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The organization is financed by third-party contributions and sponsorships.<ref> Some of the sponsers have influence over the content on WebMD.[http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/702211.html "Web sites for medical information,"] ''News and Observer,'' September 13, 2007</ref> |
The organization is financed by third-party contributions and sponsorships.<ref> Some of the sponsers have influence over the content on WebMD.[http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/702211.html "Web sites for medical information,"] ''News and Observer,'' September 13, 2007</ref> |
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WebMD operates other health-related sites besides WebMD including Medicinenet, Medscape, RxList, and eMedicineHealth. These sites provide similar services to those of WebMD. MedicineNet is an online media publishing company[[1]]. Medscape offers up to date information for physicians and other healthcare professionals [[2]]. RxList offers detailed information about pharmaceutical information on generic and name-brand drugs[[3]]. eMedicineHealth is a consumer site offering similar information to that of WebMD. It was first based off of the site created for physicians and healthcare professionals called eMedicine.com [[3]]. |
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* [http://www.webmd.com Official website] |
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* [http://www.Medscape.com Medscape] |
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Revision as of 22:33, 6 April 2008
WebMD is a medical and wellness information service, primarily known for its public internet site, which provides health information, a symptom checklist, pharmacy information, blogs of physicians with specific topics and a place to store personal medical information.[1] The site is reported to receive over 40 million hits each month[2] [3] and is the leading health portal in the United States according to comScore Media Metrix. WebMD contains many links and aspects including a symptom checker . The site recieves information from accredited individuals and is reviewed by a medical review board consisting of four physicians to ensure accuracy. It is a common misconception that WebMD offers medical advice to it's users, but is clearly stated under the terms and conditions that the site does not provide medical advice.
WebMD also offers services to physicians and private clients. For example, they publish WebMD the Magazine, a patient-directed publication distributed bimonthly to 85 percent of physician waiting rooms.[4] Medscape is a professional portal for physicians with 30 medical specialty areas and over 30 physician discussion boards.
WebMD owns several other medically-related internet sites including WebMD Health, Medscape, MedicineNet, eMedicine, eMedicine Health, RxList and theheart.org. WebMD and CNN News Group work together to disseminate up-to-date health and medical information.[5]
The organization is financed by third-party contributions and sponsorships.[6]
WebMD operates other health-related sites besides WebMD including Medicinenet, Medscape, RxList, and eMedicineHealth. These sites provide similar services to those of WebMD. MedicineNet is an online media publishing company1. Medscape offers up to date information for physicians and other healthcare professionals 2. RxList offers detailed information about pharmaceutical information on generic and name-brand drugs3. eMedicineHealth is a consumer site offering similar information to that of WebMD. It was first based off of the site created for physicians and healthcare professionals called eMedicine.com 3.
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- ^ "More turn to internet for medical advice," WWAY News Channel 3, September 7, 2007
- ^ "A sampling of Health 2.0 resources," San Jose Mercury News, 09/21/2007
- ^ "WebMD Has Tremendous Growth Ahead," Seeking Alpha,September 04, 2007
- ^ "WebMD Corporation Launches Print Magazine," The Write News, April 22, 2005
- ^ "CNN News Group, WebMD Announce Strategic Alliance," Business Wire, Feb 16, 1999
- ^ Some of the sponsers have influence over the content on WebMD."Web sites for medical information," News and Observer, September 13, 2007
- ^ as stated in the 'About Us' section of Medicinenet.
- ^ according to the Medscape webpage.
- ^ from the RxList website.
- ^ from the eMedicineHealth 'About Us' section.