Patients search online for doctors and health information
Current statistics show that a significant proportion of patients search for information about doctors online. Around 70% of Germans use the internet to search for a doctor and almost 30% of internet users book their doctor's appointments online. In addition, almost 90% of German internet users obtain information about health topics online and often use search engines such as Google as their first port of call.
"A significant proportion of patients also search online for information about doctors. According to a survey by the digital association Bitkom, 67% of Germans look for additional health information online after visiting a doctor. 14% of respondents do this regularly, 30% sometimes and 23% rarely."
(Source aerztestellen.aerzteblatt.de)