CHICAGO -- If you're researching your next doctor, you might be tempted to search their names online to see what other patients said about them. However, a new study suggests you might be in the ...

Online consumer reviews play an important role in almost every consumer industry – from dining and shopping, to travel and technology. But what do online reviews of physicians tell consumers? In a new ...

Despite increasing consumer popularity, physicians and providers have different takes on the accuracy and impact of online ratings, according to a study conducted by Boston-based Harvard Medical ...

Online doctor ratings can help you select the right medical professional for your needs. Knowing what the ratings mean and how to identify red flags in written reviews can be important. Anybody can ...

Nearly 75 percent of patients turn to online reviews as the first step when searching for a new physician. Despite their popularity, it’s largely been unclear whether online ratings are reliable or ...

Find a restaurant. Book a hotel. Choose a product to buy. Online ratings and reviews from other customers can help with making decisions on all of these, and their use has exploded in the past decade.

Since Dec. 1, 2012, online physician reviews from tens of thousands of patients have been posted on University of Utah Health Care’s website. With a five star ranking, the University was the first ...

A growing number of health systems have begun posting patient reviews of their physicians—good and bad—on their own websites. The move highlights transparency and helps divert attention from outside ...

Physicians Interactive, a digital physician-marketing firm owned by Merck, said it acquired Quantia, which operates an online community that counts about one-third of US physicians as its members.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Kullgren and colleagues reviewed answers from 2,256 Americans aged 50 to 80 years, most of them women (n = 1,192 ...

Female doctor talking to a patient Patients rated female doctors more on their interpersonal skills and not much on their technical competence, a study found. Online consumer reviews in 2022 are ...