Mercy and Geonetric launch pair of new Web sites

Throughout the eastern Iowa Corridor, the use of mobile devices is on the rise. That's why Mercy Medical Center, in cooperation with longtime Web partner Geonetric, has launched two cutting-edge websites. One is dedicated to the hospital and its network of clinics, the other to the popular Especially for You® Race Against Breast Cancer. Both sites are built using responsive design principles, which allow them to respond to an array of devices and screen sizes, and present an optimal experience.

“Our mobile traffic is up more than 200 percent in the last year alone,” says Christy Bock, marketing specialist at Mercy. “Mobile users want to be able to access all the content on the site, not just a limited subset. Our new website and the Especially for You microsite deliver an ideal experience for users, regardless of whether they access the sites from a desktop, smartphone or tablet.”

Mercy Medical Center's new responsive website is built on Geonetric's VitalSite content management system. All the content on the site resizes itself to the user's device, including the provider, location, and service directories, as well as the calendar and events. The site boasts an action menu – a convenient menu that keeps important links close at hand, regardless of where the site visitor is at on the page. In addition to being responsive, the new site also boasts a sophisticated new design. New content highlights Mercy Medical Center's 100 Top Hospitals® recognition and promotes access to the organization's electronic medical record, MyChart.

The new website for the Especially for You Race is focused on providing information to help the community get involved and to promote race sponsors. Also built using responsive design, the site will be a valuable tool for race participants, allowing them to register, share their stories, and access a variety of race information from their smartphones.

“Congratulations to Mercy Medical Center on the new sites,” says Eric Engelmann, president and CEO of Geonetric. “We are proud to work with forward-thinking healthcare organizations like Mercy Medical Center that are truly approaching mobile strategically and working to meet the needs of our community's health consumers.”

Visit www.mercycare.org and www.especiallyforyourace.org.

About Mercy Medical Center

For 113 years, Mercy Medical Center has delivered The Mercy Touch to its patients by partnering the latest technology with compassionate and high-quality health care. A subsidiary of MercyCare Service Corporation, Mercy is a fully-accredited 445 licensed-bed regional hospital based in Cedar Rapids, IA. Founded in 1900 by the Sisters of Mercy, today it offers a wide range of patient-centered services, including world-class cancer care at the Hall-Perrine Cancer Center. Mercy has the most advanced private patient suites in the eastern Iowa Corridor as well as an established network of primary and urgent care clinics located throughout Cedar Rapids and surrounding communities.

For more information, log onto www.mercycare.org, or follow Mercy on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MercyCedarRapids; on Twitter at https://twitter.com/mercycr; on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/MercyMedicalCenterCR; and Pinterest at http://pinterest.com/mercycr.

About GeonetricÒ

Geonetric helps healthcare organizations develop Web strategies that engage consumers. VitalSite®, Geonetric's content management software, is the foundation of websites, portals and intranets for more than 500 hospitals, physician groups and clinics around the country. Geonetric also provides a comprehensive suite of online services – from Web strategy and design, to content development and responsive marketing campaigns, to online support and hosting – all designed to turn prospects into patients and deliver measurable results. Visit www.geonetric.com to learn more and follow us on Twitter @geonetric.

Geonetric Media Contact: Heather Stanley, Marketing Communications Manager

319.221.1667 | heather.stanley@geonetric.com

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