Reviewing Your Doctor

It would be nice if everything and everyone came with a review wouldn’t it? Before you buy a car or make any expensive purchase you probably do a little research so you know exactly what you’re getting and can find the best product for your particular needs. Even if you’re just looking for a plumber or a roofer to do some home repairs, you ask around and try to find someone who is recommended by your friends or family. So why don’t you do that for finding a doctor? If your doctors’ reviews were positive you would know you were in competent medical hands and if the reviews were skewed towards less than professional you would know it’s time to look somewhere else.

But it’s one thing to use your Uncle Ed to find a good plumber or to ask your neighbor who just installed their roof so you can hire them also, but it becomes far more personal to find a doctor. After all there are millions of doctors out there in the world to pick from but most of us found only one or two that we swear our allegiance towards.

If you live in a big city, finding a doctor is probably not too difficult, at least when it comes to having choices. After all the bigger the city you live in, the more physicians you can ultimately pick from. Having a lot of choices though doesn’t make it easier to find a doctor you like. It just means you have a long elimination process to go through which means a lot of visits to the doctor’s office or a lot of phone calls to make. But even if you live in a rural area the chances are in your favor that there is still more than just one doctor to pick from and it would be nice to make the right choice for a doctor the first time and not the twenty third time.

Still whether you have two or two hundred physicians to pick from, it can be hard to know where to begin. Getting personal recommendations is still the best bet but not from your Uncle Ed. There is a consumer based web site that has spread to almost every city and state as consumers discover the power of rating businesses called Angie’s List. Derived from this list is the doctor’s online review which gives you- the consumer- the perfect way to find a doctor with all of the benefits of a personal inspection but without any of the hassle involved in getting one.

Shouldn’t you devout as much effort to finding a doctor with good reviews from his patients as you do to finding a good car? Especially when it’s this easy to do.