired by our work with leading medical institutions such as Case Western Reserve and the University of Pennsylvania. But our approach to any new project is highly rational; we begin with the end in mind. What are the goals of your educational project and how do you expect to measure them statistically? Would you be satisfied knowing the number of people who are interacting with your program from month to month? Or would you want to go deeper into the usage patterns to see which parts of your program are working better than others?

NetHealth will provide guidance in establishing these metrics and in developing effective programs that take advantage of the very latest in Web technologies. Working with other health care institutions, we have deployed an array of Web 2.0 services that participants respond to enthusiastically. We've been successful engaging participant communities through Wikis, Blogs, online chat tools, and other community building services.

All these Web. 2.0 technologies make your project more relevant by giving participants an attractive option for learning that is focused directly on their needs, timely, and fulfilling. People want to come back to our customers' sites again and again because they see real benefit in being there.

Of course, you'll want to spread the word about your Website to as many people as possible and NetHealth will connect you with the world of potential participants. We are experts in ensuring your Website is optimized for internet search engines like Google and Yahoo. We'll make sure you have the right keywords in place so people searching for information on your topics will be directed to you. We can also set up programs through Google Ad Words, or link exchanges with relevant sites that can increase the number of people stopping by to visit you.

The bottom line to all these technical tools is that they improve the connection you have with participants and improve the odds that your program will truly make a difference in people's lives. We can tell you that some of our most successful projects involved getting the most basic of health care information to the right people at the right time. We've built sites that are fully compliant with Section 508 of the Disabilities Act, and the response we've seen from disabled people is truly amazing. Some of them are basically housebound, but by participating in a site we've built they are breaking out of their isolation to access information and assistance that is improving their quality of life.

Now that's what is really revolutionary about the internet and Web 2.0 -- they have the potential to bring you closer and make a difference to your target audience. NetHealth is the facilitator that will make it happen for you.