Using WordPress As a CMS For Medical Practice Websites
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Are you looking for the best Content Management System (CMS) for your medical practice website? I suggest building medical practice websites with WordPress because it\'s hands down the simplest most reliable system for managing website content.
WordPress is the largest, and in my opinion the best, self-hosted blogging tool and content management system (CMS) in the world. It's used on millions of sites worldwide, and WordPress served pages are seen by over 40 million people every day, and that does not include privately hosted WordPress sites like the ones I suggest to my physician clients.
The problem with most medical websites is that content gets old, and updates that should be made, like the addition of new patient forms, or updated clinic hours, never get made. This can lead to confusion for your patients, as they visit your website expecting it to be a trusted resource.
Out of date directions to your office (if you've moved recently), outdated patient forms, and other easily updated content does not need to be a problem for your website, if you have an easy way of maintaining what your web developer builds. You can even manage updates by allowing your staff to make changes to the site with your approval before they go live.
WordPress now features an automatic update button, which allows users the ability to keep their WordPress installation up to date with a single click. This along with several new upgrades in version 2.9 have simply made WordPress the best CMS for most medical office websites.
WordPress is used and trusted by websites that get thousands of visits per day like the Wall Street Journal Magazine and Jeffrey Zeldman's (a web design and usability expert) website zeldman.com WordPress version updates are released about three times per year. With each new version WordPress builds on the speed and security of previous versions.
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