Comments on: Doctor rating sites hit the UK http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/07/doctor-rating-sites-hit-uk.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Supremacy Claushttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2008/07/doctor-rating-sites-hit-uk.html#comment-86657 Supremacy Claus Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:02:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2008/07/doctor-rating-sites-hit-the-uk.html#comment-86657 I don't understand the anxiety. <br/><br/>What prevents a doctor from putting in 10 ratings of excellence or having his friends do it, or asking friendly patients to do it? These sites are a tremendous opportunity for gaming the system with bogus high ratings. Shouldn't they demand proof that the rater is a patient? On Ebay, the purchaser is known. <br/><br/>As a doctor, I might also sue the website, not for the poor rating or defamation, but for failing to verify the rater is a patient. A defamation claim would be easier in Great Britain. I don’t understand the anxiety.

What prevents a doctor from putting in 10 ratings of excellence or having his friends do it, or asking friendly patients to do it? These sites are a tremendous opportunity for gaming the system with bogus high ratings. Shouldn’t they demand proof that the rater is a patient? On Ebay, the purchaser is known.

As a doctor, I might also sue the website, not for the poor rating or defamation, but for failing to verify the rater is a patient. A defamation claim would be easier in Great Britain.

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