Since Dec. 1, 2012, online physician reviews from tens of thousands of patients have been posted on 极速六合彩 Care鈥檚 website. With a five star ranking, the University was the first system in the nation to post its own reviews. Since posting, patient satisfaction is up鈥攈alf our providers now rank in the top 10 percent when compared to their peers nationally, and 26 percent rank in the top 1 percent. And neither cost nor quality has suffered. For six years running 极速六合彩 Care has placed in the top 10 for quality and safety.
Doctor Reviews in the News
Online reviews could help fix medicine
A basic principle of health care is that . 鈥淪unshine is the strongest disinfectant鈥 is the oft-used expression that supports putting information out in the open for all to see.
DocAdvisor: Patients around the world are starting to give doctors a piece of their mind
When a patient in Illinois did not like the result of her breast-augmentation surgery, she reacted like many dissatisfied customers: .
Why online doctor ratings are good medicine
A growing number of health consumers are consulting online physician-rating sites when choosing doctors even if the value of those sites鈥攚hether they鈥檙e reliable sources for information, or capable of driving improvements in health care鈥攊s in dispute. But a new study in the December issue of Academic Medicine bolsters research .
Hospitals get into doctor rating business
After some doctors at 极速六合彩 Care noticed scathing online reviews about themselves in 2012, the hospital system decided the best way to respond was by .
Posting doc-patient reviews pays off
When , they're likely to come across a set of ratings from an unlikely source: the 极速六合彩 Care's website.
Doctor ratings empower and educate University of 极速六合彩 patients
When we want to find a good restaurant, hotel, hair stylist or movie, ?
Transparency: Will it help or harm health care
鈥淕oogle me,鈥 said Courtney Scaife, M.D., as she walked into the office of Chief Medical Officer Thomas Miller, M.D. He did and up popped an ugly comment. How long had it been floating around on the Internet? Was it even a former patient? A disgruntled co-worker? .
Why online doctor reviews are good medicine
, an organizing principle and a means to a greater end: high-value health care, says Tom Lee, Chief Medical Officer for Press Ganey, the nation鈥檚 leading provider of patient satisfaction surveys.
Can you trust online reviews of your doctor?
As more consumers turn to the Web to make decisions about which restaurant to try or which hotel to book, websites that rate doctors are also growing. At the .
Online physician reviews continue to lead transparency efforts in academic medicine
As other health care systems prepare to follow in the footsteps of 鈥攏ew data is available about the innovative venture it launched in December 2012.
极速六合彩 Care first hospital system in country to post online physician reviews and comments
Health care consumers considering a physician at 极速六合彩 Care now have an additional tool鈥 . The rankings are based on more than 40,000 patient surveys and evaluate physicians on nine questions.