Hospital ratings often depend more on nice rooms than on health care
Topic: Hospital ratings often depend more on nice rooms than on health care As research findings go, this was a Holy Yikes. A study of 50,000 patients throughout the United States showed that those who were the most satisfied with their care (the top quartile) were...
Older Adults Use Online Physician Ratings, but View Them Cautiously
Topic: Older Adults Use Online Physician Ratings, but View Them Cautiously Internet rating sites are just as important as recommendations from friends and family in choosing a doctor, but other factors matter more. Find a restaurant. Book a hotel. Choose a product to buy. Online ratings and...
Four new statistics that prove that telemedicine isn’t just a pandemic fad
Topic: Four new statistics that prove that telemedicine isn’t just a pandemic fad Healthcare, as we know it, is changing. In real time, we’re watching the industry shift from in-person care to virtual delivery. Technology and adoption have collided, at the onslaught of a pandemic, no...
Telehealth Privacy and Security
Topic: Telehealth Privacy and Security The Coronavirus pandemic has catalyzed a rapid increase of telehealth adoption. Leveraging telehealth platforms, patients are able to speak with doctors and nurses without having to risk exposure to themselves or others. The increase has been so drastic, the U.S. Department of...
Doctors’ online reviews show more polarization, have more impact than those of other industries
Topic: Doctors' online reviews show more polarization, have more impact than those of other industries Patients are much more likely to both publicly praise and protest their experiences with doctors in online reviews than they are with restaurants and hotels, according to a Vanguard Communications analysis of 1.5...
Why AI is the next way patients will choose their doctors
Topic: Why AI is the next way patients will choose their doctors Covid-19 has changed the course of healthcare for the foreseeable future. Healthcare workers, doctors’ rooms, and equipment inventories were stretched thin even before the pandemic took hold, with patients waiting weeks or months to...
What Healthcare And Cybersecurity Can Learn From Each Other
Topic: What Healthcare And Cybersecurity Can Learn From Each Other Healthcare and cybersecurity share many of the same goals, objectives and challenges. Both industries want to keep people safe, whether it’s someone’s body or their personal data. And we want to lower the risk of adverse...
Patients Equally Satisfied With Virtual Encounters Compared To In-Person Visits
Topic: Patients Equally Satisfied With Virtual Encounters Compared To In-Person Visits The advent of COVID-19 has fueled the rise of telemedicine, accelerating growth beyond what was even imaginable only three months ago. Along with this phenomenon, a related mystery has been seemingly solved: can patients be...
Are Online Provider Reviews Poised to Replace Doctor Referrals?
Topic: Are Online Provider Reviews Poised to Replace Doctor Referrals? Online provider reviews might be replacing doctor referrals, further marking the shift to modern healthcare consumerism, according to a new survey from Doctor.com. In fact, patients are indicating that they want much of the healthcare experience to happen online,...
9 ways Covid-19 may forever upend the U.S. health care industry
Topic: 9 ways Covid-19 may forever upend the U.S. health care industry In the U.S. alone, Covid-19 has claimed nearly 100,000 lives and 30 million jobs. Beyond grinding day-to-day life to a halt, the pandemic has prompted a reckoning throughout the country’s health care infrastructure, shattering...