iMedix
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | New York, USA |
| Key people | Amir Leitersdorf, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Iri Amirav, CMO and Co-Founder |
| Slogan | "iMedix is a new way to find and share health information" |
| Website | imedix.com |
| Type of site | social networking |
| Launched | January, 2006 |
| Current status | Active |
iMedix is a health search engine and social network service that utilizes advanced proprietary algorithms to provide information in response to medical questions and concerns. iMedix is a U.S. cooperation and was founded in 2006 by Amir Leitersdorf and Iri Amirav. The company's R&D is based in Herzeliya, Israel.
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[edit] Service and technology
The iMedix service is a combination of a health search engine and a collaborative community platform.[1] [2]
[edit] Reception
iMedix was one of PCWorld's 100 Incredibly Useful and Interesting Web Sites in 2008.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Trivedi, Mayank (October 2009) "A study of search engines for health sciences" (PDF) International Journal of Library and Information Science pp. October, 2009 1 (5): 69–73 http://www.academicjournals.org/IJLIS/PDF/pdf2009/Oct/Trivedi.pdf "iMedix is a community powered health search engine, enabling people to easily find and share health information in order to make better health-related decision"
- ^ Dubner, Stephen (2007-12-14). "WebMD Meets Facebook (and Wikipedia): A Medical Revolution or a Nightmare?". New York Times. http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/14/webmd-meets-facebook-and-wikipedia-a-medical-revolution-or-a-nightmare/.
- ^ Mark Sullivan "100 Web Sites--The List by Category." PCWorld. Oct 2, 200
[edit] External links
- iMedix in the news - a good starting place for third-party information about iMedix (and to expand this article)
- iMedix
- Information on Health 2.0 wiki
- iMedix on Techcrunch
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