Palomar Health values the partnerships we have with our patients and their loved ones. We are committed to providing you the information you need at your fingertips to make informed decisions about your health care, and about the physicians and other providers who walk the care journey with you. As part of that commitment, we now post our physicians’ patient satisfaction ratings online.

To assist you, we have developed this guide to help patients, family members and those considering appointments with {Palomar Health} physicians understand how we capture and report our patient experience ratings.

Palomar Health is focused on providing an exceptional experience in every care interaction. All ratings are submitted by actual patients and verified by a leading company in the patient satisfaction industry. We measure all aspects of patient satisfaction. To ensure that we are holding ourselves to the highest standards, we partner with an independent patient satisfaction company. National Research Corporation provides the technology to display ratings and comments on our physician profile pages.

The survey is sent to all of patients at surveyed locations within Palomar Health within several days of their visit. Patients are asked to complete the survey and provide comments regarding specific aspects of care. We use this feedback to improve and enhance the care we offer.

Palomar Health is committed to transparency. That means posting all relevant feedback – whether it’s positive or negative. However, we do not post comments that are libelous, profane, or those that risk the privacy of our patients. Every provider rating published regardless of comment status.

We calculate our star ratings based on responses to the below questions from the Real Time survey and the data displayed is from past 12 months.

Overall Rating Question

• How likely would you be to recommend this facility to your family and friends?

Industry best practice is clear that more data provides a more accurate picture. That’s why we require a minimum of 30 completed patient surveys per doctor before we post a physician’s rating. Over time, with more surveys received on an ongoing basis, the number of rated physicians will increase.

A physician’s rating will only be posted on the site when he/she has a minimum of 30 completed surveys.

No. Only patients having an outpatient visit by a Palomar Health physician may be selected to receive a survey. The results are based entirely from patients who have been treated by the physician.

Patient names are not displayed through the online ratings and commentary reviews. All personally identifiable information is removed prior to display.

Both positive and negative comments are posted, with these exceptions:

• PHI
• Name (mention of any name other than the provider being reviewed)
• Age, date of birth, Address, Phone, Email, SSN, Account numbers, etc.
• Profanity / Offensive Language
• Potential Defamatory content
• Service Alerts