Ormco DamonAwardOrmco Corp, Orange, Calif, has won a Silver Award for its Damon® Doctor Locator at the 15th annual Web Health Awards?, hosted by the Health Information Resource Center. The semi-annual competition recognizes the nation’s highest-quality digital health resources for consumers and health professionals.
 
The winning Damon Doctor Locator allows customers to easily search for and locate a Damon® System provider in their area via the Internet, Web-enabled devices, and Facebook. Search results and doctor content can be shared via email, Twitter, or Facebook using social sharing buttons. For doctors, the search tool is another tactic for reaching prospective patients and increasing practice leads.
 
Judging on the nearly 600 entries was conducted first by independent industry-specific experts and then by a wide panel of leading technology executives. In a second round, winning submissions were selected based on the ability to attract and hold users’ interest, significance to overall public health interests, and ability to elicit the appropriate action from users.