Revolution Health Group

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article about a medical, pharmaceutical or biotechnological corporation or company is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Revolution Health Group
Type	Private
Founded	July 2005
Headquarters	Washington DC, USA
Key people	Steve Case, Chairman/CEO
Industry	Healthcare
Website	http://www.revolutionhealth.com/

Revolution Health Group is a United States-based corporation founded in July 2005 by Steve Case, who previously co-founded America Online. Revolution Health’s mission is to change healthcare by giving people the tools, information and support to manage their health and wellness actively.

Revolution Health Group is one of three companies in the Revolution LLC group of companies.

Revolution Health is a health-related portal site and social network. Users are urged to ask questions and answer other users’ questions, rate their doctors, participate in online discussions and otherwise contribute content. The site also has a number of tools to help people become healthier, such as a calculator that shows how long you need to do a given activity to lose a pound of weight, and a tool for showing you how much money an individual will save if he quits smoking. Every user has a profile page where they can link up to other users, set personal goals and aggregate content they’ve contributed to the site.

The portal launched on January 20, 2007, using Ruby on Rails technology.

On October 25, 2007, the company dismissed 60 employees, or a quarter of its work-force, as part of a restructuring.

On May 23rd, 2008, RHG terminated its employer business unit and laid off an additional 21 people.