Health Buzz: Here's Where to Go for a 'Higher Quality' Review of Your Doctor
It might not be where you think.
By David Oliver , Associate Editor, Social Media |March 9, 2018, at 12:27 p.m.
You may turn to the internet to check out doctor ratings and qualifications. But new research shows that you might want to be more careful about where you look.
Hospital for Special Surgery investigators discovered that there were more reviews – and more positive ones overall – on hospital websites for orthopedic surgeons compared to ones on commercial rating websites, according to research published in the journal Orthopedics over the summer and presented recently at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meeting. Such commercial rating websites include Healthgrades.com and Vitals.com.
https://health.usnews.com/wellness/health-buzz/articles/2018-03-09/heres-where-to-go-for-a-higher-quality-review-of-your-doctor
