Stock Report: WebMD Health Corp. (WBMD) Report Updated: May 20, 2013 | Print This Page

WebMD Health Corp. provides health information services to consumers, physicians and other healthcare professionals, employers, and health plans through its public and private online portals, mobile platforms, and health-focused publications in the United States. The company’s public portals enable consumers to obtain health and wellness information, including information on a particular disease or condition; store individual healthcare information; assess personal health status; use online health and wellness trackers, tools and quizzes; receive periodic e-mailed newsletters and alerts on topics of individual interest; locate physicians; and to participate in online communities with peers and experts. Its public portals also enable physicians and healthcare professionals to access clinical reference sources; stay abreast of the latest clinical information; learn about new treatment options; earn continuing medical education credit; and communicate with peers. The company also provides mobile health information applications for use by consumers and physicians. In addition, WebMD Health Corp. offers sponsorship arrangements, content syndication and distribution, and information services, as well as print services, including the advertisements in WebMD the Magazine, a consumer magazine distributed to physician office waiting rooms. The public portals’ sponsors and advertisers include pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, healthcare services, and consumer products companies. The company’s private portals enable employers and health plans to provide their employees and members with access to personalized health and benefit information and decision support tools. Further, WebMD Health Corp. offers health and condition management programs, and telephonic health coaching services for clients of its private portals. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in New York, New York.