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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The rise of online reviews has transformed how we evaluate everything from restaurants to service providers. While these ...

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 ...

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.

Rachel Tavel is a doctor of physical therapy, certified strength and conditioning specialist and writer. She works as a physical therapist in an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy setting and as a ...

Traditional sources such as medical journals and conventions are physicians’ top sources of medical information, but online search engines are most used when they limited time. Photo credit: Andy ...