HealthTap is a medical group and technology company delivering telehealth virtual healthcare via the web and health apps. Their customers include health consumers in the United States, health systems, insurance companies, and self-insured employers.
The company has received
Series A funding
A series A is the name typically given to a company's first significant round of venture capital financing. It can be followed by the word round, investment or financing. The name refers to the class of preferred stock sold to investors in excha ...
from the
Mayfield Fund
Mayfield, also known as Mayfield Fund, is a US-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage to growth-stage investments in enterprise and consumer technology companies. Founded in 1969 and based in Menlo Park, California.
History
The ...
,
Eric Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidt (born April 27, 1955) is an American businessman and former computer engineer who was the chief executive officer of Google from 2001 to 2011 and the company's chairman, executive chairman from 2011 to 2015. He also was the ...
’s Innovation Endeavors and Mohr Davidow Ventures.
HealthTap offers the option to immediately connect to, or schedule an appointment with, a physician for a consultation via video conference, phone call, or text chat via web or mobile application.
Interactive health
Health information on the service is supplied interactively by a network of nearly 140,000 licensed doctors in good standing (licensed physicians with active disciplinary actions against them are not admitted to the network). HealthTap also provides the opportunity for peer review, which consists of doctors rating each other and self-identifying specializations. The company says its doctor network is present in 170 countries.
Press and expansion
HealthTap has garnered media coverage in publications including
The New York Times
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,
Forbes
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and
TIME
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.
HealthTap started its Medical Expert Network with U.S.licensed
OBGYN
Obstetrics and gynaecology (also spelled as obstetrics and gynecology; abbreviated as Obst and Gynae, O&G, OB-GYN and OB/GYN) is the medical specialty that encompasses the two subspecialties of obstetrics (covering pregnancy, childbirth, and t ...
and
Pediatrics
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physicians which the company describes as the largest network of interactive, engaged physicians online.
In December 2011, the company announced that it had secured $11.5 million in Series A funding, led by The
Mayfield Fund
Mayfield, also known as Mayfield Fund, is a US-based venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage to growth-stage investments in enterprise and consumer technology companies. Founded in 1969 and based in Menlo Park, California.
History
The ...
,
Eric Schmidt
Eric Emerson Schmidt (born April 27, 1955) is an American businessman and former computer engineer who was the chief executive officer of Google from 2001 to 2011 and the company's chairman, executive chairman from 2011 to 2015. He also was the ...
’s Innovation Endeavors and Mohr Davidow Ventures.
In November 2012, they acquired the doctor directory and rating business from
Avvo
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.
In March 2016, HealthTap acquired
Docphin, a startup designed to make finding and reading medical research easier for doctors.
In December 2017, the New Zealand Government's Auditor General launched a review into the cancelled implementation of a HealthTap-based system at the Government's Waikato District Health Board. The results of the review were overwhelmingly negative and found, amongst other things, that the platform was not fit for purpose.
References
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External links
HealthTap website
Companies based in Sunnyvale, California
Question-and-answer websites