Summary
We've expanded our data integration capabilities with Doctor.com in Q1 2025 to deliver more comprehensive provider information to patients. This update includes enhanced data fields in three key areas:
- Education History - More detailed educational background information
- Hospital Affiliations - Comprehensive listing of affiliated medical facilities
- Insurance Acceptance - Detailed coverage information about accepted insurance plans
These improvements ensure patients have access to richer, more complete information about providers, empowering them to make more informed healthcare decisions.
Key Features
In the enhancements we are moving away from a simple free text field, towards structured data for the following fields.
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Education:
- Institution
- Degree received
- Start & Graduation Year
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Hospital:
- Hospital Name
- City
- State
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Insurance:
- Company Name
- Plan name
What to Expect
Our API has been updated to include these new structured data fields. You can find the information here.
FAQ's
- Does the current information in the API work?
- Yes, the API will accept both the old free text fields and new structured data fields.
- When will the new structured data fields fields show on the UI?
- We will be developing the new fields to show on the UI by end of Q2 2025.
- What data is sent to Doctor.com?
- We will send the old free text fields fields if those are the only ones completed. Once you complete the new structured data fields, these will be sent as a preference.
- What are the new structured data fields?
- hospitals, insurances and educations are the new structured data fields.
- hospitalAffiliations, insurancesAccepted and university are the old free text fields fields.
- Does the API support adding multiple hospitals and insurances?
- Yes
- Can I use some of the old free text fields fields and some of the new structured data fields?
- No. When you move to the new structured data fields, please only use these fields. If you have any of the new structured data fields completed, we will send only the new fields information to Doctor.com. If you have only the old free text fields fields completed, we will send those.
- Will you copy the old data to the new fields?
- Unfortunately the data is not close enough to be copied so we encourage clients to take advantage of these new enriched fields.
- Are you planning to remove the old free text fields fields completely?
- Yes, we require clients to move over by end of Q3 2025, after which we will no longer support the old free text fields fields.