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WebMD Mobile 1.0 (Mobile)

WebMD mobile gives you trusted medical information on demand when you need it the most. Whether you want to look up symptoms, find drug or treatment information or need basic first aid, turn to WebMD mobile for answers to your every day health questions.

Tags: Mobile, WebMD, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2008-10-31

Is the online medical niche worthwhile?

For the last few years venture capital has been pouring into the online medical field, as companies look to emulate the success of WebMD. Maybe they should have stayed in bed. WebMD is suddenly looking less than formidable. Last week Motley Fool dubbed it...

Tags: Health Care, WebMD, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-20

DocTray 2.2 (Windows)

Get the latest medical headlines delivered to your desktop--this tool grabs RSS feeds from popular medical sites such as WebMD, Science Magazine and the New England Journal of Medicine. Just click on the tray icon in the taskbar and browse the articles. Right-click a story to save it to your...

Tags: WebMD, Internal-med, RSS, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2008-02-05

Internet health finally getting healthy?

Are Internet health sites finally ready to make some serious money, or are they just poised for a shake-out that will leave everyone broke? After nearly 10 years of hard work WebMD reported yesterday it made $11.5 million in its last fiscal quarter, on sales of $87.2...

Tags: Internet, Health Care, WebMD, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-11-08

Top health sites: WebMD, Weight Watchers, Yahoo! Health

Nielsen//NetRatings published its findings regarding top health, fitness and nutrition sites in August 2005. Top health sites Sites Audience, 000 Reach, % WebMD 3,181 2.53 Weight Watchers 1,195 0.95 Yahoo! Health 1,133 0.9 About Health and Fitness 1,011 0.81 MSN Health 900 0.72 Medco 794 0.63 AOL Health 711 0.57 drugstore.com 698 0.56 eDiets 612 0.49 Walgreens 569 0.45 Source: Nielsen/NetRatings

Tags: Health

Blog posts 2005-12-04

Top health sites: eBay Sports, WebMD, AOL Health

Nielsen//NetRatings ranked top health, fitness and nutrition sites. The demographics of such sites is 57% female and 43% male. 47.7% of the users are between 45 and 55 years old. eBay, WebMD and AOL own the top properties for online health and fitness. Top Online Health, Fitness & Nutrition Destinations Unique...

Tags: Health, eBay Inc.

Blog posts 2005-02-25

Top health sites: eBay Sports, WebMD, AOL Health

Nielsen//NetRatings ranked top health, fitness and nutrition sites. The demographics of such sites is 57% female and 43% male. 47.7% of the users are between 45 and 55 years old. eBay, WebMD and AOL own the top properties for online health and fitness. Top Online Health, Fitness & Nutrition Destinations Unique...

Tags: Health, eBay Inc.

Blog posts 2005-02-25

WebMD may be due for a checkup

WebMD may be due for a checkupLots of unhappy people thereAnd from what insiders have been saying, all these problems started just around the same time Microsoft sent them a truck load of those MS Tablet PCs+Avalon and installed Win2003+IIS+Cairo+T-Box(Hot New Stuff!!!) for their backend.I think this is some serious...

Tags: WebMD

Discussion threads 2004-04-26

Additional Resources

Are health IT vendors trying to pull a fast one?

Not sure about your last question, i guess he would be the best person...to ask.I think that sage, GE, siemans and mckesson do have the experience necessary to make good decisions, but these are also the guys who make software for the healthcare field.Maybe their vested interest also includes self...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Quality, HIT Standards Committee, Kibbe, health care

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Swine Flu: Where to find virus, track outbreak, learn symptoms, more

The Swine Flu, officially the Swine influenza A (H1N1) virus, is spreading rapidly around the world. Here's a guide to what's going on, what you can do and where to stay updated on the situation. The Situation The contagious virus...

Tags: Andrew Nusca, CDC, Cyberthreats, Flu, H1N1 flu, Healthcare, Public Health Emergency, Security, Virus, Viruses And Worms

Blog posts 2009-04-27

Behind the Microsoft skepticism on Health IT

Behind the Microsoft skepticism on Health ITIs this like the internet all over again?Wasn't it Microsoft who said the internet is a useless fad right up until they released internet explorer?Sometimes, letting others make the mistakes first is wise.And when it comes to IT health care there are thousands of...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Health IT, health care, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

Google's VC fund: Would you rather have a dividend?

Google has a bevy of side projects and now there's another one: A reported $100 million venture capital fund.  Google announced its venture fund on its blog post and like all things the search giant does it has garnered a lot of attention Techmeme. Google says: ...

Tags: Google Inc., Venture-capital Fund, Dividend, Intel Corp., VC, Intel Capital, Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-31

Everyday Health and the selling of trust

Whenever some ink-stained wretch goes on the TV to tell me how journalism is dead, I laugh. Journalism -- the organizing and advocating of a place, industry or lifestyle -- is healthier than ever. This is no more true than on the health beat, where in a...

Tags: Business Model, Health Care, Waterfront Media, Wavefront, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-02-20

Doctor shortage could derail reform

Doctor shortage could derail reformAre you nuts?Chiropractors may be fine for a sore back but they also think allergies can be treated by spinal manipulation. Nurses do not have the training to prescribe the correct antibiotic for the patient's condition, the correct dose of insulin, the best antihypertensive. ...

Tags: Financial Planning, Medical Schools, insurance, physician, Doctor shortage, patient

Discussion threads 2008-12-23

Top Web companies in US in October 2008

Rank Property Audience, 000 Total Audience 190,616 1 Google Sites 147,035 2 Yahoo! Sites 144,903 3 Microsoft Sites 123,483 4 AOL LLC 111,259 5 Fox Interactive Media 90,636 6 eBay 70,737 7 Ask...

Tags: Site, Advertising & Promotion, Networking, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-11-27

Top US sites in August 2008

Rank Property Audience, 000 Total Internet 188,937 1 Google Sites 144,738 2 Yahoo! Sites 141,549 3 Microsoft Sites 123,466 4 AOL LLC 110,623 5 Fox Interactive Media 89,236 6 eBay 71,495 7 Ask...

Tags: Site, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Marketing, NB

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Top health sites in July 2008

  July 2007 July 2008 Growth, YTY Total Internet 180,078 189,134 5 Health - Information 56,865 69,008 21 WebMD Health 16,829 17,277 3 Everyday Health 9,009 14,703 63 Revolution Health Network 4,014 11,329 182 AOL Health 5,913 11,095...

Tags: Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, NB

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Top health sites by ad placements

Publisher Display ads, mln. Share of Display Ads Visitors, 000 Frequency Health - Information 1,556 100.0% 53,556 29.0 WebMD Health 290 18.6% 14,992 19.3 Revolution Health 201 12.9% 8,320 24.1 AOL Health 186 12.0% 8,780 21.2 Everyday Health 154 9.9%...

Tags: Advertisement, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, NB

Blog posts 2008-09-14

Top US sites in June 2008

Rank Property Audience, 000 Total Internet 189,873 1 Google Sites 140,163 2 Yahoo! Sites 140,080 3 Microsoft Sites 119,677 4 AOL LLC 110,841 5 Fox Interactive Media 85,998 6 eBay 72,972 7 Amazon...

Tags: Site, Advertising & Promotion, Wiki, Internet, Marketing, Online Communications, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-31

Top US Web sites in May 2008

Rank Property Audience, 000 Total Internet 190,858 1 Google Sites 143,389 2 Yahoo! Sites 142,925 3 Microsoft Sites 121,257 4 AOL LLC 111,395 5 Fox Interactive Media 89,424 6 eBay 78,271 7 Wikipedia...

Tags: Web, Web Site, Site, Advertising & Promotion, Wiki, Internet, Marketing, Online Communications, NB

Blog posts 2008-07-14