All Topics  
Revolution Health Group

 

 
   Email Print
   Bookmark   Link
 

 

Revolution Health Group
 
 
  Topics Revolution Health Group Topic Home

Revolution Health Group is a United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
-based corporation
Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....
 founded in July 2005 by Steve Case
Steve Case

Steve Case is a businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online . He reached his highest profile when he played an instrumental role in AOL's merger with Time Warner in 2000....
, who previously co-founded America Online. Revolution Health’s stated mission is to change healthcare by giving people the tools, information and support to manage their health and wellness actively.

Revolution Health Group is one of three companies in the Revolution LLC
Revolution LLC

Revolution LLC is a principal investment firm and the parent company to several companies including Revolution Places, a resort management company, Revolution Health, a personal health care network, Revolution Living, a personal wellness network, and Revolution Money, a Web 2.0 payment platform....
 group of companies.

Revolution Health is a health-related portal site and social network that some have described as akin to WebMD
WebMD

WebMD, LLC, part of HLTH Corporation, is an United States provider of health information services. It is primarily known for its public Internet site, which has information regarding health and health care, including a symptom checklist, pharmacy information, blogs of physicians with specific topics and a place to store personal medical info...
.






Discussion
Ask a question about 'Revolution Health Group'
Start a new discussion about 'Revolution Health Group'
Answer questions from other users
Full Discussion Forum



Encyclopedia


Revolution Health Group is a United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
-based corporation
Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....
 founded in July 2005 by Steve Case
Steve Case

Steve Case is a businessman best known as the co-founder and former chief executive officer and chairman of America Online . He reached his highest profile when he played an instrumental role in AOL's merger with Time Warner in 2000....
, who previously co-founded America Online. Revolution Health’s stated mission is to change healthcare by giving people the tools, information and support to manage their health and wellness actively.

Revolution Health Group is one of three companies in the Revolution LLC
Revolution LLC

Revolution LLC is a principal investment firm and the parent company to several companies including Revolution Places, a resort management company, Revolution Health, a personal health care network, Revolution Living, a personal wellness network, and Revolution Money, a Web 2.0 payment platform....
 group of companies.

Revolution Health is a health-related portal site and social network that some have described as akin to WebMD
WebMD

WebMD, LLC, part of HLTH Corporation, is an United States provider of health information services. It is primarily known for its public Internet site, which has information regarding health and health care, including a symptom checklist, pharmacy information, blogs of physicians with specific topics and a place to store personal medical info...
. Users are urged to ask questions and answer other users’ questions, rate their doctors, participate in online discussions and otherwise contribute content. The site also has a number of tools to help people become healthier, such as a calculator that shows how long you need to do a given activity to lose a pound of weight, and a tool for showing you how much money an individual will save if he quits smoking. Every user has a profile page where they can link up to other users, set personal goals and aggregate content they’ve contributed to the site.

The company portal launched on January 20, 2007, using Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails

Ruby on Rails is an open source web application framework for the Ruby . It is often referred to as "Rails" or "RoR". It is intended to be used with an agile software development, which is often utilized by web developers for its suitability for short, client-driven projects....
 technology.

On October 25, 2007, the company dismissed 60 employees, or a quarter of its work-force, ostensibly as part of a restructuring
Restructuring

Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of partially dismantling or otherwise reorganizing a company for the purpose of making it more profitable....
.

On May 23rd, 2008, RHG terminated its employer business unit and business to business unit as well as laying off
Layoff

Layoff is the temporary suspension or permanent termination of employment of an employee or a group of employees for business reasons, such as the decision that certain positions are no longer necessary or a business slow-down or interruption in work....
 an additional 50 people.

On October 3, 2008, Revolution Health ended several months of speculation and merged with Waterfront Media
Waterfront media

Waterfront Media is a dot-com publisher of the Everyday Health Network, a large online health property. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York....
, which operates the Everyday Health Network, in a deal valued at $300 million. The company is expected to no longer use the name Revolution Health.

External links


Business sites



Articles

**