Which California hospitals are best at maternity care? Ask Yelp
Through a new partnership with the California Health Care Foundation and Cal Hospital Compare, Yelp is giving expecting mothers valuable data on the best hospitals for care.
Why can’t we all get along online?
A Yelp representative and an entrepreneur discuss how to keep online conversations productive and civil. They will offer tips for improving the patient experience in the office and on the Internet at MedCity's annual patient engagement conference, ENGAGE, in San Diego in October.
Health Executives on Digital Transformation in Healthcare
Hear executives from Quantum Health, Surescripts, EY, Clinical Architecture and Personify Health share their views on digital transformation in healthcare.
Healthcare’s struggle with social media continues, but help may be forthcoming
Many hospitals still refuse to acknowledge the importance of patient reviews and ratings on social media, but even for those that do, there are challenges. We highlight one effort that may help to change that.
Morning Read: Researchers could gain access to HIPAA-protected data
Also, critics are questioning the credibility and direction of the New England Journal of Medicine, and Banner Health has reported that its operating income fell more than 50 percent.
Yelp adds data on healthcare quality, ER wait times
Yelp listings for more than 25,000 hospitals, nursing homes and dialysis clinics got a whole lot more useful, as the ratings site added data on such things as emergency room waiting times, readmission rates, fines paid for safety violations and even how well physicians communicate with patients.