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Healthgrades

Healthgrades

Health & Pharma Digital AdvertisingPublisherhealthgrades.com

Healthgrades is an online platform that helps consumers identify and select doctors, hospitals, and care providers by making healthcare information more transparent and accessible.

Last updated Oct 5, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team

Founded
1998
HQ
Denver, Colorado, United States
Connections
6

AI-drafted from public sources9 sources cited

At a glance

Employees
1001-5000
Funding
N/A
Revenue
$100M-$300M
2integrations4competitors

About

One of the largest U.S. online physician-finding and healthcare provider marketing platforms, with significant reach among high-intent patient audiences

Healthgrades is an online platform that helps consumers identify and select doctors, hospitals, and care providers by making healthcare information more transparent and accessible. Users can evaluate physicians based on factors such as experience, background, hospital affiliation, patient reviews, insurance, and cultural competencies, with the platform emphasizing that the quality of the facility matters as much as the individual provider. In the digital and marketing space, Healthgrades has pursued a broader digital transformation strategy, positioning itself as a large-scale digital center for care delivering seamless healthcare experiences across digital and omnichannel environments. Realizing this vision relies on a connected marketing technology ecosystem driven by data, syndicating content across channels, with the role of marketing technology — including adtech — expected to grow across media, content, data, and connectivity. With over 10 million vetted quality reviews, the platform draws significant consumer traffic, noting that 90% of patients consult online reviews before seeing a physician — an audience base relevant to healthcare advertisers and marketers. Source 1: healthgrades.com — About Healthgrades Source 2: chiefmartec.com — Marketing technology? Digital? It should be #HumanFirst

Business model

Marketplace + Media Network

Target market

Enterprise

What they offer

  • Physician Finder & Ratings

    Comprehensive directory of 3M+ U.S. healthcare providers with verified patient reviews, quality scores, malpractice history, and board certification data.

  • Online Appointment Scheduling

    Real-time appointment booking integrated directly with provider EHR and practice management systems, reducing friction in the patient acquisition funnel.

  • Healthgrades for Providers (Provider Marketing)

    Subscription-based profile enhancement and patient acquisition tools for individual physicians and health systems, including sponsored placements and reputation management.

  • Hospital Quality Ratings

    Annual ratings and awards for hospitals based on clinical outcomes data, used by health systems for marketing and by patients for care decisions.

  • Healthgrades Media Network

    Endemic digital advertising solutions for pharma, biotech, medical device, and insurance advertisers targeting patients and caregivers by condition, treatment stage, and provider search behavior.

  • Patient Engagement Solutions

    CRM and outreach tools for health systems to re-engage existing patients, close care gaps, and drive appointment volume through targeted communications.

  • Sponsored Listings & Display Advertising

    Paid placement products allowing providers and health systems to appear prominently in relevant patient search results on the Healthgrades platform.

Key features

3M+ verified U.S. provider profiles with ratings and clinical dataReal-time online appointment bookingFirst-party patient intent data for ad targetingHospital and physician quality awards based on outcomes dataCondition-level audience segmentation for advertisersEHR and practice management system integrationsPatient satisfaction survey collection and displayMalpractice and disciplinary action transparencyMobile-optimized patient-facing experienceHealth system CRM and patient outreach tools

Use cases

Patients finding and comparing physicians by specialty, location, and quality ratingsHealth systems growing patient volume through sponsored listings and profile optimizationPharma brands reaching condition-specific patient audiences at point of provider searchMedical device companies targeting patients researching specific proceduresHealth insurers acquiring members through targeted digital campaignsHospitals leveraging quality award designations in marketing materialsPhysician practices managing online reputation and patient reviewsHealth systems re-engaging lapsed patients through CRM outreach tools

Customer segments

Pharmaceutical and biotech companiesHealth systems and hospital networksIndependent physician practicesMedical device manufacturersHealth insurance companiesHealthcare-focused digital agenciesPatients and caregivers (consumer audience)

Tech & specs

Technology stack

Cloud-based SaaS infrastructureProgrammatic advertising (DSP/SSP integrations)EHR integration APIs (Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth)First-party data management platformMachine learning for provider matching and recommendationsReal-time bidding infrastructureCRM and marketing automation toolsMobile-optimized web and app platforms

Security & compliance

HIPAACCPASOC 2

Deployment

Cloud

API

Limited

Corporate history
  1. 1998 · Founded
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