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How well do you know your health care provider?

http://www.consumercal.org/breaking/healthprovider/

Originally in the LA Times

Pip

A freebie - www.ratemds.com.

Also, very addictive....

 

   Thanks Suzanne, I just got on the website you posted. My so called Rummy Dr has a VERY poor rating, all 1's.

                                                         Lori

Oh dear....mine has 3.7, but most of the complaints about her is that she
doesn't have a great "bedside" manner. She scores high on 'knowlegability'. I
already knew she was a no nonsense kind of Doc.
My GP has 15 RAVE reviews, but I knew she was great already.

I have a KrackerJack medical team!None of my RDs are rated on ratemds.com. My gyno sure is and the has a rating of 1.0. My old GYNO that I had when I was a teenager he has 5.0. Yeah... I liked him, he was also my GP from ages 15-21.Mine has a 4.3.  Everyone gave her straight 5's except for 1 person who said that she left in the middle of the exam, while the patient was talking, and never came back.  I can't imagine this doctor doing that.  Perhaps they had her confused with someone else.

I will have to say I have noticed rheumatologists in general do not get high ratings.  I looked at all the ones I could find in my city - only one had a good rating!

I had fun just looking for bad ones and reading what people wrote...

Did any of you rate anyone?  I gave our ped a good rating. 

My RD and IM isn't listed which is fine with me.  Not sure how valid a reporting system this is.  I certainly wouldn't be choosing my doctor based on this system.  The worst RD I've ever gone to is rated at 3.5.  She not only didn't prescribe the medications correctly she didn't follow through with routine labs and when questioned became hostile. She also told me not to worry about my elevated liver functions even though I was on 35 mg. of Pred., Enbrel, and MXT. and that we'd check them again in 6 MONTHS. Lindy  I did , I left all ones for my Former Rummy. But two people got to him before I did. They didn't think much of him either. So I guess I feel better. I know now it wasn't just me thinking he was awful.  
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