I plan to do a review and rating of all online homeopathic consultants from an online patient or patient-to-be's stand point in an effort to ensure that unbiased views are represented. This will allow the stronger ones to maintain their standards and weaker ones to improve where they lack.

I would appreciate if I can have the contribution from the members for the following:

1. URLs for all online homeopathic consultants that you are aware of

2. Formatting a standard criteria for evaluation

Inputs will be taken from any and all interested members.

If I can get volunteers (definitely none of the homeopaths who have an online clinic) that would be great, otherwise it would be a one-man team.

Since it would be a volunteer effort in my free time, so there would be tentative deadlines, slippage from which should be expected but not necessary.

The results & criteria will be transparent to the degree humanly possible.

Let me know what you all think.

Here is a draft of the criteria:

Score of 1 to 3 (3 is best)

1. Ease of Site usability (subjective)
2. First time consultation charges (US$ <50, 50-100, >100)
3. Subsequently per 3 months consultation (US$ <50, 50-100, >100)
4. Work experience (~9 years, 10-19 years, 20+)
5. Options for payment of fee - Credit card, Paypal, Western Union
6. Does site have testimonials – (yes, no)
7. Physical address & contact details available (yes, no)
8. Classical homeopath (single remedy) (yes, no, mostly)
9. Refund policy (Yes, No)
10. Disclaimer (Yes, No)
11. Emergency help (Yes, No)
12. Online chatting (yes, no)
13. Phone contact (yes, no)
14. Client feedback system (yes, no)
15. Visitors feedback system (yes, no)
16. Link to homeopathic BB & forums (yes, no)
17. Integrative medicine approach (yes, no)

Questions for the homeopath
18. What is your basic education (Graduate, MS, higher)
19. Are you MBBS/MD also (yes, no)
20. Affiliation & certification details (yes, no)
21. Do you use single remedy (yes, no)
22. Do you use combination (yes, no)
23. Do you use LM potencies (yes, no, rarely)
24. Disclose the name of the remedy (Yes, No, sometimes)
25. Patient has the options for buying the remedy (Yes, No)
26. Do you use any homeopathic software (yes, no)
27. Have you ever treated cancer (yes, no)
28. What is your overall success rate in %age (success = verifiable removal of disease symptoms) (~50%, 50-70%, >70%)
29. How many times have you studied whole of the Organon (~3, 3-7, >7)

Here are the tentative details:

The reviews can be distributed to team members (if I get volunteers). Final results can be compiled in EXCEL.

Site review will be done without the inputs of the site owner.

A standard questionnaire will be sent to all site owners for response related to the questions about the homeopath of the site.

No response would earn an automatic ZERO to the site so its FORCED RANKING methodology.

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