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Don’t Leave Your Online Reputation to Luck: How AI Is Telling Your Story Without You — Webinar

In this session, rater8’s Solutions Marketing Manager, Tara Tate, breaks down how patient search behavior is changing, what it means for your practice, and what you can do now to ensure AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude accurately represent your practice.
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Emily Manuel

Published

March 20, 2026

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Referrals don’t happen in a vacuum anymore.

Long before a patient calls your office, they’re researching you online. Increasingly, that research isn’t happening through traditional search alone—it’s being shaped by AI tools like Google’s AI Overviews and conversational AI platforms such as ChatGPT and Perplexity.

Some practices are showing up consistently across these experiences. Others aren’t showing up at all. And in many cases, when information is incomplete, inconsistent, or outdated, AI tools may fill in the gaps—sometimes inaccurately.

In this 30-minute session, Tara Tate, Solutions Marketing Manager at rater8, breaks down what’s changed in the patient search journey and what it means for your organization.

Topics covered include:

  • Understand how patients are searching for care in 2026 and how AI tools are shaping what they see before they ever visit your website.
  • Explore how platforms like Google’s AI Overviews and conversational AI tools decide which practices to surface, and where they pull their information from.
  • Walk away with practical ways to evaluate how your organization appears across AI tools and where gaps may exist.

If you were unable to join us for the webinar, check out the recording below!

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Headshot of rater8's Solutions Marketing Manager, Tara Tate.

Tara Tate — Solutions Marketing Manager, rater8

Tara Tate is a Solutions Marketing Manager at rater8, where she helps healthcare organizations improve their online presence and attract more patients. With experience in sales, business development, and marketing, Tara leverages insights from working closely with medical practices to understand their challenges and translate them into solutions that help providers connect more effectively with patients online.
 
How Community Health Centers of the Central Coast nearly doubled Google Business Profile views by growing their online reviews 40x
How OrthoGeorgia turned 65 years of great care into 4.7+ star ratings across every provider and location
Cardiovascular Consultants Medical Group rises to the top of AI search after increasing their monthly online reviews by 53x with rater8
How Cardiovascular Logistics conquered local and AI search results
Building excellence from the inside out: How IMP grew online reviews by 1,961% and became a “best doctor” in Google’s AI Overviews
How rater8 propelled Urology for Children to the top of AI search results
Emily Manuel
Emily is rater8’s marketing communications manager, specializing in branding, content strategy, and digital storytelling. With three years of B2B SaaS experience in healthcare tech and certifications in HubSpot Content Marketing and Google AI Essentials, Emily shares insights that help practices improve their online reputations and stay ahead in the new era of AI-driven patient search. Her work has been published by Electronic Health Reporter, Medical Economics, and HealthITAnswers.

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