Improved Patient Experience Would Have Significantly Lessened COVID Casualties, Study Suggests
Our original COVID study correlating deaths with doctor reviews indicates better reviews could have saved thousands of lives.
The Wired Practice by Vanguard Communications healthcare resources, articles and videos tap into research and experienced-based knowledge for improving business and patient care.
Rising Consumerism in Healthcare Makes Process Improvement Key
With growing consumerism in the healthcare industry, process improvement is imperative to ensure patient satisfaction in a medical practice.
Medscape Cites CEO Ron King
Medscape reporter Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW talks to physicians and Vanguard’s CEO about the new ways to tackle negative doctor reviews online.
Bad Reviews Stem From Customer Experience
Our research shows 96% of bad reviews of doctors have nothing to do with the care delivered. Our free e-book explains how to improve reviews.
People Show Love for Doctors Much Less Than for Lawyers
Our research indicates people show love for doctors much less in online reviews than they do for lawyers, who are 44% more likely than doctors to receive a 5-star review. If there’s a lesson to be learned, it’s that picking a doctor can be a lot like online dating.
Doctors Online Reviews Are Polarized
Compared with restaurants, doctors online reviews are 64% more likely to have 5-stars, but 194% more likely to rate only 1-star. “Great reviews don’t come easily,” says researcher and Vanguard Communications Technical Director Jonathan Stanley. “Low star ratings or negative doctors’ online reviews can be the deciding factor when a patient is searching for a provider.”
The Four Commandments of Confronting Bad PR
Ron Harman King spent more than three decades working in and with the mainstream media in public healthcare communications. In this edition of “The Wired Practice,” the self-proclaimed “grizzled, battle-tested veteran of bad press” offers insight, in the form of four commandments.
When and How to Say I’m Sorry to Patients
It sounds so easy to say that healthcare professionals need to be willing to apologize to their patients. But it’s not that simple. As Ron Harman King of Vanguard Communications discusses in this edition of the Wired Practice, there are legal considerations.
Analysis: Nearly Two-Thirds of Reviews Online Give Top-Ranked Hospitals Mediocre to Poor Marks
Vanguard Communications analyzed reviews of the nation’s top 20 hospitals and found that 67% of the reviews were negative, and 9/10 complaints were for customer service issues.
Five Ways to Improve Online Reviews Ethically
In this edition of “The Wired Practice,” Ron Harman King of Vanguard Communications says that both current and potential patients can form impressions about your practice from what they see in online reviews. He provides some suggestions on how to improve those first web-based impressions.