A Digital Patient Engagement Solution
Generate an increase in admissions and demonstrate ROI with Patient Direct Connect, a scalable market solution in your local area. HealthGrades’ Patient Direct Connect solution connects you with highly engaged consumers with your physicians on HealthGrades—the leading destination for physician and provider selection.
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Patient Direct Connect Helps Your Hospital:
Reach Patients at the Right Time
By connecting your hospital directly with appointment-ready patients who are actively searching for a provider, you can reach patients right before they select a doctor or hospital.
Each year, more people visit HealthGrades than all other physician search sites combined. Patient Direct Connect is an innovative business solution that drives patients directly from HealthGrades.com to your existing physician referral line.
Patient Direct Connect allows you to own a percentage of the searches in your market. With special features like highlighted search boxes and phone numbers, your physicians are featured prominently and first in patient search. These above-the-fold, enhanced results mean that prospective patients are far more likely to click on your doctors first. When they do, Patient Direct Connect provides your hospital with the tools to dimensionalize your physicians and add condition-specific information that’s statistically proven to get more calls. Additional messages about the overall quality and other key differentiators help your hospital further influence and validate the patient’s choice.
Connect to Patients with Specific and Immediate Health Needs
HealthGrades visitors are internet-enabled, commercially insured, profitable to hospitals and ready to take action once they’ve found information on our site.
73% have commercial insurance
95% of those who make an appointment do so within a week
38% of those who make an appointment do so in the same day
Increase Market Share in Your Local Community
Patient Direct Connect is a scalable market solution in your local area that acts as a highly targeted patient acquisition channel, in addition to with performance measurement and ROI.
Build Your Brand
Designed to showcase your physicians and highlight clinical achievements, our solution connects you with patients who are looking for a health care provider within in your community.
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Find a Solution That’s Right for You
Contact us to learn more about which solution is the best fit for your hospital.