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Many Canadian doctors resent RateMDs particularly the ability of people to post comments anonymously. “It’s open to abuse,” says Dr. Nowell Solish, a dermatologist at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto. He says he once received a series of comments critical of his office staff. He later realized that a disgruntled ex-boyfriend of his secretary had posted them. “He was trying to get her fired,” Solish says.
The Globe and Mail Doctors can pay to hide negative reviews on websites like RateMDs.com. Should we use them?
“Dr. Sukhbir Singh, an Ottawa gynecologist was shocked when a RateMDs sales representative offered to sell him ‘reputation management tools’ including the ability to hide several unfavourable comments from public view.”
CBC News Who’s rating doctors on RateMDs? The invisible hand of ‘reputation management’
“Unfortunately, it’s hard to find reliable, easy-to-understand information about specific doctors or practices,” Doris Peter, Ph.D., director of the Consumer Reports Health Ratings Center
Consumer Reports How to Find a Good Doctor