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Here's a few examples of these forms I found from googling:

http://lagunaskincenter.com/RegistrationForms.aspx

I agree to the mutual privacy agreement and authorize the office to retain full copyrights to any communication or online posts related to my treatment and services.

http://www.academylaser.com/user/PatientSignInForms.pdf

This doctor demands a five year gag order on all his patients!

http://www.rejuvalife.md/forms/patientreg09.pdf

This doctor seems to imply he would try to find loopholes in HIPAA to use your records for marketing if not for you agreeing to keep quiet on Yelp.



So the question becomes:

Are all Dr. Y's reviews positive because Dr. Y is a great doctor, or because Dr. Y removed the negative reviews?

With ownership of the commentary comes the power to remove it.


There's a simple algorithm for that: don't trust "perfect" people or companies. There are two ways to appear perfect: suppress all bad information and actually be perfect. One of these is much easier, and therefore a lot more likely, than the other.


With regard to http://lagunaskincenter.com/RegistrationForms.aspx...

Since the office owns the full copyright to any communications posted online by the patient, if the patient were to post libelous content, would the doctor then sue his office for libel?




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