Comments on: Doctors don’t want to be rated online, afraid to lose business http://vladg.com/2009/03/doctors-dont-want-to-be-rated-online-afraid-to-lose-business/ A blog from the perspective of Vlad, a modern-day techie. The content includes elements of design and tech. trends, with a strong emphasis on the beauty of simplicity. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:15:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shaking up the bizarre habits ingrained in primary health care | Digital Parsimony http://vladg.com/2009/03/doctors-dont-want-to-be-rated-online-afraid-to-lose-business/comment-page-1/#comment-4368 Shaking up the bizarre habits ingrained in primary health care | Digital Parsimony Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:11:11 +0000 http://vladg.com/?p=248#comment-4368 [...] yet email and online appointment scheduling is still “new”. I’ve written about this before, and I’m glad it’s coming to [...] [...] yet email and online appointment scheduling is still “new”. I’ve written about this before, and I’m glad it’s coming to [...]

]]> By: Bob86 http://vladg.com/2009/03/doctors-dont-want-to-be-rated-online-afraid-to-lose-business/comment-page-1/#comment-2848 Bob86 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:57:10 +0000 http://vladg.com/?p=248#comment-2848 It is possible for optical answer sheets to be printed incorrectly, such that all ovals will be read as filled. , It is possible for optical answer sheets to be printed incorrectly, such that all ovals will be read as filled. ,

]]> By: Vlad http://vladg.com/2009/03/doctors-dont-want-to-be-rated-online-afraid-to-lose-business/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Vlad Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:00:11 +0000 http://vladg.com/?p=248#comment-657 You make a very good point but that's like saying anything the FDA approves is worth consuming. When a doctor repeatedly harms clients, how would the clients spread awareness? Sure, they can settle something in a courtroom, but I don't want to be going to that doctor. When you move to a new area, how do you find a doctor? Through referals from friends and co-workers based on their experiences. I think this is very similar and a definite outlet for someone to share a potentially life-threatening experience. A bad review won't make or break my decision on a doctor, but repetitive horrible reviews will make me raise my brow. You make a very good point but that’s like saying anything the FDA approves is worth consuming. When a doctor repeatedly harms clients, how would the clients spread awareness? Sure, they can settle something in a courtroom, but I don’t want to be going to that doctor. When you move to a new area, how do you find a doctor? Through referals from friends and co-workers based on their experiences. I think this is very similar and a definite outlet for someone to share a potentially life-threatening experience. A bad review won’t make or break my decision on a doctor, but repetitive horrible reviews will make me raise my brow.

]]> By: Joe http://vladg.com/2009/03/doctors-dont-want-to-be-rated-online-afraid-to-lose-business/comment-page-1/#comment-656 Joe Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:44:41 +0000 http://vladg.com/?p=248#comment-656 Rating doctors? There already are professional bodies called boards which rate doctors and make sure they are fit to practice. Practicing medicine, law, designing parts for engines or building bridges is not the same as selling stuff as Amazon does. There is a great deal of responsibility involved and ordinary lay people are not fit to know better - you can't read Wikipedia or watch Oprah and conclude that a doctor is a quack because he didn't send you or sent you for a battery of tests or missed something his peers would have missed. If you want better medical practice get your government (congress- whatever) to legislate better standards, CME and peer review of your medical professionals but judging a doctor on the basis of rants by clueless people seems counter intuitive and may even be dangerous - since who defines the criteria what a good doctor is or not in lay peoples' minds? You have professional bodies, if you find fault with a diagnosis, get a second opinion and sue or report the practitioner. Stupid Web 2.0 idea, like the rest of Web 2.0. Joe. Rating doctors? There already are professional bodies called boards which rate doctors and make sure they are fit to practice. Practicing medicine, law, designing parts for engines or building bridges is not the same as selling stuff as Amazon does. There is a great deal of responsibility involved and ordinary lay people are not fit to know better – you can’t read Wikipedia or watch Oprah and conclude that a doctor is a quack because he didn’t send you or sent you for a battery of tests or missed something his peers would have missed. If you want better medical practice get your government (congress- whatever) to legislate better standards, CME and peer review of your medical professionals but judging a doctor on the basis of rants by clueless people seems counter intuitive and may even be dangerous – since who defines the criteria what a good doctor is or not in lay peoples’ minds?

You have professional bodies, if you find fault with a diagnosis,
get a second opinion and sue or report the practitioner. Stupid Web 2.0 idea, like the rest of Web 2.0.

Joe.

]]> By: Taking all the wrong steps to solve all the wrong problems | digital parsimony http://vladg.com/2009/03/doctors-dont-want-to-be-rated-online-afraid-to-lose-business/comment-page-1/#comment-628 Taking all the wrong steps to solve all the wrong problems | digital parsimony Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:59:55 +0000 http://vladg.com/?p=248#comment-628 [...] week, I wrote about doctors making patients sign EULAs that disallow them to give feedback on the services they received on [...] [...] week, I wrote about doctors making patients sign EULAs that disallow them to give feedback on the services they received on [...]

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