Medscape

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Medscape
Type of site
Health information
Available inEnglish, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese
OwnerWebMD
URLwww.medscape.com Edit this at Wikidata
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LaunchedMay 22, 1995; 28 years ago (1995-05-22)

Medscape is a website providing access to medical information for clinicians and medical scientists; the organization also provides continuing education for physicians and other health professionals. It references medical journal articles,

National Library of Medicine's MEDLINE database, medical news, and drug information (Medscape Drug Reference, or MDR). At one time Medscape published seven electronic peer reviewed journals.[1]

History

Medscape launched May 22, 1995, by SCP Communications, Inc.

Journal of the American Medical Association
.

In September 1999, Medscape, Inc. went public and began trading on

NASDAQ under the symbol MSCP. In 2000, Medscape merged with MedicaLogic, Inc., another public company. MedicaLogic filed for bankruptcy within 18 months and sold Medscape to WebMD in December 2001. In 2008, Lundberg was terminated by WebMD. The following year the Medscape Journal of Medicine ceased publishing.[4] In January 2013, Eric Topol was named editor-in-chief of Medscape.[5] The same year, Lundberg returned to Medscape as editor-at-large
.

In 2009, WebMD released an iOS application of Medscape,[6] followed by an Android version two years later.[7] In 2015, WebMD launched Medscape CME & Education on iOS.[8] In 2021, Medscape launched Medscape UK to expand their business in United Kingdom.[9]

Criticisms

In 2016 a survey of doctors found WebMD and its sister company Medscape to have incomplete medical information lacking depth and also numerous cases of misinformation on their sites.[10] A study of Medscape and WebMD also found both services to lack neutrality and exhibiting bias potentially based on very high payments (compared to their industry competitors) from the pharmaceutical industry.[10]

In April 2024, Medscape was strongly criticised for running educational content sponsored by tobacco transnational PMI (Philip Morris International).[11] According to the British Medical Journal "The idea that the lethal and immoral tobacco industry has a role in medical education is absurd.”[12]

References

  1. doi:10.5860/crln.61.2.133
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  2. OCLC 36528652
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  3. ^ "History of Medscape (The First Five Years)". medscape.com. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  4. PMID 19295954
    . Retrieved February 21, 2009.
  5. ^ "Eric Topol Is the New Editor-in-Chief of Medscape". Medscape. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "Medscape iPhone Medical App Review". iMedicalApps. May 17, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  7. ^ Einerson, Brett (January 7, 2011). "The most popular iPhone medical app, Medscape, is now on Android". iMedicalApps. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
  8. ^ "Medscape Goes Mobile with New CME & Education App". PR Newswire (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  9. ^ "Latest Medical News, Guidelines, Clinical Reference Medscape UK". medscape.co.uk. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  10. ^ a b Belluz, Julie (April 5, 2016). "The truth about WebMD, a hypochondriac's nightmare and Big Pharma's dream". Vox. Vox Media. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  11. ^ How can anybody in healthcare get CME credits for an activity sponsored by tobacco giant Philip Morris? https://x.com/KaminskiMed/status/1775908558409744620?s=20
  12. ISSN 1756-1833
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