I need professional websites that rate Dr.s. Any actions taken against
the Dr.s as well as training and professional associations should be
available. Southern Calif. is where the Dr.s services would be used. 3
to 5 solid references would work.

Hello Maluca,


Below you will find a number of sites that provide physician
information and background checks.

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Health Grades
http://www.healthgrades.com/

Physician Quality Report

To determine how qualified a physician is, health care experts at
HealthGrades compile, organize, and interpret information from several
sources. This saves you hours of research. All you need to do is
provide name or location, along with specialty to get this
comprehensive report.

Each Physician Quality Report gives information on one physician: 

?Education and training 
Years in practice 
Board certification 
Any governmental disciplinary actions within five years 
Foreign languages spoken 
Bonus items: 
Ratings of area hospitals and their HealthGrades quality ratings:
Armed with this data, ask the physician about current hospital
affiliations to see if he or she can admit you to the best hospitals
Practical tips on how to choose a physician.?

Health Grades
http://www.healthgrades.com/consumer/index.cfm?fuseaction=mod&modtype=content&modact=shop_About_Physician_Reports_Consumer


Sample Report
http://www.healthgrades.com/consumer/index.cfm?fuseaction=modnw&modtype=content&modact=SHOP_Physician_Report_Example


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MDNationwide
http://www.mdnationwide.org/

Doctor Background Check

* Your money-back if NO information is found   
*  A review of malpractice judgments, sanctions, board suspensions.
*  Verification of a doctor's Board Certification Status.
*  Verification of a doctor's Licensure Status Nationwide.
*  Any past or pending state & federal disciplinary board actions.
*  The physicians experience with the procedure or treatment.
*  A review of a doctor's internship, residency and fellowship training.
*  Information about any legal action against the doctor for Medicare
or    Medicaid fraud.
*  The medical school from which your doctor graduated.
*  Names of journals and publications written by your doctor.
*  Academic appointments and hospital-faculty appointments.
*  Doctor's ranking in their specialty field
*  The doctor's overall credential ratings
*  Membership affiliations
*  A doctor's board certification status 

MDNationwide
http://www.mdnationwide.org/doctorscredentials.php


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Second Opinion Medical 
An Information & Physician Verification Service

?Physician Background Search 
Disciplinary Action search with Education background and past lawsuits  
Board Certifications
Education and Training
Addresses and Phone Numbers
Disciplinary Actions
Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Past Medical Malpractice Judgements ?

?We?re the only information service to provide past medical
malpractice lawsuits and past judgements in our physicians background
search.?

Second Opinion Medical 
http://www.physicians-background.com/background.html



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Investigate your Doctor

?Information is gathered from over 70 primary sources including the
Food and Drug  Administration, Department of Health and Human
Services, Drug Enforcement Administration, as well as every medical
and osteopathic board in the United States.?


Each report provides the following:

?Name, date of birth, current location of practice, educational
background, current and historical medical licensing data by year and
state, specialty, when and where they performed their hospital
residency, any honors, as well as any board certifications, and most
importantly, pre-verified sanction data such as billing fraud, over
prescribing incompetence or other such derogatory information is also
included.?

Investigate your Doctor
http://www.investigateyourdoctor.com/


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KnowX

Doctor Background Check

?Search Medical Providers Background Check to find license and license
related actions, including disciplinary actions, sanctions, consent
orders, consent agreements, dismissals, non-disciplinary
communications, advisory letters and other licensing information.?

KnowX
http://www.knowx.com/medical/search.jsp?name=&city=&state=&prof_cd=MED


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Search terms used: 
Physician background OR ratings disciplinary actions

I hope these resources are helpful!


Best regards,
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 19 Aug 2005 13:39 PDT

Another good site is Choice Trust.

"Conduct an instant national search for doctors, dentists,
chiropractors and nurses across several specialty areas. Check out
their credentials, including general contact information, education
and license details.

Nearly 100,000 sanctions and disciplinary actions exist for health
care providers throughout the country. Before entrusting your health
and your family's health to a health care provider, confirm the
provider you selected has an active license and clean credential
history."

Choice Trust
http://www.choicetrust.com/servlet/com.kx.cs.servlets.CsServlet?usertype=c

Costs and quality of doctors and hospitals are rated in various
countries at medicalcountries.com. Each state gives data on their
doctors and you can connect to that source through the said link.
Hospitals are also rated. It is sometimes best to pick the best
hospital with low infection and medical mistake rates as doctors
cannot work in any hospital and your good doctor may be working in a
substandard hospital. You can also do a background check on the
doctors you finally pick by using the many background checking
companies listed in the Internet.