What’s Your Dr. Rated?

Or is your doctor someone you just see because you don’t know where else to go and they are conveniently located close to your home? If you’re not pleased with your current dr ratings and want to find a new one you may be stuck in limbo- not sure where to precede next in your search efforts. The yellow pages are certainly full of doctors but the only information you will get from this source is a name, phone number and a location and whatever information the doctor choices to include in their ad, if they choose to include anything at all.

Using an online consumer driven web site such as Angie’s List can certainly help direct you to physician who is a good fit for you and your needs. Doctor reviews online is a part of Angie’s List and it works the same way as Angie’s List does to rate doctors. When real patients rate their doctor they give real reasons for their rating, whether it’s a high or low mark. Often times what makes one patient give a low mark might not be an issue for another patient at all, such as limited office hours or a hard to get to location. Luckily it takes more than just one review to make the overall rating of the doctor. If multiple patients rank a doctor poorly or give them thumbs up, it gives you a pretty good idea about what to expect from that particular doctor.

So how do you rate your doctor? Even if you’re not planning to write dr ratings after your visit, you probably have an opinion about it. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to find a doctor that meets your expectations based on someone else review and experience? Let’s face it, everyone has a different idea about what makes a doctor good or bad and it generally goes beyond jus the five minute face time you have in the exam room. Did it take months to get in? Did you sit in the waiting room for an hour when you arrived on time? Was the receptionist unprofessional? All of these factors weigh in on how you rate those five minutes with the doctor.

So if you find yourself wondering what else is out there you may want to consider looking at the doctor review online and read a few reviews to help you in your pursuit to locate a doctor with a better rating than your current physician. After all you don’t have anything to lose by looking, but you do have a whole lot to gain.