Comments on: Physician Rating Sites (Guest post by PilgrimTinker) http://davidrothman.net/2008/07/21/physician-rating-sites-guest-post-by-pilgrimtinker/ Health Information | Geekery Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:05:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David Rothman: A Thought on the Online Rating of Doctors « OrthoSurg Info @UM http://davidrothman.net/2008/07/21/physician-rating-sites-guest-post-by-pilgrimtinker/comment-page-1/#comment-130831 David Rothman: A Thought on the Online Rating of Doctors « OrthoSurg Info @UM Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:34:33 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2008/07/21/physician-rating-sites-guest-post-by-pilgrimtinker/#comment-130831 [...] “When discussing sites which allow patients to rate doctors, I have frequently heard the argument that the ratings wouldn’t really be useful or meaningful. [...] [...] “When discussing sites which allow patients to rate doctors, I have frequently heard the argument that the ratings wouldn’t really be useful or meaningful. [...]

]]> By: James http://davidrothman.net/2008/07/21/physician-rating-sites-guest-post-by-pilgrimtinker/comment-page-1/#comment-130776 James Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:16:34 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2008/07/21/physician-rating-sites-guest-post-by-pilgrimtinker/#comment-130776 You forgot to mention MyDocHub.com. MyDocHub.com gives you FREE doctor ratings, doctor reviews, and doctor search, enabling you to find the best local doctor. MyDocHub lets you anonymously review and rate your doctor experience on punctuality, waiting room times, total time spent in the office and staff efficiency. You forgot to mention MyDocHub.com. MyDocHub.com gives you FREE doctor ratings, doctor reviews, and doctor search, enabling you to find the best local doctor. MyDocHub lets you anonymously review and rate your doctor experience on punctuality, waiting room times, total time spent in the office and staff efficiency.

]]> By: James Doane http://davidrothman.net/2008/07/21/physician-rating-sites-guest-post-by-pilgrimtinker/comment-page-1/#comment-130517 James Doane Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:50:21 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2008/07/21/physician-rating-sites-guest-post-by-pilgrimtinker/#comment-130517 If you would like to view your physician's current status with the state boards you can access your state health board through the AIM DocFinder available at: http://www.docboard.org/docfinder.html Once you are at the homepage you will need to navigate to the particular state your physician practices in and each state site is a bit different. Generally there is good information available regarding the physicians such as: Current status of license, specialty and sub-specialty certification, practice location(s), good standing, contact information. If you would like to view your physician’s current status with the state boards you can access your state health board through the AIM DocFinder available at: http://www.docboard.org/docfinder.html
Once you are at the homepage you will need to navigate to the particular state your physician practices in and each state site is a bit different. Generally there is good information available regarding the physicians such as: Current status of license, specialty and sub-specialty certification, practice location(s), good standing, contact information.

]]> By: Steve Feldman, MD, PhD http://davidrothman.net/2008/07/21/physician-rating-sites-guest-post-by-pilgrimtinker/comment-page-1/#comment-130469 Steve Feldman, MD, PhD Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:38:07 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2008/07/21/physician-rating-sites-guest-post-by-pilgrimtinker/#comment-130469 It's nice to see such an interesting and well balanced review of the doctor rating websites. I'm the founder of www.DrScore.com and am a big believer that more doctor rating will be good for doctors and for patients. The more ratings there are, the more representative the scores will be. Doctors can use the feedback to provide better service, and patients will get to see what kind of job doctors are doing. For the most part, the public is going to be pleasantly surprised by how high patients' satisfaction level really is. If any doctor really does have a low score, they'd want to know about it so they could improve. If a doctor with a low score didn't care, the rest of us doctors would want the world to know that! Some people don't think much of patient satisfaction as a measure of medical quality. It may not be everything, but it certainly is important. Of course we all want the right diagnosis and the right treatment, but in addition to that, patients deserve to be happy with the care they are receiving. Steve Feldman, MD, PhD sfeldman@DrScore.com Founder, www.DrScore.com It’s nice to see such an interesting and well balanced review of the doctor rating websites. I’m the founder of http://www.DrScore.com and am a big believer that more doctor rating will be good for doctors and for patients. The more ratings there are, the more representative the scores will be. Doctors can use the feedback to provide better service, and patients will get to see what kind of job doctors are doing. For the most part, the public is going to be pleasantly surprised by how high patients’ satisfaction level really is. If any doctor really does have a low score, they’d want to know about it so they could improve. If a doctor with a low score didn’t care, the rest of us doctors would want the world to know that!

Some people don’t think much of patient satisfaction as a measure of medical quality. It may not be everything, but it certainly is important. Of course we all want the right diagnosis and the right treatment, but in addition to that, patients deserve to be happy with the care they are receiving.

Steve Feldman, MD, PhD
sfeldman@DrScore.com
Founder, http://www.DrScore.com

]]> By: Jon Brassey http://davidrothman.net/2008/07/21/physician-rating-sites-guest-post-by-pilgrimtinker/comment-page-1/#comment-130460 Jon Brassey Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:14:06 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2008/07/21/physician-rating-sites-guest-post-by-pilgrimtinker/#comment-130460 The UK has a similar site called 'I want great care'. These sites worry me. Can we take a rating system to healthcare? I didn't buy one type of digital radio from Amazon as the ratings were bad. I look at TRIPadvisor before booking a hotel and that frequently guides my choice. So the notion of 'social proof' works for me. Perhaps the worry with these doctor ratings is the way they are implemented. For instance, hiding behind anonymity seems highly irresponsible. These clinician rating systems feel more like a technology-led exercise than a meaningful attempt at improving healthcare. The UK has a similar site called ‘I want great care’. These sites worry me.

Can we take a rating system to healthcare? I didn’t buy one type of digital radio from Amazon as the ratings were bad. I look at TRIPadvisor before booking a hotel and that frequently guides my choice. So the notion of ’social proof’ works for me.

Perhaps the worry with these doctor ratings is the way they are implemented. For instance, hiding behind anonymity seems highly irresponsible.

These clinician rating systems feel more like a technology-led exercise than a meaningful attempt at improving healthcare.

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