Welcoming Transparency: Some Physicians Find Merit in Online Ratings

AUTOR(ES)

Levine, Jacqueline

FONTE

Lamaze International Inc.

RESUMO

This letter to the editor is in response to Wendy Budin's editorial, “Welcoming Transparency,” published in the Volume 18, Number 2 (Spring 2009) issue of The Journal of Perinatal Education. As Dr. Budin noted, some individuals in the medical community want to counter consumer-led efforts to rate doctors’ performance and find relevant health-care information online. Their opposition to such efforts is exemplified by extreme measures such as the “gag order” mentioned by Dr. Budin. However, a recent article published by Medscape reveals that some physicians understand and welcome the need for transparency in health care.

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