Editing WebMD (section)

{{short description|American corporation which provides health information services}}
{{use mdy dates|date=December 2013}}
{{update|date=May 2020}}
{{Infobox website
| name           = WebMD Health Corp.
| logo           = WebMD_logo.svg
| type           = [[Subsidiary]]
| key_people     = {{Unbulleted list|Robert N. Brisco ([[CEO]])<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.morganhealey.com/steven-zatz-joins-webmd-board-of-directors/|title = Steven Zatz Joins WebMD Board of Directors|date = October 30, 2018|access-date = November 4, 2018|publisher = Morgan Healey|archive-date = November 4, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181104211235/http://www.morganhealey.com/steven-zatz-joins-webmd-board-of-directors/|url-status = live}}</ref>}}
| services     = Healthcare information
| num_employees  = 2,060 (2024)<ref>zoominfo.com/c/webmd-llc/41713677}}</ref>
| parent         = [[Internet Brands]]
| foundation     = {{start date and age|1996|6|14}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whois.domaintools.com/healtheon.com|title=HealthEon.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info – DomainTools|work=[[WHOIS]]|access-date=2016-07-12|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216061432/http://whois.domaintools.com/healtheon.com|url-status=live}}</ref> (as Healthscape)
| location       = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| homepage       = {{Official URL}}
| revenue        = {{US$|636 million|link=yes}} (2024)
}}

'''WebMD''' is an American corporation which [[Publishing|publishes]] [[Online and offline|online]] news and information about   [[health|human health]] and [[well-being]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = What We Do For Our Users|url = http://www.webmd.com/about-webmd-policies/about-what-we-do-for-our-users|website = WebMD|access-date = 2016-02-02|archive-date = January 31, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160131065556/http://www.webmd.com/about-webmd-policies/about-what-we-do-for-our-users|url-status = live}}</ref> The WebMD website also includes information about drugs and is an important healthcare information website and the most popular consumer-oriented health site.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jones |first=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AHo3DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA42 |title=Design for Care: Innovating Healthcare Experience |date=2013-05-01 |publisher=Rosenfeld Media |isbn=978-1-933820-13-2 |language=en}}</ref>

WebMD was started in 1998 by internet entrepreneur [[Jeff Arnold (Internet entrepreneur)|Jeff Arnold]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB927243825183642951 |title=Thanks to WebMD, Atlantan, Only 29, Becomes a Billionaire |last=Carrns |first=Ann |date=1999-05-21 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |issn=0099-9660 |access-date=2019-10-08 |archive-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008123058/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB927243825183642951 |url-status=live }}</ref> In early 1999, it was part of a three-way merger with Sapient Health Network (SHN) and Direct Medical Knowledge (DMK). SHN began in Portland, Oregon, in 1996 by Jim Kean, Bill Kelly, and Kris Nybakken, who worked together at a CD-ROM publishing firm, Creative Multimedia. Later, in 1999, WebMD merged with [[Healtheon]], founded by [[Netscape Communications]] founder [[James H. Clark]].<ref name=":1" />