She Named Me Everywhere—and I Had No Way to Defend Myself

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What was posted

Pt said that I was the reason she didn’t want to come back to the practice and that we were doing sketchy things with pay, appointments, rescheduling but lying etc.

What actually happened

She originally said she was upset because the doctor had removed a failing implant and didn’t want to pay for it. I asked her what I could do to help and she stated she just wanted to be heard and continues to say she hopes we can sleep at night taking advantage of people.

Impact

It took an emotional toll on myself, the doctor and anyone that had to see them. They are a very high needs patient so anyone seeing them has to be on edge. The review mentioned me by name on multiple platforms. With my name being unique it’s really been humiliating and disruptive to how comfortable I am at work. I’ve never had a bad review until then.

Steps taken

Yes I tried to contact the platform however nothing was done about it.

Reported impact on this provider

Anxiety StressDeclined New PatientsEmotional DistressLost ReferralsReputation DamageStaff Impact

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