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WebMD is a medical and wellness information service, primarily known for its public internet site, which provides health information, a symptom checklist, pharmacy information, a place to store personal medical information, and an online community with over 140 moderated expert-led and peer-to-peer message boards.[1] The site is reported to receive over 40 million hits each month[2] [3] and is the leading health portal in the nation according to comScore Media Metrix.
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.[citation needed]. 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.
The organization is financed by third-party contributions and sponsorships.[4]
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References
- ↑ "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
- ↑ "Web sites for medical information," News and Observer, September 13, 2007
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Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
