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HealthTap

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HealthTap connects millions of people around the world with the most trusted health information and doctors. With top-rated web and mobile apps, HealthTap offers immediate and free access to relevant, reliable, and trusted health answers and tips from a network of over 38,000 U.S.-licensed doctors. As a pioneer in the new field of interactive health, HealthTap is helping people find the best care and make better decisions about their health and well-being.

Users on HealthTap receive 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 U.S. 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 user questions online or on-the-go.

HealthTap’s innovative mHealth (Moblie Health) platform offers an even more robust suite of services supporting the continuous interaction of doctors online among themselves and with their patients. The HealthTap mHealth Platform facilitates the integration of real world medical care and online interaction.

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 growing Medical Expert Network includes over 38,000 leading physicians from top institutions like Stanford and Harvard, as well as from leading hospitals and private practices across the country. Based in Palo Alto, California, HealthTap is backed by Khosla Ventures, The Mayfield Fund, Eric Schmidt’s Innovation Endeavors and Mohr Davidow Ventures, along with prominent Silicon Valley angel investors.

Recent Milestones

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  HealthTap received $24M in Series B funding. (5/8/13)
  Posted 5/8/13 at 7:23pm via techcrunch.com
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  HealthTap — The New HealthTap launched as the first-ever mobile health platform, available for everyone (iPhone, iPad, Android and Web). (6/28/12)
  Posted 7/10/12 at 5:23pm via reuters.com
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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 — 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
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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 added Skip Fleshman as Investor and Advisor. (5/1/11)
  Posted 6/2/13 at 5:14pm
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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 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 Chief Medical Information Officer.
  Posted 4/19/11 at 6:40am
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  HealthTap added Sean Mehra as Head of Product.
  Posted 8/26/12 at 3:13pm
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  HealthTap added Ron Gutman as Founder and CEO.
  Posted 8/23/10 at 10:07pm
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  HealthTap added Sastry Nanduri as Co-Founder & CTO.
  Posted 4/19/11 at 6:39am

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Screenshots

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Above: HealthTap Home Screen
Uploaded: 2/2/13

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]
4. HealthTap Lands $24M From Khosla Ventures And Keith Rabois To Take Its “Quora For Doctors” Global (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]
Goodbye doctor's appointments and waiting rooms, hello HealthTap ... (uk.reuters.com) [edit]