Authored by Loryn Lyle
The experience that reassures a patient during a consultation should also be easy to find on your website. Start with details you can verify: years in practice, relevant training, and the number and types of procedures your doctor or team has performed. Put the overall picture on your homepage and the relevant details on each service page.
You know those moments in a consult when a patient says, “Oh, I didn’t know that”? Maybe they’ve just learned about your surgeon’s training or experience with a particular procedure. Those details help someone understand your practice before they ever meet you, including someone asking AI what sets you apart.
It’s worth checking whether your website tells that part of your story.
Start with what you already explain to patients
Ask your providers and consultation team one question: What do patients seem surprised to learn about our experience?
You might hear about a fellowship, years spent treating a particular concern, or a procedure your team performs regularly. Make a short list, then check the facts before turning them into website copy.
“Experienced providers” leaves a lot for a reader to interpret. A specific, accurate description gives them something they can understand and ask about.
The useful details will vary by practice:
- Ophthalmology: Which vision correction procedures has the surgeon performed, and what does a stated total include?
- Plastic surgery: What did the surgeon’s additional training focus on, and how does it relate to the procedure being discussed?
- Medspas: Who performs the treatment, and what relevant training and hands-on experience does that person have?
- Health and wellness: What is the provider’s professional background, and how long have they worked in the area of care described?
You don’t need an impressive-sounding claim for every service. You need a clear, accurate explanation of the experience you do have.
Give the homepage and service pages different jobs
Your homepage can introduce the practice’s overall background. That might include when the practice opened, who leads the clinical team, and the experience patients can learn more about in individual provider bios.
A service page should be more specific. Someone reading about eyelid surgery needs the experience relevant to eyelid surgery. Someone considering a laser treatment should be able to tell who performs it and what their background is.
Include the relevant explanation on the page itself, then link to the provider’s bio for more detail. A patient shouldn’t have to piece together several pages to understand who would be caring for them.
Keep important facts in readable text, even if you also feature them in a graphic or video. Google’s guidance for AI features specifically recommends making important content available in text and continues to emphasize helpful, reliable content. This does not guarantee that an AI tool will mention or recommend your practice.
Be precise when a procedure is newer to your practice
A newer service may sit within years of relevant professional experience. You can explain that background without making the new service sound more established than it is.
For example, imagine a surgeon has performed more than 10,000 vision correction procedures but has a smaller amount of EVO ICL experience. This is a hypothetical example, not a claim about a particular surgeon or client.
If the broader total is verified, describe it as vision correction experience. Do not present it as 10,000 ICL procedures. Explain the surgeon’s ICL-specific training or experience separately, using only facts you can support.
The same care applies elsewhere. A practice’s founding date is different from a provider’s years in practice. A team’s combined procedure count is different from one doctor’s count. Procedures and patients are different units, too.
Before using a number, confirm who it describes, what it counts, and the time period covered. Procedure volume can describe experience; it does not establish a success rate or promise an outcome.
Review one page before rewriting everything
Choose one service page and compare it with the provider bio. Can a new patient tell who provides the service and what relevant experience that person has? Do the dates, credentials, and procedure descriptions agree?
Google’s helpful-content guidance encourages clear sourcing, author background, and information that demonstrates expertise. For this review, that means checking the details with your team and explaining them in language patients can follow.
If you want a second set of eyes, try this prompt with an AI tool that can access the pages you provide:
Review these pages: [paste URLs]. Identify the stated provider experience, training, years in practice, and procedure counts. Cite the exact page and supporting wording for each fact. Flag inconsistent or ambiguous claims. Keep individual and team experience separate, and distinguish specific procedures from broader categories. For details you cannot locate, say “not found in the pages reviewed.” List any pages you could not access. Do not invent facts or infer credentials. Suggest questions our team should verify before revising the copy.
Check its findings against the actual pages. If it cannot access them, paste the relevant public page text instead. Never add patient information to this exercise.
Start with one useful detail you regularly explain in a consultation. Verify it, put it where it belongs, and make it easy to understand.
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About the author
Loryn Lyle is the founder of SILVR Agency. She helps medical and aesthetic practices communicate clearly online through website strategy, search optimization, and digital marketing.