Vitals Awards

What Are The Vitals Awards?

Honoring the Doctors that Patients Admire Most

Compassionate Doctor Award

Dr. Hardesty is 5 Year Honoree (2016, 2017, 2018).

Vitals Compassionate Doctor Award – 5 Year Honoree recognizes doctors with the highest scores in bedside manner for five consecutive years. This honor is granted to a few distinct doctors in the United States based on experiences shared by patients.

On-Time Doctor Award

Dr. Hardesty is a five-year Honoree (2009, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).

Vitals On-Time + Promptness Award five-year award recognizes doctors with consistent high ratings for timeliness of appointments. The honor is granted based on a physician’s overall and promptness scores.

Patients’ Choice Award

Dr. Hardesty has been honored over five times (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).

Patients’ Choice recognition reflects the difference a particular physician has made in the lives of his/her patients. The honor is bestowed to physicians who have received near perfect scores, as voted by patients.

Compassionate Doctor Recognition

Dr. Hardesty has been awarded eight times (2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).

Compassionate Doctor certification is granted to physicians who treat their patients with the utmost kindness. The honor is granted based on a physician’s overall and bedside manner scores.

How Are The Doctors Chosen?

Millions of patients each year rate their doctor on Vitals.com. Vitals analyze these ratings, along with other quality measures, to name the physicians admired most by their patients in communities across the country. Vitals awards recognize top doctors and those that provide exemplary care, respectively. The awards are determined based on the reviews and ratings collected in the calendar year from millions of patients and are awarded to less than 5 percent of all doctors nationwide.

These awards cannot be purchased and are based on patients unsolicited reviews.