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HealthTap

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HealthTap is an Interactive Health Network that connects you with thousands of North America’s best physicians providing quick answers to health questions – anytime anywhere. HealthTap’s free web and mobile applications enable 24/7 access to personalized, relevant and trusted health information from thousands of leading doctors, helping people find the best care and make better decisions about their health and well-being.

Consumers on HealthTap can get rapid, succinct answers to their health questions, receive better, more personal care from their doctor and discover the best local physicians based on the doctor’s knowledge and expertise. HealthTap provides every doctor in the US a free Virtual Practice, where they can effortlessly build their reputation, attract new local patients, and save time and money with more efficient visits, by answering simple user questions and making them available to people everywhere online or on-the-go.

HealthTap’s experienced team of engineers and doctors have built health and mobile applications that have served hundreds of millions of people. HealthTap’s rapidly expanding Medical Expert Network includes thousands of leading physicians from top institutions like Stanford, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins, and from leading hospitals and private practices across the country. Based in Palo Alto California, HealthTap is backed by Mohr Davidow Ventures and prominent Silicon Valley angel investors.

Milestones

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  HealthTap added Michael Nichols as General Counsel & Business Development Director.
  Posted 4/19/11 at 6:40am
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  HealthTap added Dr. Geoff Rutledge as Medical Technology Lead.
  Posted 4/19/11 at 6:40am
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  HealthTap added Sastry Nanduri as Co-Founder & CTO.
  Posted 4/19/11 at 6:39am
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  HealthTap added Ron Gutman as Founder and CEO.
  Posted 8/23/10 at 10:07pm
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  HealthTap received $11.5M in Series A funding. (12/6/11)
  Posted 12/6/11 at 5:27am via techcrunch.com
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  HealthTap received $2.35M in Seed funding. (3/23/11)
  Posted 3/23/11 at 2:36am via techcrunch.com
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  HealthTap received in Angel funding. (1/1/10)
  Posted 8/24/10 at 10:29am
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  HealthTap — Released new mobile apps- HealthTap Express and HealthTap Express MD (9/26/11)
  Posted 10/6/11 at 5:52pm via nytimes.com
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  HealthTap — Expansion to all areas of health- all patients and all physicians in 82 specialties (9/26/11)
  Posted 10/6/11 at 5:51pm via nytimes.com

Videos

Screenshots

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Above: HealthTap Express- Member Homescreen
Uploaded: 12/7/11

Sources

1. Citation Needed [add]
2. HealthTap Raises $2.35 Million To Help People Manage Their Health (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. Eric Schmidt, Mayfield Fund Put $11.5M In Online Medical Community HealthTap (techcrunch.com) [edit]
HealthTap’s Social Network of 5,000 Doctors Is Ready to Give Free Advice (nytimes.com) [edit]
HealthTap’s Social Network of 5,000 Doctors Is Ready to Give Free Advice (nytimes.com) [edit]