Searchmedica
Encyclopedia
SearchMedica is a series of free medical search engines built by doctors for doctors and other medical professionals, with localized versions for the United Kingdom
, the United States
, France
and Spain
.
SearchMedica connects medical professionals with well-known, credible journals, peer-reviewed research, and evidence-based articles written for practicing healthcare professionals.
In addition to ranking search results according to both publication date and relevance, SearchMedica also allows users to focus searches by categories such as journal content, evidence-based medicine, guidelines, and patient information.
SearchMedica is run by CMPMedica, a part of United Business Media
, and has been set up using search engine technology from Convera.
SearchMedica was the first medical search engine built for doctors and medical professionals and claims leadership in the space.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
.
Description
SearchMedica is a specialist medical search engine for medical professionals. There are currently 4 localized versions:- Searchmedica.co.uk (Searchmedica.co.uk), which targets UK GPs and medical professionals, and including clinical, drug and research data to the latest NICE, PCT or Department of Health guidelines.
- SearchMedica.com (Searchmedica.com) with sections for nine therapeutic areas (cardiovascular, diabetes/endocrine, hematology/oncology, infectious, mental/nervous system, musculoskeletal, pediatric, radiology and respiratory) as well as all of medicine (content from all of the foregoing specialties and more) and practice management. Includes data from PubMedPubMedPubMed is a free database accessing primarily the MEDLINE database of references and abstracts on life sciences and biomedical topics. The United States National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health maintains the database as part of the Entrez information retrieval system...
(MedlineMEDLINEMEDLINE is a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and health care...
citations) as well as numerous other health-related government websites and hundreds of authoritative clinical sites, analyzed and approved by medical specialists. - Searchmedica.fr (SearchMedica.fr), a version for the French market with a focus on medical websites in French
- Searchmedica.es (SearchMedica.es), a Spanish version.
SearchMedica connects medical professionals with well-known, credible journals, peer-reviewed research, and evidence-based articles written for practicing healthcare professionals.
In addition to ranking search results according to both publication date and relevance, SearchMedica also allows users to focus searches by categories such as journal content, evidence-based medicine, guidelines, and patient information.
SearchMedica is run by CMPMedica, a part of United Business Media
United Business Media
UBM plc is a magazine publisher, news distributor and events organiser providing business information services principally to the technology, healthcare, media, automotive and financial services industries...
, and has been set up using search engine technology from Convera.
SearchMedica was the first medical search engine built for doctors and medical professionals and claims leadership in the space.
History
The English version was the launched in June 2006, followed by the US version in August 2006 and the French version in February 2007. The Spanish version went live in the summer of 2007 and a relaunch occurred in January 2008.Business model
SearchMedica makes money through advertising. However, advertising does not bias the ranking of results in their search engine.External links
- SearchMedica.co.uk, UKUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
site. - SearchMedica.com, USUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
site. - SearchMedica.fr, French site.
- SearchMedica.es, Spanish site.
Related Sites
- ClinicalSearchTips, New research study of the week found with SearchMedica.com.
- SearchMedica on Twitter, SearchMedica status updates.