Originally Posted by
MoAlpha
Yeah, big problem. It would help if authorities would publish at least relative data on patient outcomes, lawsuits, etc., but they won't. I have been involved designing a system to evaluate our own people and it's nearly impossible to do well.
My criteria when advising patients on how to find a specialist at home were to find someone who listened, acknowledged what they didn't know, and returned calls.
I would be really careful with trying to identify "good" doctors. How patients and even colleagues judge competence is often based on communication/bedside manner.
I know some absolutely terrible physicians who are really quacks but they have very good empathy and/or bedside manner. Patients LOVE them.