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VentureBeat: Microsoft buys health search engine, Medstory

  • Kathy · 2 years ago
    I just wanted to mention another health search engine that launched recently... www.healia.com
  • Rex · 2 years ago
    I don't believe Ms. Dyson is with CNET anymore. She's certainly no longer listed on the editors page:

    http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-33_7-5448861-1.html
  • MPBelanger · 2 years ago
    Can anyone report Medstory's first venture round valuation?
  • Kind And Thoughtful · 2 years ago
    I think this is a smart move by Microsoft. There are many great things happening in medicine and healthcare.

    By the way, on a different subject, I think credit should be given to Melinda Gates. I think she was the catalyst for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation doing so much humanitarian work. Behind every great man there is a great woman. Together they are changing the world and making it better. I applaud them and think of them as a national treasure.
  • Yakov · 2 years ago
    Esther told me a long ago that a vertical search engine is a way to win in this industry. Sounded like she could predict the above exit already :) We have a platform technology to easily create those verticals. We started with a search for kids.
  • Gordon · 2 years ago
    This
    Doctors, hospitals and other healthcare facilities currently use a host of different software programs that lack standard ways to input and retrieve healthcare records and other data. Microsoft hopes that it can help standardize that process, making healthcare easier to use
    doesn't make a lot of sense. This purchase has zero to do with how Doctors, hospitals and other healthcare facilities input the data. while I have no doubt that MS would like to standardize that process on its products, this purchase seems to pass by that goal without ever touching it.
  • Mehdi · 2 years ago
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  • Search Engines WEB · 2 years ago
    hmmm...

    Is this an attempt to cash in on the information needs of the ageing Baby Boomers - and the 'turning 40' Generation X'ers?
  • Adam Sharp · 2 years ago
    The results aren't bad, but I don't think refinement-based search engines like this will catch on. People want to search for a keyword and get the results in one step.

    In my health search engine, www.healthfind.com, I'm using different kinds of categories (alternative med, forums, kids, pets, as well as the general engine). I think having different search-categories is more effective than post-search refinements.
  • Jimmy C · 2 years ago
    I think this is a VERY smart move by Microsoft.
  • Symptoms of Celiac Disease · 2 years ago
    I think this is a good move by Microsoft because the online health niche is very big and difficult to move into. By buying an established health website MS will be able to fast track success. With the addition of web 2.0 technologies MS could become a power house in online health.