Rate Your Health Care Experience on WhereToFindCare.com

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Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:40am EST

Web portal offers consumer tools for finding and evaluating health care




DETROIT, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers now have a free, convenient way to
gain control over their health care options.  Through the use of the national
Web site, WhereToFindCare.com, consumers who share their health care
experiences will contribute to quality ratings of hospitals, doctors, nursing
homes, diagnostic centers and other health care providers.

The Web site clears the confusion over health care by offering
easy-to-understand tips for evaluating health care facilities and providers. 
For example, what's the difference between a skilled care facility and a
nursing home?  How do you know what level of care your elderly loved-one
needs? How do you know a doctor or health facility provides high quality
service? WhereToFindCare.com provides the answers to these and many other
health care questions.

"We offer consumers a simple way to find and compare the best health options
for them, in a way that everyone can understand," says Barbara O'Connell,
chief operating officer of WhereToFindCare.com.  "To make the site more robust
and user-friendly, we ask users to share their experiences. We add that detail
into our customized rating system, so we incorporate the voice of the
consumer."

Currently, WhereToFindCare.com has information on close to 100,000 hospitals,
doctors and health care facilities nationwide.  The owners are continually
adding to the site, including a new tool that will help patients and their
families find the best match when care at home is needed after being
discharged from the hospital.

Visitors to the website also have the option to nominate outstanding health
professionals as "Care Stars," for added recognition. WhereToFindCare.com is a
Michigan company created and managed by two health care experts, Barbara
O'Connell and Dawn Hall.  The site is free to use and to contribute and share
your health care experiences.  For more information, go to
www.wheretofindcare.com.


SOURCE  WhereToFindCare.com

Debbie Reinheimer, +1-248-227-3667, Debbie@ReinheimerPR.com
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