What is the highly coveted Patients’ Choice Award? It’s an honor that reflects the difference a doctor made in people’s lives through the exceptionally high praise granted to a doctor by patients.

Every month, more than 40,000 patients across the U.S. provide online feedback about their experiences with their doctors. They rate various components such as bedside manner, doctor-patient face time, degree of follow-up, courtesy of office staff, and overall opinions. While physicians generally receive positive reviews from their patients, only a select few receive uniformly rave reviews across the board. Of those that receive rave reviews, only the few physicians with near perfect scores have been voted by their patients for this honor.

This notation of a Patients’ Choice physician will be prominently displayed in the doctor profile on a broad collection of web sites, including Vitals.com, Health.com, and a variety of Managed Care sites. These web sites are viewed by more than 150,000 people on a daily basis. Many times, a doctor, local newspaper, or a healthcare facility proudly announces that their phyician recieved this prestigious award.

January 2010  Patients’ Choice Award Sightings:

Dr. Farzad Yaghouti

PRWeb.com – Dr. Farzad Yaghouti of Global Laser Vision Receives Patient’s Choice Award for 2009.  “To me, it is of great importance having my patients feel comfortable and be informed of their choices,” said Dr. Yaghouti, adding; “At Global Laser Vision, one of our primary goals is to thoroughly educate our patients about the condition of their eyes and about all of the treatment options available to them.” Dr. Yaghouti is one of only a handful of ophthalmologists who has completed a formal two year fellowship specializing in refractive surgery, cornea and external eye disease at the renowned Harvard Medical School. He is a leading corneal and refractive surgery specialist educating eye surgeons from all over the world about the most recent advances in refractive surgery.

Pr-usa.net - Dr. Marlah Mardis, a local family medicine physician, has received the prestigious Patients’ Choice Award, an internet-based recognition which is tabulated by MDx Medical in Lyndhurst, NJ. Dr. Marlah Mardis began practicing medicine in 1994, and has been on the medical staff of OccuMed since 1996. Dr. Mardis graduated with honors from Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and attended medical school at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. She has extensive experience in the treatment of workplace-related injuries and primary care issues. OccuMed is a family practice facility located at 1785 Nonconnah Boulevard in Memphis. The physicians also maintain an emphasis on workman’s compensation and occupational medicine. Additionally, the practice houses a physical therapy department and provides on-site services to area employers.

Dr. Scott Boone

LochHavenObgyn.com – Dr. Scott Boone has been selected by his patients for the American Registry’s Patients’ Choice Award for 2008. This top rating has only been awarded to a select few of the nation’s most beloved doctors. His patients complimented him on his bedside manner, amount of time he spent with them, the courtesy of his staff, appropriate follow-up, and their overall perception of him as a physician. He is certainly one of the best. Congratulations!!More information on Dr. Scott Boone, Dr. Marlah Mardis & Dr Farzad Yaghouti can be found on Vitals.com

A little satire by a Patient’s Choice Award winner.