| Most of us who receive any form of healthcare | | | | governments, hospitals, clinics, unions or healthcare |
| completely trust their providers abilities to provide | | | | associations to provide you with the means to |
| the best care possible. In most cases this is | | | | provide patient reviews and research other |
| sufficient as the doctors, nurses, dentist, | | | | patient experiences with whom you are entrusting |
| chiropractors etc. are good at what they do. | | | | your healthcare and your family's with. The |
| Some people look up to their doctors with almost | | | | internet is now providing these services for you. |
| god like infallibility and wouldn't dare question their | | | | A few websites now provide forums to provide |
| diagnosis or work done on them. | | | | patient reviews and research other peoples |
| Healthcare providers are just like everybody else, | | | | experiences with healthcare providers. These |
| human and imperfect. Some are bound to be | | | | services are free to use and want to hear your |
| better than others and some are bound to be | | | | opinions. |
| very poor. | | | | Using these websites will reward the best |
| Unfortunately these health care providers and | | | | healthcare professional with positive public |
| institutions are largely free from constructive | | | | endorsements and encourage the poorer |
| criticism or no process of ratings and reviews are | | | | practitioners to shape up, otherwise people will |
| available for patients. What hospital, clinic or union | | | | stop going to them. Some of the poorer |
| wants to advertise the fact that some of it's | | | | practitioners may sincerely believe their services |
| employee's are poor at what they do. So they | | | | are genuinely great, but only with some |
| either don't want to know if they are doing a bad | | | | constructive patient feedback will they become as |
| job or hide the information if they find it out, | | | | good as they think they are. |
| rather than face any bad public press. | | | | I have a lot of respect for the vast majority of |
| This lack of critique and lack of formal ratings and | | | | healthcare providers, they are generally |
| reviews is a recipe for poor health care workers | | | | extremely hard working, intelligent and devoted to |
| to thrive and continue delivering poor service for | | | | their jobs. It's the bad apples I would like to be |
| their entire careers. With little accountability it's | | | | accountable and when someone's health is at |
| human nature that some people with abuse this, | | | | stake that isn't much to ask for. |
| much like a poor mechanic will take you for a ride | | | | Usually when people apply for work or get a |
| with car repairs. While your wallet and car might | | | | contractor to work on their home they get a |
| take a hit with the poor mechanic it's worse with | | | | reference, why not get a reference when |
| your health, or that of a loved one of course. | | | | someone is working on your body? |
| Fortunately there is no need to wait for | | | | |