WebMD
Headquarters: 111
Eighth Ave.
New York, NY 10011
Employees: 1,025
President: Wayne Gattinella
Stock Symbol: WBMD
Website: http://www.webmd.com
Career
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WebMD is a leading provider of online health
information services, serving consumers, physicians, other healthcare
professionals, employers and health plans.
The WebMD Consumer Network includes the
following owned and operated sites: www.WebMD.com, www.MedicineNet.com,
www.eMedicineHealth.com and www.RxList.com.
The company's interactive services allow
consumers to obtain in-depth information on a particular disease
or condition, research and plan for a healthy lifestyle goal,
search for relevant health information across the web, and watch
originally produced videos.
In addition to the online presence, WebMD
also has a Publishing Services segment that provides complementary
offline health content. These publications include The Little
Blue Book, a physician directory with 146 geographic editions,
ACP Medicine and ACS Surgery: Principles of Practice,
a set of medical reference textbooks, and WebMD the Magazine,
a consumer publication launched in early 2005 that is distributed
free of charge to physician office waiting rooms.
Medscape from WebMD is a portal for physicians
and healthcare professionals, helps physicians and healthcare
professionals improve their clinical knowledge and practice of
medicine.
The company also has private portals that
enable employees and health plan members to make more informed
benefit, treatment and provider decisions.
In 2007, WebMD had revenues of $331.9 million
and net income of $65.8 million.
History
The company is majority-owned by HLTH Corporation,
formerly known as Emdeon.
WebMD went public in 2005 at an IPO price
of $17.50.
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