Hospitals, doctors are paying attention to online reviews and ratings

Tim Casey | | Cardiovascular Business | Patient Care

Hospitals and health systems are starting to pay attention to their online ratings and reviews. The push towards reputation management comes at a time when more patients are shopping for their medical care. Read more from the Washington Post at the link below:  

How hospitals hope to boost ratings on Yelp, HealthGrades, ZocDoc and Vitals

Tim Casey,

Executive Editor

Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.

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