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Commentary: Don't even bother with Web-based doc-rating systems
Although the Web is awash with sites eager to give consumers information regarding physicians, online doctor rating...
Word of mouth and physician referrals still drive healthcare provider choice
Despite transparency initiatives and pushes for greater healthcare consumerism, most patients still rely on word of...
MRSA: Patients revolt against hospital secrecy
A growing number of consumer advocates—many bound by ordeals with MRSA—have vowed that if the U.S. hospital...
Web Exclusive: Why Quality Doesn't Matter
The amount of healthcare quality data out there might be growing, but consumers' interest in it seems to be waning.
Magazine: Out of the Shadows
Price transparency remains elusive, but that doesn’t stop providers and payers from trying.
Shopping for healthcare off to a shaky start
Employers scrambling to rein in health costs tab are making employees shoulder more of the cost, and hoping...
Returns to hospital give Florida patients new rating tool
Florida has become the first state in the country to publicly disclose readmission rates of patients who return to...
New CIGNA Web site lets plan members shop for healthcare
Philadelphia-based insurer CIGNA has launched an interactive Web site to allow customers to shop for the best doctors...
Magazine: Medical Marketplace
A new Web site lets Minnesota consumers shop for individual services and post reviews of their experiences.
Giving doctors a checkup
Using the Internet, patients can now make sure the medical professionals they are seeing, or considering, are licensed...