Dr Reviews: Using Them To Find Care
Dr reviews provide the patient with a valuable tool in the search for quality medical care. Through the power of the online community, several websites have sprung up for doctor ratings.
Dr reviews provide the patient with a valuable tool in the search for quality medical care. It wasn’t long ago when a person had to rely on vague recommendations from coworkers or big ads in the Yellow Pages to determine who they would turn to as their physician. Today,
there is a better way. Through the power of the online community, several websites have sprung up and given the voice back to the people. This voice is loud and it won’t be ignored. If you want to use this resource to find care, here are some tips to keep in mind.
When using traditional channels, the user is likely to get bogged down in medical terminology that means very little to the layman. When using health insurance companies to find care, one can never know whether they are being shuttled towards the clinics that will save the insurance company the most money or those clinics that will provide the best possible care. This is what makes online dr reviews such a revelation and such an important part of finding quality care in this day and age. Instead of being lost in a sea of jargon and conflicts of interest, you can get opinions straight from the patients themselves.
That’s not to say there isn’t controversy. Some have pointed out that nothing is really preventing a doctor from going online and writing up their own positive dr reviews. Or they could simply pay a few people to open accounts and do it for them. And it’s true—that possibility exists (though there has been very little evidence that this is happening). And of course there are always those people who just have an axe to grind. Maybe the competition across town is writing that scathing piece. But this is a problem across the internet and not unique to physician rating sites. If you’re concerned with this kind of tampering, simply use these sites as a guide. Read the writing, rather than simply skimming the ratings. You don’t have to be a genius to separate genuine opinions from shills. Look for details and make decisions based on facts.
If you’re interested in writing dr reviews or using them to help you find medical care, the process really couldn’t be easier. Choose from one of the sites that provide this type of forum and get started. Either make an account and post your opinions, or search your home town for the information you need. If writing, be fair and unbiased in your assessments. If reading, keep your judgment about you and use the opinions as a guide.