WebMD
WebMD
I enjoy the digital design of the symptom checker, the drug search engine and the TOPIC 12 health topics section (a good model for our content of the medical reference book for everyday use^*^) very much, along with the site's simple but fresh colors.
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WebMD Health Consumer Portals
WebMD Health, our primary public portal for consumers, and our other consumer portals, help consumers take an active role in managing their health by providing objective healthcare and lifestyle information. WebMD Health's content offerings include access to health and wellness news articles and features, and decision-support services that help consumers make better informed decisions about treatment options, health risks and healthcare providers. Our services enable consumers to obtain detailed information on a particular disease or condition, analyze symptoms, locate physicians, store individual healthcare information, receive periodic e-newsletters on topics of individual interest, enroll in interactive courses and participate in online communities with peers.
Medscape from WebMD Professional Portal
Medscape from WebMD, our primary public portal for physicians and healthcare professionals, helps physicians and healthcare professionals improve their clinical knowledge and practice of medicine. Its original content, including daily medical news, commentary, conference coverage, expert columns and continuing medical education, or CME, activities are written by authors from widely respected academic institutions and edited and managed by our in-house editorial staff. Medscape from WebMD also publishes the online journal, Medscape General Medicine, the original open access primary source peer reviewed general medical journal.
Our Business
WebMD is the leading provider of health information and services to consumers and healthcare professionals. The online healthcare information, decision-support applications and communications services that we provide: -help consumers take an active role in managing their health by providing objective healthcare information and lifestyle information. -make it easier for physicians and healthcare professionals to access clinical reference sources, stay abreast of the latest clinical information, learn about new treatment options, earn continuing medical education credits and communicate with peers. -enable employers and health plans to provide their employees and plan members with access to personalized heath and benefit information and decision support technology that helps them make informed benefit, provider and treatment choices.
