DrScore.com Launches Spanish Version of its Online Physician Rating Survey.Eliminating Language Barrier Gives Patients and Physicians Opportunity to Improve Health-Care Experience WINSTON-SALEM Winston-Salem, city (1990 pop. 143,485), seat of Forsyth co., central N.C., in the Piedmont; inc. 1913. It is one of North Carolina's largest cities and foremost industrial centers. , N.C. -- DrScore.com, the online physician-rating Web site, announces today that it has launched a Spanish Spanish, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, issuing from Spanish Lake, S Ont., Canada, NW of Sudbury, and flowing generally S through Biskotasi and Agnew lakes to Lake Huron opposite Manitoulin island. There are several hydroelectric stations on the river. version of its popular survey, eliminating a language barrier between patients and their physicians. Physician practices and health-care organizations across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. use DrScore to solicit feedback from their patients to improve the health-care experience. The new bi-lingual survey enables doctors to gain input from Spanish-speaking Adj. 1. Spanish-speaking - able to communicate in Spanish communicatory, communicative - able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray patients who otherwise may not have participated. "There are more than 45 million Hispanics living in the United States, and it is important that doctors be able to hear their voices when it comes to the health-care experience," says Kimberly Kimberly may refer to:
DrScore's online survey provides a real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. picture of the patient's experience -- from check-in to the time spent with the physician -- so practices and health-care organizations can quickly and cost-effectively address areas for improvement. DrScore eliminates the need for cumbersome cum·ber·some adj. 1. Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk. See Synonyms at heavy. 2. Troublesome or onerous. cum paper surveys; instead, the practice simply directs patients to the DrScore Web site. To date, more than 120,000 surveys have been completed, which include detailed patient ratings on 13 different aspects of care. DrScore's research team and analyzes the survey data and shares the results with participating practices on a quarterly basis. "With DrScore, health-care providers receive a 360-degree view from the patient's perspective so they can make meaningful enhancements to the health-care experience," Khanna says. "Plus, patients benefit by knowing they are providing valuable feedback. Our research shows that patients who have a positive care experience are more likely to follow their doctors' orders and take the prescribed pre·scribe v. pre·scribed, pre·scrib·ing, pre·scribes v.tr. 1. To set down as a rule or guide; enjoin. See Synonyms at dictate. 2. To order the use of (a medicine or other treatment). medicines, which leads to better health outcomes." About DrScore.com Founded by Steve Feldman, M.D., DrScore.com is an interactive online survey site where patients can rate their physicians, as well as find a physician based on their service level preference. DrScore's mission is to improve medical care by giving patients a forum for rating their physicians, and by giving doctors an affordable, objective, non-intrusive means of documenting the quality of care that they provide. For more information, visit www.drscore.com. |
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