On the heels of a Jan. 15 report by Pew Research Center revealing that 35 percent of Americans use the Internet to figure out a medical condition, an independent survey finds that only one-third of physicians in three American cities offer direct website help to health care consumers trying to understand their symptoms.
In an analysis of 300 doctors with the highest patient-satisfaction ratings in Boston, Denver and Portland, Ore., the medical marketing firm Vanguard Communications found seven of ten (69 percent) of the physicians have websites.
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We provide education-focused healthcare marketing with a strategy guaranteed to bring in new patients. Through our MedMarketLink program, Vanguard combines the disciplines of online and offline PR, strategic marketing and information technology for healthcare providers.