Re:Ask HN: How do you find good doctors?
by pdevr on Thursday July 13, 2017 @01:23AM
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Your first hand experience is evident in your answers.
Following PCP's advice (even indirect recommendations) is good - it makes sense - of course, as long as the PCP himself/herself is a good doctor :-)
The difference between rating a doctor for communication skills and rating for actual "performance" is what makes sites like Yelp not-so-useful for this task. Agree.
>Even I have a hard time judging the quality of the radiation therapy treatments decisions and parameters of my own colleagues
Probably. But your judgment (expert/peer review) will most of the time be far superior to the layman's judgment.
Following PCP's advice (even indirect recommendations) is good - it makes sense - of course, as long as the PCP himself/herself is a good doctor :-)
The difference between rating a doctor for communication skills and rating for actual "performance" is what makes sites like Yelp not-so-useful for this task. Agree.
>Even I have a hard time judging the quality of the radiation therapy treatments decisions and parameters of my own colleagues
Probably. But your judgment (expert/peer review) will most of the time be far superior to the layman's judgment.