The North Shore-LIJ Medical Group (multi-specialty group practices), have begun posting online patient reviews of its doctors, the first large medical group in the New York metropolitan area to do so. The ratings are based upon actual surveys that are collected and monitored by a certified US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) vendor, Press Ganey. The survey gives patients the opportunity to provide comments about their interaction during the visit and rate physicians on a one-to-five scale on a number of qualities. The patient reviews posted on North Shore-LIJ Find-A-Doctor reflect 18 months of survey data.
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