Soon-to-be parents have a new tool to help decide where to have a baby: Yelp. The San Francisco-based consumer review site now includes clinical data on pregnancy procedures such as C-sections, episiotomies, and breastfeeding rates for hospitals. Yelp partnered with the California Health Care Foundation to provide the data for every hospital in the state. Forum discusses the partnership and the effort to make information on health care providers more transparent and accessible.
Yelp Wants to Help You With Your Birth Plan (KQED News)