Terrifc news and recognition for terrific work, Thanks to Annie Gort, Dawn Gauthier, Jayson Olson, and Jonathan King for their most excellent efforts in developing patienpowered.org and Shared Care Plan web resources. So nice to get confirmation that we are on the right track!
Please see Dawn's post below for more on the recent award and her weblog for more info on the design principles that led to this honor...
PatientPowered.org wins award!. 
PatientPowered.org was recently recognized by receiving a silver eHealthcare Leadership Award in the category "Best Care/Disease Management Site". This award was presented by eHealthcare Strategy and Trends at their annual "Leveraging Technology and the Internet" conference that I attended earlier this month in Phoenix. At the awards ceremony I was impressed to learn that PatientPowered was selected to receive an award from almost 1200 entries reviewed by 104 judges!
PatientPowered excelled in the following features for this category: medical management tools and news and information available online to help consumers manage a chronic condition, two-way communication between patient and health practitioners, and opportunities to monitor clinical care. These points are exactly what the PatientPowered website, coupled with the Shared Care Plan, was designed to do and it's great to be recognized for this.
A big shout-out to Annie Gort (missing from photo), who did incredible work with patients putting together the bulk of the site. Left to right: Jonathan King (Web application developer), Dawn Gauthier (Web development analyst), and Jayson Olson (Web application developer).
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