In another clear indication that the Israeli startup scene is at the forefront of Web innovation, no less than 4 companies have been announced as Crucnhies finalists.
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Back in the summer of 2006 I had the pleasure of working with the wonderful folks over at iMedix. The company has just launched their service into Beta… Here’s some info on a startup we should all keep an eye one:
iMedix is the first community-powered health search engine. It’s a community platform
for real-time patient-to-patient interaction. By combining advanced search with community features, iMedix helps people to find and share health information in order to make better health-related decisions.
iMedix uses an ‘evolutionary’ search engine that analyzes users’ feedback against millions of medical articles, pictures and videos in order to provide the best answers for health related questions and concerns. The system ranks Web pages based on those that have proven to be most useful and relevant to other users searching for the same information. iMedix also shows users whether pages are from sources certified by HON (Health On the Net Foundation), URAC (Utilization Review Accreditation Commission) and other organizations.
Using iMedix, patients can easily connect with others who suffer from similar conditions and exchange information about symptoms, prevention and treatment through real-time chat – all in a single click. They can also build their own communities around specific health interests by creating friends lists and adding new friends.
Here’s co-founder and CMO, Iri Amirav’s take:
“We saw a tremendous opportunity to create a patient-powered service that gave users everything they need to make better health-related decisions. Our goal was to allow patients to harness the real-life experiences of others. We’ve done that on iMedix by allowing patients to find each other and communicate in real-time.”
Several months ago I posted about iMedix on CenterNetworks.com. You can read it here.
Fring for Best mobile start-up:
Gizmoz for Best international start-up:
aniBoom for Best video site:
