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    New Site for Comparing Health Websites

    September 9th, 2005

    Consumer Reports and Health Improvement Institute have launched a beta site for comparing consumer health websites: healthratings.org

    webwatch

    Two things I find particularly impressive:
    (1) The site provides strengths AND weaknesses for each site. For example, for WebMD, weaknesses mentioned include: "busy with distracting advertising; poor visual representation of pages."
    (2) The site attempts to objective rank each website along 9 dimensions (e.g.identity, ease of use, design, coverage, etc). Maybe I'm just a sucker for harvey ball graphics.

    By the way, the only hospital to make the top 20 is Mayo Clinic.

    Is there a day coming when such a site would exist for hospital websites?

    Permalink 9 comments

    Comments, Pingbacks:

    Comment from: djchuang [Visitor] · http://www.djchuang.com
    A website for hospital comparison? Brilliant idea! You could start it, and be the next dot-com notable!
    Permalink 09/10/05 @ 13:07
    Comment from: Dan R. Friesland [Visitor] · http://www.hygeiagroup.com
    I would be honored to even make the list.
    Permalink 02/22/06 @ 14:19
    Comment from: Michael Barber [Visitor] · http://www.CyrusOnline.com
    Although they are not "rating services" there are many organizations and research agencies that judge hospital websites and cite areas for improvement. Specifically, the Web Marketing Associations "Web Awards" is an annual competition with a healthcare category that many of the best hospital and provider websites are judged and receive very provoking feedback from a panel of judges. Additionally, research firms like Forrester Research and eMarketer provide wonderful resources for consumer-driven feedback regarding hospital and medical providers websites.
    Permalink 09/13/07 @ 13:45
    Comment from: lmkavadngg [Visitor] · http://google.com
    pexyso | tizepe |
    Permalink 01/05/08 @ 17:59
    Comment from: Varun Jain [Visitor] · http://www.delhiblossoms.com
    Very good website. I liked it very much. Comments from http://www.delhiblossoms.com, http://www.ahmedabadonnet.com
    Permalink 03/20/08 @ 05:04
    Comment from: Raymond [Visitor] · http://citehealth.com/
    I like the idea and the website is fairly easy to use. I do wish that they would review more than the top 20 or so websites in the field. The web is a big place.
    Permalink 03/20/08 @ 13:54
    Comment from: william hall [Visitor] · http://www.wheretofindcare.com
    Look at this great website for hospital comparison, and allows consumers to rate. www.wheretofindcare.com
    Permalink 07/29/08 @ 23:05
    Comment from: Thin Film Coating Material [Visitor] · http://www.hitop-optinal.com/thin-film-coating-material.asp
    OK,Thanks!!
    Permalink 09/17/08 @ 12:23
    Comment from: Ottawa Escort [Visitor] · http://www.ottawaescortdirectory.com
    Very Good !! I Like !!
    Permalink 09/17/08 @ 12:36

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