Best Hospitals and Children's Hospitals Reputation Surveys

The U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals” reputation survey has opened toeligible clinicians with registered accounts on Doximity, an online communications platform exclusively for clinicians.

More about this year's survey from the Second Opinion blog.

3 things to know

  • The survey is open to licensed MDs and DOs with registered Doximity accounts and who meet certain specialty, subspecialty, licensure and board certification criteria. If you've not registered your account, you can do during the voting period and take part in the survey.
  • Doximity users who are eligible to vote will be notified that the survey is open to them when they log onto Doximity and with a message to the email associated with their account. If you don't receive an email, check your spam folder and/or or sign into your Doximity account to get your notification to take part. 
  • The survey will be open till mid-March and clinicians who haven't voted initially will get a reminder.

Resources

Support contacts at Doximity

Methodology links (for 2024-25)

Updated Feb. 19, 2024

  • Doximity is an online networking platform that enables clinicians to connect and communicate with each other, among other features. For several years, Doximity has managed online access to the reputation surveys and is now the only way clinicians can participate.

    Doximity creates profiles for every licensed physician in the United States using publicly available data. These profiles are viewable to the public on Google and other search engines. 

    These profiles also sync automatically with the public doctor directory on USNews.com. Doximity profiles also are the source of any provider-level data, like board certifications, that influence a hospital's rankings. 

    Doximity membership is also open to other licensed health care providers. However, only MDs and DOs who meet certain eligibility criteria can vote.

    See who can join Doximity.

     

     

  • If you're eligible to participate, you'll get an email to the account you used when you registered with Doximity. If you don't seen an email at that account, be sure to check your spam folder. 

    You'll also be notified that the survey is open to you when you log on to Doximity.com or the Doximity app.
     

     

  • Ranked adult specialties: 

    • Cancer
    • Cardiology and heart surgery
    • Diabetes and endocrinology
    • Ear, nose and throat
    • Gastroenterology and GI surgery
    • Geriatrics
    • Gynecology
    • Neurology and neurosurgery
    • Ophthalmology (reputation only)
    • Orthopedics
    • Psychiatry (reputation only)
    • Pulmonology and lung surgery
    • Rehabilitation
    • Rheumatology (reputation only)
    • Urology

    Ranked pediatric specialties:

    • Cancer
    • Cardiology and heart surgery
    • Diabetes and endocrinology
    • Gastroenterology and GI surgery
    • Neonatology
    • Nephrology
    • Neurology and neurosurgery
    • Orthopedics
    • Pulmonology and lung surgery
    • Urology

  • If you're elgible to participate, you'll get an email with an invitation to vote. That will go to the address associated with the account. You'll also see a notice when you log in on Doximity.com or the Doximity app.

    You'll be asked to nominate up to 5 hospitals that you consider to the be the best in your specialty for complex and difficult cases.

    Choices are made from a drop-down menu. Type in "Van" and you'll see Vanderbilt-related choices. A vote for VUMC or Vanderbilt University Hospital will have the greatest impact on our standing in national rankings and the Best Hospitals' Honor Roll.

    Typing in "Monroe Carell" will also populate Vanderbilt options. Pediatric specialty votes count the same if Monroe Carell or VUMC is selected.

  • If you need help resetting your password, use this link.

    If you forgot the email you used to register your Doximity account, or no longer have access to that email, submit a request here. 

     

     

  • Doximity creates profiles for licensed health care professionals, including all physicians in the United States, from publicly available data. These data may not be correct.

    You should correct and complete your profile because:

    • This online profile supplies data for the doctor directory on USNews.com. It is available and tends to rank high in public search engines. Correcting errors helps assure that patients, peers and referring clinicians find accurate information about you online.
       
    • U.S. News & World Report relies on Doximity for provider-level data that influence the rankings. Certain errors, like board certifications, may negatively impact VUMC's and Monroe Carell's overall rankings.
       
    • It's not a choice to be included on Doximity; your choice is to make sure your data reflect you, your expertise and your practice correctly. If eligible, you also have the opportunity to influence the rankings through the reputation survey.

    See instructions for editing your profile.

  • No, you can only vote in one specialty. 

    If you believe you've been offered the wrong specialty survey, you can submit a request to recheck your eligibility. 

    You'll be asked to select the specialty in which you believe you should be eligible to vote, to describe why you think Doximity got your eligibility incorrect, and to provide any sources like a website that Doximity can use to confirm the details in your profile.