preferredHospitals.com is an emerging network of 'social media friendly' institutions. Yet just what is a social media friendly hospital? While a relatively new, and still emerging, idea they are committed to transforming an increasingly unsustainable general hospital business model and also commit to the following key principles:

• cost and quality transparency
• patient empowerment via tools integrating with your personal (PHR) or electronic (EHR) medical records 
• active community engagement via blogs, Twitter, FaceBook, YouTube or other new age media
• 'direct medical practice' friendly
• a proactive commitment to sensitively serve the under-served, i.e., the uninsured or growing ranks of under-insured
• a signatory to the Health Data Rights declaration

Though a new and rapidly evolving industry, we intend to build a national network of like minded hospitals who value consumer empowerment via 'participatory medicine'.

For more information, please contact us at 888.568.8590.