Frequently Asked Questionsfor Medical Centers
- How did you decide which medical centers to feature on ApexMD?
- Why has ApexMD chosen to focus predominantly on tertiary care and academic medical centers?
- How is the list of physicians in the search results generated on ApexMD?
- How do you decide the order in which to show physicians in the ApexMD search results?
- Does ApexMD only feature medical doctors?
- What geographic regions are covered by ApexMD?
- How do I add physicians from my medical center or group practice to ApexMD?
- How do physicians become affiliated with specific medical centers on ApexMD?
- Can we pay to have physicians from our medical center listed at the top of the search results?
- Does ApexMD verify physician qualifications, credentials and certification?
- Do Physicians have to pay to be listed on ApexMD? Do they pay a referral fee? How do you make money?
How did you decide which medical centers to feature on ApexMD?
At ApexMD, we have focused predominantly on profiling physicians at tertiary care and academic medical centers. The medical centers featured on our site will comprise the majority of hospitals on the lists of top medical centers as presented in rankings such as those in the US News and World Report list of top hospitals. Top
Why has ApexMD chosen to focus predominantly on tertiary care and academic medical centers?
ApexMD is designed to be a search tool used by patients, physicians or other medical professionals to assist them in the process of finding relevant physicians that are highly focused on specific diseases, particularly rare, potentially lethal acute or disabling chronic conditions. ApexMD has chosen to focus on profiling doctors at tertiary care or academic medical centers because, due to the nature of these centers, physicians at these hospitals are able and encouraged to become highly specialized or subspecialized on a few particular diseases or an area of emphasis within a specialty. These physicians can often be the best source for insight or a second opinion, particularly for rare or difficult-to-treat conditions. There are many highly specialized physicians that focus on one or a small number of procedures, particularly surgical procedures, that are not affilated with a tertiary care or academic medical center. We hope, in time, to add physicians from these non-tertiary care medical centers that are focused on specific procedures and we hope that in the meantime physicians at these centers will come to ApexMD themselves and complete a profile. Top
How is the list of physicians in the search results generated on ApexMD?
Please see the How Does it Work? section on our FAQs main page for a complete description of the ApexMD search process. Top
How do you decide the order in which to show physicians in the ApexMD search results?
In the ApexMD search results, physicians are grouped by specialty and ordered within their specialty by Match Score, from highest to lowest. For information on how our Match Scores are generated see the How Does it Work? section on our FAQs main page. When there is a tie of Match Scores then the physicians with the same score are presented in alphabetical order by last name. Top
Does ApexMD only feature medical doctors?
Currently, we are only indexing and accepting profiles for US-based physicians that are Doctors of Medicine (MD or foreign equivalent) or Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DO). Top
What geographic regions are covered by ApexMD?
We intend to cover all regions of the United States with at least one medical center in each region by the end of 2009. We currently have no plans to profile physicians practicing outside of the United States. Top
How do I add physicians from my medical center or group practice to ApexMD?
If you are adding only a small number of physicians (less than 20) then you can add them one at a time using our Physician Sign-up process. If you are an administrative person completing a profile on behalf of a physician please indicate so by checking the appropriate box during the sign up process. This will make the profile verification process go much more quickly. If you are in an administrative or marketing role at a larger group practice or hospital and would like to add your physicians to our database via a data file import please contact us via email or phone and we will explain the file format that is required. If you would like for us to crawl through your existing medical center physician directory and index into ApexMD please send us an email through our contact us page and we will evaluate your website for crawling and indexing. Top
How do physicians become affiliated with specific medical centers on ApexMD?
We confirm affiliation with a medical center through a biography listing on the medical center website doctor directory. In other words, a physician MUST BE LISTED in the online doctor directory for any medical center for which they wish to have an affiliation on ApexMD. We are sorry that we can not make any exceptions to this requirement. Top
Can we pay to have physicians from our medical center listed higher or at the top of the search results?
No, physician's are ordered within their specialty by Match Score, our proprietary scoring algorithm. Please see the How Does it Work? section on our FAQs main page for a description of our Match Score algorithm. Neither physicians nor medical centers can pay to have a higher Match Score for any disease or procedure. Top
Does ApexMD verify physician qualifications, credentials and certification?
ApexMD does not verify qualifications, credentials or certifications of any physician listed on this website. Always check with your hospital or the doctor directly to confirm their qualifications prior to seeking medical treatment. The physician profiles on ApexMD frequently provide a link to the physician's biography at the medical center where they are affiliated. These biographies occasionally contain information regarding board certifications. You can verify board certification for specific physicians by searching at the American Board of Medical Specialties website. To check if your physician has received any state medical board disciplinary actions, you can visit the website of the Federation of State Medical Boards and get a report for a fee. Many state medical boards provide a free reports of disciplinary actions against any physicians licensed in that state. Top
Do Physicians have to pay to be listed on ApexMD? Do they pay a referral fee? How do you make money?
Physicians do not have to pay to be listed on ApexMD. They can list a profile for free. Physicians do not pay a referral fee for any consultation or appointment that is made as a result of a search on ApexMD. We make money through the placement of highly targeted advertisements that attempt to be relevant to each disease or procedure. These advertisements generally appear across the top or right side or our search results and are clearly marked as sponsorships, advertisements or Ads by Google. Top
