Castle Connolly Makes Finding the Best Healthcare from Top Doctors Even Easier

NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- (http://www.myprgenie.com/ ) -- Times certainly have changed.  If you were to poll Americans 10 years ago and ask them where they found their doctors – most would tell you that they found their current healthcare provider in their insurance plan directory or through the recommendation of a friend or family member; today that is not the case.  Eighty percent of all U.S. Internet users, or 59 percent of all American adults, look up health information online, according to a report released by the Pew Research Center.  

Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors, is constantly growing and improving its services in response to the ever changing trends in healthcare consumerism.  The 30,000+ online Top Doctor profiles available at www.castleconnolly.com have now been redesigned in a simple, easy to use format.  The new, more intuitive Castle Connolly's Top Doctors™ profile format makes it easier for visitors to see all relevant information in a single screen shot, while minimizing having to scroll down the page.  This redesign will also allow for better displays for those who may be searching on their mobile devices while they're on the go.

Castle Connolly's Top Doctors(TM) profiles now include a list of insurance plans that are accepted by each doctor, making it even simpler to find the Top Doctor for the medical needs of you and your family. Say good-bye to flipping through outdated insurance plan guides. The site's "Advanced Search" also allows users to search for a doctor using the insurance plan as an additional or primary search criteria. Users can search by specialty, location, special expertise, hospital, publication or insurance. Consumers will be able to select a Top Doctor for their care, search their special expertise, search by a specific disease or condition and verify insurance plans accepted -- all in a single website visit to www.castleconnolly.com. 

"For more than two decades, Castle Connolly's Top Doctors(TM) guides and online database have been the premiere sources for finding the best doctors in medical communities across the country," said Dr. John J. Connolly, President and CEO of Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. "We've made our profiles easier to view and have provided our users with all the tools they need to connect with the best medical care in their area - with one simple click."

Castle Connolly's Top Doctors(TM) are selected after being nominated by their peers and their credentials reviewed by the Castle Connolly physician-led research team. They may then appear in a national or regional Top Doctors print guide, in a magazine's Top Doctors feature, on the Castle Connolly website, www.castleconnolly.com or the online listings of Top Doctors with US News & World Report. Doctors do not and cannot pay to be included. The company was founded in 1991 by John K. Castle (Chairman) and John J. Connolly, Ed.D. (President and CEO), who served as board chairman, and president and CEO of New York Medical College, respectively. Its mission is to help consumers find the best healthcare. 

Contact: Nicki Hughes, [email protected], 212.367.8400

SOURCE Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.