SearchMedica was a series of free medical search engines built by doctors for doctors and other medical professionals, with localized versions for the
United Kingdom
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, the
United States
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,
France
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and
Spain
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.
Description
SearchMedica was a specialist medical search engine for medical professionals. There were four localized versions:
# Searchmedica.co.uk, which targeted UK GPs and medical professionals, and included clinical, drug and research data to the latest NICE, PCT or Department of Health guidelines.
# 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
PubMed
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(
Medline
MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, or MEDLARS Online) is a bibliographic database of life sciences and biomedical information. It includes bibliographic information for articles from academic journals covering medic ...
citations) as well as other health-related government websites and authoritative clinical sites, analyzed and approved by medical specialists.
# Searchmedica.fr, a version for the French market with a focus on medical websites in French
# Searchmedica.es, a Spanish version.
SearchMedica connected 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 allowed users to focus searches by categories such as journal content, evidence-based medicine, guidelines, and patient information.
SearchMedica was run by
CMPMedica, a part of
United Business Media
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, and was set up using
search engine technology from
Convera
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.
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.
None of the primary websites appear to be operational as of 2020.
Business model
SearchMedica makes money through advertising. However, advertising does not bias the ranking of results in their search engine.
Health software