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HOW GOOD IS YOUR DOCTOR?

     DOCBOARD says it remains “the only combined public online physician database in the nation that has its direct source of data from state government licensing boards and that also remains free of charge to the public.”

     DOCBOARD.ORG will send you to your state Board of Medicine website, where you can check the background of your doctor or physician’s assistant and find out whether he or she has had any disciplinary actions or malpractice suits. Or at least this is what I got from the Virginia State Board of Medicine. According to Docboard, some states give more information than others. The report was free.

http://www.docboard.org/

     Maybe your state didn’t give you as much information as you wanted. You may need to pay for the information on “physicians/disciplinary history” at SEARCH SYSTEMS:

http://searchsystems.net/

HOW GOOD IS YOUR HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, ASSISTED LIVING?

     The website of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is a great help if you’re using -- or about to use -- health care services. The site lists hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, hospices, home care agencies, and more. You can find out whether an organization is accredited, then compare one accredited organization with others in a number of ways. And all the information is free.

http://www.qualitycheck.org/consumer/searchQCR.aspx
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