NursesRecommendDoctors.com - An Insiders View

The internet has seen quite a few incarnations of health related sites which claim to revolutionize the way patients and doctors interact. These portals tend to be quite similar and they also tend to affix a social community on the side, as a means of support and encouragement. CareSeek, however, takes a different approach. It tackles the subject of doctor recommendations—find the best doctor for your needs-through nurses and other health care providers. Health care providers, after all get an inside view of the medical industry, they know how a doctor performs, their patient rapport, their level of professionalism. Thus CareSeek employs those in the medical field to give recommendations of doctors they know. Doctors are notified if they’ve been reviewed; they can clarify details and voice their own opinions. The site also hosts a community forum.

“Most of us start by asking a friend or family member. If we’re lucky, we know a nurse or other health professional that has some real insight into how their colleagues deliver care.

When nurses and staff see a doctor with a broad spectrum of patients they become experts on that doctor’s bedside manner and clinical competence. Plus these nurses and medical professionals also are patients themselves, so when they rate and review a doctor, you’re getting great advice.

If you have personally cared for others or undergone treatment, you also have valuable recommendations and we want to hear from YOU.”

CareSeek looks to those who know best to recommend doctors. This goes straight to the heart of the matter. Users are easily able to find out about doctors and how patient friendly they really are.

What’s to stop user from posting disparaging remarks, especially if they’re not warranted? This does seem to involve too much subjectivity—a doctor’s reputation is on the line here—how are reviews vetted?