NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — WebMD Health Corp., an Internet Brands firm and a frontrunner in well being data companies for physicians, different healthcare professionals and shoppers, immediately introduced that it has acquired JIM.fr, a number one medical information, data and training platform in France.
The acquisition combines the core competencies of JIM.fr with that of Medscape, WebMD’s flagship world model for healthcare professionals (HCPs). Medscape and its affiliate community of platforms at the moment attain over 5 million physicians worldwide with medical information, well being data and persevering with medical training. With the addition of JIM.fr, Medscape deepens its dedication to French and French-speaking HCPs.
“Both JIM.fr and Medscape have the belief and engagement of a whole lot of 1000’s of healthcare professionals in France,” mentioned Jeremy Schneider, Group General Manager, WebMD Global. “Medscape’s current French version, together with our sturdy, country-specific content material, is integral to our world dedication to French-speaking well being professionals. Through this transaction, we are able to leverage our mixed property to additional strengthen Medscape’s providing for French and French-speaking professionals, whereas delivering revolutionary options to prospects.”
As a number one medical information website in France, JIM.fr engages a whole lot of 1000’s of physicians, nurses, pharmacists and different HCPs throughout greater than 25 specialties. In addition to updates on the most recent medical information, medical science, and medical convention protection, JIM.fr presents a multidisciplinary and interactive persevering with training platform for the broad healthcare workforce.
“Today JIM.fr presents, day by day, to greater than 350,000 French-speaking healthcare professionals registered on its website, an entire panorama of medical {and professional} information in all specialties, together with normal medication,” mentioned Dr. Gilles Haroche, founding father of JIM.fr. “Beyond the scientific and journalistic rigor of its articles, JIM distinguishes itself from different medical media by its typically humorous tone and its unique analyses of all the key points which are shaking the medical world. We are very glad to see the standard of our work acknowledged by Medscape, the worldwide medical information and level of care platform.”
Following closing, JIM.fr will proceed to function as an impartial subsidiary of Medscape as the businesses look to construct on and combine merchandise, platforms, and companies.
The phrases of the acquisition usually are not being disclosed.
About WebMD Health Corp.
WebMD Health Corp., an Internet Brands firm, is on the coronary heart of the digital well being revolution that’s remodeling the healthcare expertise for shoppers, sufferers, healthcare professionals, employers, well being plans and well being methods. Through private and non-private on-line portals, cell platforms, and health-focused publications, WebMD delivers modern content material and digital companies that allow and enhance decision-making, help and inspire well being actions, streamline and simplify the healthcare journey, and enhance affected person care.
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About JIM.fr
Dr. Gilles Haroche, then an intern at “Hôpitaux de Paris” (Hospital chain, Paris), based the “Journal International de Médecine” (The JIM) in 1979, which switched to a completely digital format in 1999. The JIM has at all times fulfilled the mission expressed in its title International Journal of Medicine.
Thanks to the each day editorial collaboration of dozens of hospital and personal practitioners, JIM has set itself the objective of informing its readers in French, in “actual time”, of all the things necessary that’s being completed and written in medication world wide within the worldwide scientific press, main congresses {and professional} information. Its rigor and its free and typically offbeat tone have made it a hit with its readers, and subsequently with its advertisers. JIM has at all times been ranked among the many main digital media websites for HCPs in France.
SOURCE Medscape
