Healthgrades

Healthgrades Marketplace, LLC
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryHealth care
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Headquarters
Charlotte, NC
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United States
Key people
Jeff Hallock, Chief Executive Officer, RVO Health Steve Olin, President, Health Services
ParentRVO Health
Websitehealthgrades.com

Healthgrades Marketplace, LLC, known as Healthgrades, is a US company that provides information about physicians, hospitals, and healthcare providers.[1][2][3][4][5] Healthgrades is part of RVO Health[1],[6] a partnership between Red Ventures and Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group. Healthgrades has amassed information on over three million U.S. health care providers.[7] The company was founded by Kerry Hicks, David Hicks, Peter Fatianow, John Neal, and Sarah Lochran, and is based in Denver, Colorado.[3] Jeff Hallock serves as RVO Health's CEO.[3] According to USA Today, Healthgrades is the first comprehensive physician rating and comparison database.[8] The application is part of a trend in health technology in the United States towards consumer-driven healthcare.[9]

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  4. ^ "4 Essential Tips for Picking the Best Doctor or Hospital". Care2. 2012-08-23. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
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  6. ^ "Our Brands | RVO Health". www.rvohealth.com. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
  7. ^ "Trying to find a doctor or specialist? Website tracks physicians' length of practice, specialty areas, training, and patient assessments". The Union. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference USAToday was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Ko, Dong-Gil; Mai, Feng; Shan, Zhe; Zhang, Dawei (2019-06-01). "Operational efficiency and patient-centered health care: A view from online physician reviews". Journal of Operations Management. 65 (4): 353–379. doi:10.1002/joom.1028. ISSN 0272-6963. S2CID 159133462.