Community

Community guidelines.

Version: 1.0 · Effective: [Effective date]

APPadap is a community of verified clinicians sharing honest perspectives on locum work. These guidelines exist to protect the people inside it — reviewers, partners, and the platform itself. The rules are short. The application is consistent.

The two rules that govern everything

1. Be honest. Reviews, posts, and comments must reflect your real experience or your considered opinion in good faith. Fabrication, exaggeration meant to deceive, and astroturf will be removed and the poster sanctioned.

2. Protect patients. No Protected Health Information — ever. No identifying details about patients, no clinical scenarios that could re-identify someone, no photos taken in clinical areas. This is non-negotiable.

What we encourage

Specific, factual reviews of agencies and facilities.
Honest negative experiences, written civilly. Strong opinion is welcome.
Specialty-specific knowledge sharing: scope, licensing, malpractice, taxes.
Helping the next provider make a better decision.
Disagreement, when it’s rooted in evidence and respectful in tone.

What we will remove

PHI. Any patient-identifying information, even partial.
Defamation. Statements you cannot substantiate, presented as fact, that materially damage a person or organization.
Targeted harassment. Personal attacks on individuals (named or de-anonymized recruiters, surgeons, peers).
Threats. Of any kind, against any person or organization.
Discrimination. Bigoted content, including content directed at any race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability.
Spam and self-promotion. Selling services, recruiting, or posting that does not contribute to the community.
Astroturfing. Posing as a provider when you are not, or posting on behalf of an agency without disclosure.
Confidentiality breaches. Posting content that violates a contract you signed (NDAs, non-disparagement clauses) is your responsibility, not ours; we will remove on request when properly substantiated.

Consequences

Minor first violation: the content is removed and you receive a notification.
Repeated minor violations: temporary suspension of posting privileges, escalating in length.
Severe violations (PHI, defamation, threats, astroturfing): immediate account suspension, with case review and potential permanent ban.
Egregious violations: referral to the appropriate state board or law enforcement, where applicable.

Appeals

Every moderation decision can be appealed. Appeals are heard by a moderation panel that did not make the original decision. Appeal at appeals@appadap.com.

Reporting

If you see content that violates these guidelines, use the in-platform "Report" function or email moderation@appadap.com.

How moderation works

Moderators are clinicians (and in some cases, healthcare attorneys) trained on these guidelines.
Moderators do not see commercial data about partners.
Moderation decisions are logged. Aggregate moderation outcomes are reported in our annual transparency report.