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We've mentioned it for a while -- especially to those who have written in to update information -- but now, the wait is finally over. Providers who have successfully claimed their profiles can now enrich them directly. They can add information to help prospective patients to get to know them -- things like contact information, treatment philosophy, personal website, and even whether they are accepting new patients or not.

We've mentioned it for a while -- especially to those who have written in to update information -- but now, the wait is finally over. Providers who have successfully claimed their profiles can now enrich them directly. They can add information to help prospective patients to get to know them -- things like contact information, treatment philosophy, personal website, and even whether they are accepting new patients or not.

There are a few caveats. First, there are certain categories of information that we don't yet accept -- data like licensure and pictures. Also, if a provider isn't listed in the National Provider Identifier database, we don't have a way for them to create a profile and start adding information (we'll be working on that soon).

If you have a profile, please try out the feature. Feel free to send us a message if you run into any problems. Thanks for engaging!

As we continue to build out the capability for providers to claim their profiles and add information, we have a parallel effort going on to re-design our user interface. In particular, we have gotten a lot of feedback that our landing pages and our search results page can be confusing.

As we continue to build out the capability for providers to claim their profiles and add information, we have a parallel effort going on to re-design our user interface. In particular, we have gotten a lot of feedback that our landing pages and our search results page can be confusing.

As we go through that site re-design, we welcome any feedback that you might have in terms of how to make the site more user-friendly. Perhaps you have a suggestion on how to make the interface more elegant. Or perhaps you have an idea for a feature that would be useful. Either way, it'd be great to hear from you. You can leave a message or send us a message. We'd appreciate it!

A quick shout-out to all those who have claimed their profiles -- thank you for doing so! I was surprised by the number of people who did so in the first week, given that we only announced via a blog post. We really appreciate your engagement.

As you can guess, we've been working on allowing people to add information, and after that, the plan is to allow clinicians who aren't part of the National Provider Identifier database to register themselves. As we roll out those pieces, we'll announce it here.

A quick shout-out to all those who have claimed their profiles -- thank you for doing so! I was surprised by the number of people who did so in the first week, given that we only announced via a blog post. We really appreciate your engagement.

As you can guess, we've been working on allowing people to add information, and after that, the plan is to allow clinicians who aren't part of the National Provider Identifier database to register themselves. As we roll out those pieces, we'll announce it here.

Each DocSpot profile now sports a pithy but very important question: "Is this your profile"?

If you find yourself answering "yes" (assuming you're being honest with yourself and with us), you're in luck, because you can now claim your profile at our site and hide any incorrect or outdated information. This is a new feature for us and there might be a bug or two that hasn't quite yet flown away - so give it a try, and if anything is difficult, confusing, or just plain not working, please don't hesitate to shoot us an e-mail at support@docspot.com.

For now, claiming your profile allows you to hide or flag information that is out of date, incorrect, or private.

Each DocSpot profile now sports a pithy but very important question: "Is this your profile"?

If you find yourself answering "yes" (assuming you're being honest with yourself and with us), you're in luck, because you can now claim your profile at our site and hide any incorrect or outdated information. This is a new feature for us and there might be a bug or two that hasn't quite yet flown away - so give it a try, and if anything is difficult, confusing, or just plain not working, please don't hesitate to shoot us an e-mail at support@docspot.com.

For now, claiming your profile allows you to hide or flag information that is out of date, incorrect, or private.

Within the next couple of months, you will be able to add new information as well - whether you recently moved and want to update your address, or we don't have residency information for you but you would like to add it, or you would like to add an additional website or picture. Claiming your DocSpot profile is free of charge, as is hiding or adding information, because we want the information at our site to be as accurate and complete as possible, and we want as many people as possible to join us in this cause.

We also have a couple of safeguards in place to help ensure that you can trust the data you see at our site. Health care providers must verify their identity via a confirmation code sent to a phone or fax number that we know to be associated with the provider. Additionally, for medically relevant pieces of information such as disciplinary action or medical school, providers may mark the information as incorrect but not hide it. The information will then remain on their profile for the public to see, along with a note indicating that the provider has flagged it as incorrect.

The opportunity for health care providers to claim their profiles at our site has been a long time coming, and we're excited to finally release it and watch our community continue to grow. Will you join us?

We'd like to grow the team. Do you know anyone who might be interested? We're looking for someone who's smart, enthusiastic, and detail-oriented. Additional details can be found here.

We'd like to grow the team. Do you know anyone who might be interested? We're looking for someone who's smart, enthusiastic, and detail-oriented. Additional details can be found here.