How to Check Out Medical Doctors
If you are moving or shopping around for a new doctor, wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to check their credentials as well as look at some reviews by current or past patients? Thanks to the advancement of information on the Internet, you can find this information out free and easily.
- Check out the American
Medical Association website. You can search through a database
of over 800,000 doctors that are licensed. You have the option to
search by zip code, name of doctor, or specialty. The site will show
where and when they graduated as well as any specialties they hold. - Use the Health
Grades website to search for the doctor name. You will then be
able to see what reviews people have made concerning them. They are either are a current or past patient of the doctor. Based on the
ratings that are left, the site will provide and overall health
grade for the doctor. This is often more useful than any other kind
of site because this site tells you where they went to school and
specialties, but gives real reviews. - Click on “Physicians” at the
top of the page of the Health Grades site, type in the doctor name
and at least the city and state they are located in. This will pull
up the doctor, which may or may not have reviews. The more popular
doctors typically will have several reviews by patients. When you
pull up a doctor, click on “Patient Ratings” at the top to see
how patients rate the doctor.