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Why DPC Physicians Are Bad at Asking for Reviews (And What It's Costing You)

DPC| Primary Care| DPC Podcast| CRM
May 14, 2026•2 min read

I'm going to say something that might feel a little uncomfortable: if your DPC practice has fewer than 20 Google reviews, you are leaving patients on the table.

Not because patients always choose their doctor based on reviews. But when someone is considering DPC for the first time, and they Google you, they will find what they find, which either builds trust or creates doubt. Six reviews and a two-year-old response to one of them create doubt.

Here's the thing: your patients probably love you. That's the whole point of DPC. They have your cell number. They text you. They write about you in Facebook groups. But somehow getting them to leave a Google review never quite happens.

Why Physicians Are Bad at This

Asking for reviews feels like asking for a compliment. Most physicians especially those who went into DPC to get away from the corporate side of medicine are not naturally wired for that.

And the timing is always off. You'd have to ask during an appointment, send a separate email afterward, or text them individually. It feels like one more thing on an already long list.

So it doesn't happen. And six months later, your review count looks exactly the same as it did when you opened.

What Should Happen Instead

After a positive interaction, a great appointment, a resolved issue, a patient who messages to say thank you, and a well-timed review request, the appropriate messages should go out automatically. Not immediately, which feels transactional. A day or two later, when the experience is still fresh.

The message doesn't have to be a big ask.
Something like:

"So glad I could help yesterday — if you have a minute, a Google review means a lot for a small practice like mine."

That's it. Most patients who get that message are happy to do it. They just need the nudge at the right moment, and no one to manually remember to send it.

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Dr. Gonzalez was born in NYC, but grew up in Virginia. She graduated from the University of Virginia and Eastern Virginia Medical School before completing her Family Medicine residency and Geriatrics Fellowship in 2002 at USC in Columbia, SC. She worked in Morganton, NC for 5 years at Burke Primary Care. After that, she headed the Primary Care Department at A Woman's View for 13 years and taught part time at the Geriatrics Fellowship in Morganton. She appreciates the privilege of working with her patients to improve their health, independence, and quality of life. She is Board Certified in Family Medicine and has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Geriatrics.

Anne Gonzalez

Dr. Gonzalez was born in NYC, but grew up in Virginia. She graduated from the University of Virginia and Eastern Virginia Medical School before completing her Family Medicine residency and Geriatrics Fellowship in 2002 at USC in Columbia, SC. She worked in Morganton, NC for 5 years at Burke Primary Care. After that, she headed the Primary Care Department at A Woman's View for 13 years and taught part time at the Geriatrics Fellowship in Morganton. She appreciates the privilege of working with her patients to improve their health, independence, and quality of life. She is Board Certified in Family Medicine and has a Certificate of Added Qualification in Geriatrics.

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