How to Find a Good Doctor or Health Care Provider?

2. Finding the right doctor for you or your family is a very sensitive matter. In case of asking recommendation from others, compared to the advice from family or friend, the recommendation from a doctor, nurse, or healthcare professional you know is more insightful. Here are some tips to consider which will help you in your search for good doctor: 1. Check insurance: You can use your insurer’s directory or take the help of website to search doctors in

3. your network. It is wise to check if the doctors you want to choose still accept your insurance, because it is not unusual for a doctor to add or drop a plan frequently and since free heath care option is not so easy to obtain.

4. 2. Hospital affiliation: It is necessary to check where a doctor has admitting privileges, because choice of the doctor determines the hospital you will need to go. You can use various website to see the rating of that hospital compared to the others in that area and decide if you want to choose the doctor or not.

5. 3. Board certification: You can check if the doctor is certified through a special medical board such as American Board of Medical Specialties, because if a doctor is certified through the American Board of Medical Specialties then the doctor is graduated from a qualified medical school and the year of completing residency training the doctor took is from three to seven and is licensed by the state medical board. 4. Red flags: Red flags include the malpractice claims and disciplinary actions against or doctors. It is not

6. very uncommon for a good doctor to get sued ones or twice but it is not a good idea to select a doctor who has lot of malpractice claims against him or her. 5. Consider the compatibility: While choosing doctor most people consider compatibility such as the personality

7. of the doctor and the relationship. There are some factors to consider while choosing your doctor such as if your doctor listen without interrupting your talk or if he or she understands your question completely or explain the diagnosis or treatment and give a clear date to follow up visit. 6. Drug representative: Letting a representatives from pharma¬ceutical companies in the

8. doctor’s office is not an unusual sight but they not just take lot of time from a doctor but also have an influence in the choice of drug. So it is wise to choose a doctor who is not is committed to practicing according to the best evidence and not get easily influenced by the medical industry.