WebMD

WebMD is a provider of health information services, supplying medical information to consumers, physicians and other healthcare stakeholders through online and mobile platforms. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, the company employs over 3,000 people and operates as a privately held business under Internet Brands.

The company runs a network of owned health websites. Its flagship, WebMD, is a public consumer health site and, by the company's account, the most recognised and trusted brand of health information on the internet. Medscape offers physicians and healthcare professionals clinical reference tools and coverage of new medical research, while Medscape Education provides continuing medical education. The network also includes MedicineNet, the medical reference site eMedicine, the drug reference site RxList and the cardiology-focused theheart.org.

Work at WebMD spans several technical domains: web-based health information portals, mobile platforms, online publishing, clinical reference tools and the dissemination of medical research. Audiences served include consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers and health plans, and the wider business operates across healthcare, consumer health information, medical publishing, digital media, and health plan and employer benefits.

The company describes its culture as mission-driven, with an emphasis on objective, trustworthy and accurate health information and on helping individuals take an active role in managing their own health. Its founding vision was to widen access to medical knowledge, and it continues to support physicians with clinical reference tools and summaries of the latest research.