MedicineNet

MedicineNet
Health Information
Founded October 1996
Owner WebMD Since 2004
Website MedicineNet.com

MedicineNet is a medical website that provides detailed information about diseases, conditions, medications and general health.[1] MedicineNet.com launched on October 17, 1996.[2] William Shiel co-founded MedicineNet and continues today as the Chief Medical Editor.[3] Melissa Stoppler also serves on the MedicineNet Editorial Board[4] and she and Shiel were co editors-in-chief of Webster's New World Medical Dictionary, Year 2008, Third Edition.[5][6]

MedicineNet is an owned and operated site in the WebMD Consumer Network[7] and was acquired by WebMD in December 2004.[8] MedicineNet is a network of U.S. Board-Certified Physicians and Allied Health Professionals working together to provide the public with current, comprehensive medical information, written in easy to understand language.[9]

MedicineNet, as part of the WebMD Consumer Network, adheres to the same privacy policy as WebMD.com and is certified by the TRUSTe online privacy certification program.[10] In addition, MedicineNet is HONcode certified to be in compliance with the Health on the Net health website principles.[11]

MedicineNet is ranked #5 in the January 2014 eBizMBA Top 15 Most Popular Health Websites.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "www.medicinenet.com". Website Encyclopedia. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Wayback Machine". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 17 October 1996. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "St. Joseph Health Mission Hospital Doctors". Mission Hospital. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "Melissa Conrad Stoppler". dLife. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "St. Joseph Health Mission Hospital Doctors". Mission Hospital. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Melissa Stoppler". Google+. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  7. ↑ "WebMD Corporate Site Consumer Network". WebMD. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "E-Health Market Overview and Internet Health Acquisitions". Right Diagnosis. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Certificate of compliance with the Code of Conduct HONcode". HONcode. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "MedicineNet Privacy Policy". MedicineNet. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "Certificate of compliance with the Code of Conduct HONcode". HONcode. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  12. ↑ "Top 15 Most Popular Health Websites January 2014". eBiz MBA. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
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