Online physician reviews: is there a place for them?

Web-based physician ratings are increasingly popular but imperfect proxies for clinical competence. Yet they provide valuable information to patients and providers when taken in proper context. Providers need to embrace the reviews and use them to enact positive change in order to improve the qualit...

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Autores principales: Murphy, Gregory P, Radadia, Kushan D, Breyer, Benjamin N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2019
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6526774/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31191060
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S170381
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description Web-based physician ratings are increasingly popular but imperfect proxies for clinical competence. Yet they provide valuable information to patients and providers when taken in proper context. Providers need to embrace the reviews and use them to enact positive change in order to improve the quality of our patients’ experience. Patients need to realize the limitations of online ratings, particularly with smaller sample size and be discerning about the reasons behind the review.
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spelling pubmed-65267742019-06-12 Online physician reviews: is there a place for them? Murphy, Gregory P Radadia, Kushan D Breyer, Benjamin N Risk Manag Healthc Policy Review Web-based physician ratings are increasingly popular but imperfect proxies for clinical competence. Yet they provide valuable information to patients and providers when taken in proper context. Providers need to embrace the reviews and use them to enact positive change in order to improve the quality of our patients’ experience. Patients need to realize the limitations of online ratings, particularly with smaller sample size and be discerning about the reasons behind the review. Dove 2019-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6526774/ /pubmed/31191060 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/RMHP.S170381 Text en © 2019 Murphy et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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