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We moved three years ago and changed doctors. The new doc is like someone you might get at the partnership desk. Not horrible, but I could hope for better. My old doc is about forty minutes away by car. Not too much to drive, but these guys are associated with hospitals, also a bit distant. I have friends with doctors that they like, but they are also a bit far. I'll ask around with folks here, but I don't yet know them very well (I inadvertently moved into an area where there are a lot of quiet living Republicans!).
I have had the great fortune to go through life with few medical problems so far. But I am 70 and, remembering my Boy Scout training, I wish to Be Prepared.
There are online services that purport to rate MDs. Has anyone had any experience with them? Do you have any other suggestions?
This is no emergency but during the next month or so I would like to get thinking about a change. My son-in-law just had a life-threatening situation. He was taken to Johns Hopkins, got excellent treatment, and came through fine. This provided the needed kick in the butt to get me moving on something that my wife and I had been leisurely discussing for a while.
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Finding a doctor Advice sought
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Posted 2009-July-31, 09:28
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Posted 2009-July-31, 10:41
I would not hesitate to ask any doctor, including the guy you're seeing now, who he thinks is the best doctor in town ... and why.
My doctor is a pretty savvy DC guy. If you'd like, I'll send him a note and ask him if he knows any good doctors in your area or if he has any good ideas for finding one.
I found him 10+ years ago by checking the "top doctors" reports put out by Washingtonian magazine and by Washington Consumers Checkbook but I don't know how far their coverage area extends to the outer boondocks.
Edit: Maybe a tactful way to bring this up is to ask a doctor who they'd refer their friends and parents to.
My doctor is a pretty savvy DC guy. If you'd like, I'll send him a note and ask him if he knows any good doctors in your area or if he has any good ideas for finding one.
I found him 10+ years ago by checking the "top doctors" reports put out by Washingtonian magazine and by Washington Consumers Checkbook but I don't know how far their coverage area extends to the outer boondocks.
Edit: Maybe a tactful way to bring this up is to ask a doctor who they'd refer their friends and parents to.
If you lose all hope, you can always find it again -- Richard Ford in The Sportswriter
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Posted 2009-July-31, 11:28
First, find the most appropriate hospital local to you (the place where you would want to go if in need of extensive medical care).
Next, ask the nurses.... especially nurses that have worked in a hospital a while. If you don't know any nurses there, no problem, go at about meal time to the hospital cafeteria and ask as many as you can find. They may ask for specialist, if so, go with internal medicine. If you get a good one of those, he will know which specialist to use when should you need one.
Feel free to cross-index the recommended doctors with those used your friends.
Next, ask the nurses.... especially nurses that have worked in a hospital a while. If you don't know any nurses there, no problem, go at about meal time to the hospital cafeteria and ask as many as you can find. They may ask for specialist, if so, go with internal medicine. If you get a good one of those, he will know which specialist to use when should you need one.
Feel free to cross-index the recommended doctors with those used your friends.
--Ben--
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