Vitals Merges with MedHelp

10/11/17

LYNDHURST, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vitals, a company that provides health care transparency and engagement solutions for consumers, announced today the formation of Vitals Consumer Services, a combination of Vitals Consumer websites and the newly merged MedHelp online community business. Together, this new entity creates one of the largest digital health properties in the U.S.

MedHelp’s Patient-to-Patient Communities are among the world’s largest and most established online health communities, attracting more than 15 million visitors each month. The site enables tens of thousands of conversations daily, related to over 300 medical conditions, including diabetes, pregnancy and mental health.

Vitals operates Vitals.com and UCompareHealthCare.com, consumer websites that help people find the best doctors for themselves and their families. Vitals has over 9 million doctor reviews to help people make informed health care decisions. The company’s search tools educate consumers to help them find better health care.

“We are excited to expand our focus helping consumers navigate their health care questions,” said Heyward Donigan, President and CEO of Vitals. “Whether people are looking to connect with a health professional or with patients who have a condition similar to theirs, Vitals newly expanded consumer websites will be the place they can turn for answers.”

“For over 10 years, Vitals has connected consumers to the right doctors,” said Mitch Rothschild, Founder and Executive Chairman of Vitals. “For nearly the same amount of time, MedHelp has connected patients with other patients. By combining these two organizations, we’re expanding the ability of consumers to share their knowledge and help them make better care decisions.”

Founded in 2007, MedHelp uses technology, data science, and expertise in consumer health behavior to deliver engaging mobile health, empowering millions of users worldwide each year to better understand and manage their health. MedHelp was acquired by Aptus Health, Inc. in June 2014.

About Vitals

Vitals empowers everyone to shop for their health care like an expert. We bring together cost and quality transparency along with innovative consumer engagement programs to help people select high-quality, lower-cost care. Vitals leads the market with incentive and engagement programs that pay people to shop. Our solutions achieve measurable and sustainable savings for consumers, employers and health plans. Vitals helps more than 120 million people each year access better, more affordable care.

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