Vitals this week released survey results finding that "over 80 percent of doctors monitor their reviews and ratings." Vitals current survey also found that "75 percent of doctors check more than one online rating site. Nearly 12 percent of physicians said they check reviews at least once per week. Another 33 percent said they monitor reviews monthly, while 42 percent check a few times per year. Only 13 percent said they almost never monitor online feedback from patients."

Two healthsprocket lists were recently posted sharing yelp data on provider reviews:
Most-reviewed providers chains on Yelp
Most-reviewed categories of providers on Yelp

Physicians may be reading these reviews, but that doesn't mean that all are happy about it. Niam Yaraghi, Fellow, Governance Studies, Center for Technology Innovation at the Brooking Institute, might typify reaction from many providers to all of this, in his posts on the Brookings website and in US News. He concedes that patient "online reviews are limited to (or at least heavily biased by) certain criteria such as bedside manners, waiting times, scheduling flexibilities, and staff demeanor" but emphasizes that "online reviews are not valid measures of clinical expertise." How strongly does he feel about this? His US News article was entitled Online Doctor Ratings Are Garbage.