News in brief Doximity now offering greater visibility to AOA board-certified physicians AOA board-certified physicians who register with Doximity by Nov. 1 can participate in the 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals physician survey. Oct. 28, 2020Wednesday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Via a new collaboration between Doximity and the AOA, AOA board-certified physicians are now eligible to participate in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals and Best Children’s Hospitals surveys, which are powered by Doximity. In order to participate in the surveys, physicians must hold at least one of the specialty board certifications listed in this eligibility table. AOA board-certified physicians who would like to participate in the 2021 Best Hospitals survey must register as a new member on Doximity no later than 11:59 p.m. PT on Nov. 1, 2020. Doximity membership is free for physicians. The survey will be sent out in early 2021. U.S. News also works with Doximity to offer a free online directory of more than 900,000 practicing U.S. physicians. Another facet of this collaboration is that U.S. News public profiles for AOA board-certified physicians who are registered Doximity members will display their primary and secondary board certifications. You can learn more here and register as a Doximity member here. More in Newsbriefs TouroCOM opens new school in Great Falls, Montana The new campus is Touro University’s third college of osteopathic medicine and the first nonprofit medical school in Montana. “Operation Nightingale” fraud scheme alert: Bogus nursing credentials sold to thousands of aspiring nurses It was recently discovered that a scheme, nicknamed “Operation Nightingale,” offered aspiring nurses the opportunity to purchase fake nursing degree diplomas and transcripts. Previous articleThe DO Book Club, October 2020: The Beauty in Breaking Next articleIn Memoriam: Oct. 28, 2020
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