Featured blog post: For better of for worse--Waivers for patient online reviews
Hospitalist Leadership Connection, April 26, 2011
When I first moved to a new city, I knew no one, including a primary care physician (PCP), gynecologist, dentist, no one. I asked friends of friends and my PCP from my old city for recommendations, but unfortunately, they didn’t have any for me. As a patient, I did the next logical step in my research and Googled physicians who belonged to my insurance network. I came across glowing reviews, as well as a few sour ones. Those online reviews were extremely helpful in selecting who my physicians would be.
A new trend, however, is putting a stop to those online reviews. More physicians are asking their patients to sign waivers restricting them from posting reviews online. Known as mutual privacy agreements, these documents are typically batched with other HIPAA agreements and initial paperwork that patients fill out before their examination. . .Read more on the MedicalStaffLeader.com blog.
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