Epocrates
Encyclopedia
Epocrates, Inc. is an American company based in San Mateo, California
that makes various mobile health software applications under the "epocrates" name, mostly for health care providers, providing them reference information about drugs and diseases, and diagnostic tools.
("CPT") diagnosis codes.
The company markets both free and paid versions, giving the paid version away for free to medical students. It receives additional revenue from pharmaceutical companies.
The company was founded in 1998. Early versions of epocrates ran on Palm
devices and desktop computers. The user base was 525,000 users worldwide (including 200,000 doctors in the United States) in 2006. As of 2006 the company was also active in the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Spain. Among its competitors is WebMD
. By 2010 the company said it had 1 million users worldwide, including 40% of the physicians in the United States, and that it employed more than 250 people.
, Interwest Partners, Sprout Group and Three Arch Partners.
was put on hold, Epocrates filed a registration statement again in July 2010 to raise $75 million.
San Mateo, California
San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 , it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south,...
that makes various mobile health software applications under the "epocrates" name, mostly for health care providers, providing them reference information about drugs and diseases, and diagnostic tools.
Products
Epocrates is a publisher of mobile device software applications, designed to provide information about drugs to doctors and other health care professionals. Among the software functions is checking for drug interactions, news feeds for product announcements and medical news, journal article lookup, as well as a mobile guide to ICD-9 and Current Procedural TerminologyCurrent Procedural Terminology
The Current Procedural Terminology code set is maintained by the American Medical Association through the CPT Editorial Panel. The CPT code set describes medical, surgical, and diagnostic services and is designed to communicate uniform information about medical services and procedures among...
("CPT") diagnosis codes.
The company markets both free and paid versions, giving the paid version away for free to medical students. It receives additional revenue from pharmaceutical companies.
The company was founded in 1998. Early versions of epocrates ran on Palm
Palm, Inc.
Palm, Inc., was a smartphone manufacturer headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, that was responsible for products such as the Pre and Pixi as well as the Treo and Centro smartphones. Previous product lines include the PalmPilot, Palm III, Palm V, Palm VII, Zire and Tungsten. While their older...
devices and desktop computers. The user base was 525,000 users worldwide (including 200,000 doctors in the United States) in 2006. As of 2006 the company was also active in the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany and Spain. Among its competitors is WebMD
WebMD
WebMD is an American corporation which provides health information services. It was founded in 1996 by Jim Clark and Pavan Nigam as Healthscape, later Healtheon, and then acquired WebMD in 1999 to form Healtheon/WebMD...
. By 2010 the company said it had 1 million users worldwide, including 40% of the physicians in the United States, and that it employed more than 250 people.
History
Epocrates' early funders included Bay City Capital, Draper Fisher JurvetsonDraper Fisher Jurvetson
Draper Fisher Jurvetson is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $7 billion in capital commitments....
, Interwest Partners, Sprout Group and Three Arch Partners.
Public offering
After a 2008 public offeringInitial public offering
An initial public offering or stock market launch, is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. It can be used by either small or large companies to raise expansion capital and become publicly traded enterprises...
was put on hold, Epocrates filed a registration statement again in July 2010 to raise $75 million.