How to Remove Healthgrades Profile
Healthgrades is a top industry-specific review platform for those in the medical field. Doctors, nurse practitioners, and other providers can create profiles on this website to better reach patients. Healthgrades does automatically generate profiles, so it’s likely that you have a profile there even if you did not create one.
One of the top questions we receive is how to remove or delete a Healthgrades profile. Medical providers may want to remove themselves for many reasons. Some common reasons include being in medical training or residency, or not working under their own practice.
So, what do you need to do to remove your Healthgrades profile?
Removing Your Healthgrades Profile
Like the Better Business Bureau and Avvo, a review platform for lawyers, Healthgrades does not allow you to delete your profile.
Healthgrades cites that any individual in the medical industry should have a profile available. This is the case even if they are a resident or don’t have their own practice.
Patients flock to Healthgrades for information and honest reviews about providers. They believe that removing profiles could potentially hurt patients. Not having a profile could keep a potential patient from learning more about a provider.
Are There Any Exceptions?
There are some exceptions to Healthgrades’ rule about not removing profiles. Here are the guidelines for removing a profile.
The physician must:
- Be deceased
- No longer practicing
- Retire
Despite this, it never hurts to contact Healthgrades to get ask about the status of your profile. If you want to report that a doctor is no longer practicing, retired, or is deceased, you can always contact their customer support team. And, if you want to inquire about getting your profile deleted, you can also contact them.
