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Hey, It’s 2007! Let’s Rate Doctors!

By John M. Grohol, PsyD
Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Today we published an article entitled, Hey, it’s 2007! Let’s Rate Doctors!. Why? Because there is some concern that companies which are jumping on the doctor ratings bandwagon (like Revolution Health, perhaps?) don’t really understand the complexities involved in rating someone on their career and livelihood. It’s not like rating an Internet video, so the rating form better be complex, in-depth, and detailed. And the search for the doctor should take into account my specific and unique needs as a patient, not your abilities to provide that information in 3 or 4 standard views.

Free advice for anyone who wants to listen. But if you approach this arena as rating Internet videos, don’t be surprised that it doesn’t catch on.


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    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 12 Feb 2007
    Published on PsychCentral.com. All rights reserved.

APA Reference
Grohol, J. (2007). Hey, It’s 2007! Let’s Rate Doctors!. Psych Central. Retrieved on February 14, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/02/12/hey-its-2007-lets-rate-doctors/

 

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