What is healthcare online reputation management?
Healthcare online reputation management, also called medical online reputation management or healthcare ORM, is the ongoing work of monitoring your practice's reviews and ratings, replying to them, keeping your Google Business Profile accurate, and, where you want it, encouraging more patients to leave honest reviews. Done well, it protects the trust a practice has already earned rather than manufacturing a reputation that isn't there.
Can you get a negative review removed?
Only if it breaches Google's own review policies, for example if it's spam, fake, or posted by someone with no real experience of your practice. We can report a review that appears to break those rules and guide you through the process, but we cannot and will not have a genuine, if unwelcome, review taken down simply because you disagree with it.
Will asking patients for reviews get my doctors in trouble?
It can, if it's done the wrong way. Guidance for India's registered medical practitioners discourages doctors from soliciting patients or sharing patient testimonials themselves. We send review prompts from the practice, not from a named doctor, with no incentive attached and no pressure, which keeps the request inside those boundaries.
Do you write fake reviews?
No. We never write, post or pay for reviews, and we never offer a discount or gift in exchange for one. Google's guidelines prohibit all of this, and a practice caught doing it risks having its whole listing suspended.
How do you reply to a negative review without breaching patient privacy?
We reply without confirming or denying that the reviewer was ever a patient, and without mentioning any detail of their care, even in defence of the practice. The reply focuses on what any reader should know, such as an invitation to discuss the visit directly.
How quickly will my rating improve?
It depends on your starting point and how many satisfied patients haven't yet left a review. A rating built on real experiences tends to move gradually rather than jump, and we won't promise a specific number or timeline, because doing so would mean either guaranteeing outcomes we don't control or using tactics we won't use.
Do you manage listings on Practo, Justdial and Lybrate as well as Google?
Yes. We keep your details consistent across Google Business Profile and the health directories most patients in India check, and monitor reviews on each.
Can you handle reputation for more than one branch?
Yes. Each location is monitored and reported on separately, so a review problem at one branch doesn't get lost in an average across all of them.
What happens if a review raises a genuine safety or clinical concern?
We escalate it to you immediately rather than replying ourselves, since that needs a clinical response, not a marketing one. We can still help you draft the public reply once you've decided how to handle it.
Do you offer healthcare reputation management outside India?
Yes. As a healthcare ORM company offering medical ORM services beyond India, we adjust to the review platforms and professional-conduct rules that apply in that country.
Will you need access to patient records?
No. Managing your reputation needs access to your Google Business Profile, review platforms and directory listings, not medical records. Any review reply or shared story is written to include nothing about a patient beyond what the patient has already made public themselves.