Imedexchange

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iMedExchange Inc.
Type Private
Industry Online Community
Social Network
Founded Seattle (2007)
Headquarters Seattle, Washington, United States
Key people
Tobin Arthur, Founder/CEO
Bob Crimmins, Founder
ProductsVitalSigns
Number of employees
20
Website www.imedexchange.com

iMedexchange is a private online community for M.D.s and D.O.s in the United States. iMedexchange provides a free venue for resources, tools and discussions to be shared between physicians.

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History

iMedexchange was founded in 2007 by Tobin Arthur and Bob Crimmins. The start-up is credited with assembling a nationwide physician advisory board, which includes 30 advisers and investors from the St. Louis area. [1] The site launched in June 2008 with $2.5 million in angel funding, all but two of the 40 angel investors were physicians. [2]

VitalSigns

VitalSigns is a Health Policy Resource Center launched by iMedExchange in July 2009. It provides a succinct dashboard of health care policy updates and peer insights on healthcare policy and reform.

The Senator Tom Coburn M.D. Resource Center provides insight and commentary from Senator Coburn's physician advocate - Dr. Jim Rowsey. [3]

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References

  1. iMedExchange taps local docs for new Web portal
  2. "Venture Capital: A virtual doctors lounge to open its doors". 13 June 2008.
  3. "Announcing Senator Coburn, M.D., on VitalSigns - VitalSigns... by iMedExchange". 9 July 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009.