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Scottsdale,
Ariz. -- Starting today, millions of people
can access one of the top rated medical board sites
in the nation and get a glimpse at something better.
The redesigned site, www.azmdboard.org, was launched
this afternoon. “The Board’s website has
always ranked high for its plethora of information,”
said Executive Director Barry A. Cassidy, Ph.D., P.A.-C.
“The redesigned site just takes that information
and organizes it so that intuitively, users will know
where to find it.”
In
1998, the Arizona Medical Board launched its primary
website. Containing scant information initially, the
website grew over the years to accommodate the public’s
needs. Physician profiles, one of the heaviest hit
website pages, provide almost all the public information
the Board has on an individual physician, including
the full text of Board orders. The Arizona Medical
Board has seen the numbers of physician profile hits
climb from 1,624,518 in fiscal year 2002 to over three
million this last fiscal year.
The
newly designed site also offers individualized areas
of interest to its primary users. For instance, the
Consumer Center contains information on filing a complaint,
pamphlets about choosing a doctor, and a Physicians
of Interest page that highlights Arizona’s physicians
who historically, have made a difference in health
care today. A Physician Center also provides information
about licensure, the Board’s adjudication process,
and their responsibilities for notifying the Board
of a change of address.
The
Arizona Medical Board’s website received approximately
nine million hits last year from consumers, physicians,
and various other interested parties. When considering
the popularity of the site, growth in past website
hits, and the new, easy-to-use format, Board officials
predict an increase of almost four million hits within
the next year.
All
website production was conducted in-house and used
existing database platforms. No additional funding
was expended on the project.
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