atlanta georgia united states founder s jeff arnold and dr. mehmet oz ceo jeff arnold key people dawn whaley and justin ferrero co presidents industry digital health subsidiaries dailystrength dotfit the little blue book wisepatient realage pkc corporation bactes qualityhealth feingold technologies healthways website www.sharecare.com sharecare is a health and wellness engagement platform that provides consumers with personalized information programs and resources to improve their health . it provides personalized information to the site s users v based on their responses to the realage test the company s health risk assessment tool and offers a clinical decision support tool askmd . headquartered in atlanta sharecare was founded in 2010 by jeff arnold founder of webmd and dr. mehmet oz in partnership with harpo studios sony pictures television and discovery communications . 1 2 contents 1 services 2 knowledge partners 3 advisory board 4 featured experts and knowledge partners 5 see also 6 external links 7 references services edit sharecare began as an interactive question and answer q & a platform about health 3 and then expanded its products and services through internal development and strategic acquisitions of companies including dailystrength dotfit the little blue book wisepatient realage pkc corporation bactes imaging soultions qualityhealth feingold technologies biolucid and healthways . 4 5 6 7 8 sharecare.com is built on a social content platform curating the collective knowledge of vetted medical experts . much of its content is contributed by organizations like aarp the american cancer society the american heart association the american red cross the national academy of sports medicine and medical professionals . 9 questions are also answered by medical centers such as the cleveland clinic and johns hopkins . 10 the platform allows them to answer questions and engage in conversations about health . 11 the realage test is a health risk assessment which determines the biological age of a person s body based on an online questionnaire about their health status and good and bad health habits . in january 2014 plos one published a study validating the realage test as a more accurate predictor of mortality than calendar age and the framingham risk score . 12 askmd launched in december 2013 is a web based application and a free app for iphone and ipod touch that helps people collect information about symptoms learn more about causes and find appropriate physicians . askmd aims to help consumers get organized around their health and have a more productive doctor s visit by guiding users through a personalized questionnaire that takes into account symptoms and other factors like medications and known conditions and matches answers against the latest clinical research . askmd s clinical knowledge management system was developed through sharecare s acquisition of pkc corporation to bring evidence based medicine to patients and providers and enabling clinically informed communications . it was named best medical app at the 4th annual appy awards and was named an official 2014 webby award honoree in mobile & apps health & fitness . 13 14 knowledge partners edit concerns have been raised regarding the bias of answers provided on sharecare.com by knowledge partners or paid sponsors . 15 such knowledge partners include among others colgate palmolive ; pfizer ; unilever dove skin care products ; health insurer unitedhealthcare ; and walgreens drug stores . 16 in june 2013 the american dental association ada withdrew as a knowledge partner in response to what it considered an irresponsible attack on the dr. oz show on the use of dental amalgam . ada president dr. robert a faiella summed up the group s reaction by stating as a science based organization we should always welcome inquiry but we should not be seen as supporting the promotion of misleading information unsupported by the best science . 17 answers provided by knowledge partners are labeled to distinguish from other contributions . advisory board edit sharecare s advisory board members provide guidance and input on matters of content scope and evolving issues of health education for sharecare s consumer and professional audiences . their contributions are not limited to the area of content and editorial ; they also represent sharecare in an official capacity as media representatives advisors and moderators in each member s clinical specialty . featured experts and knowledge partners edit some of the featured experts and knowledge partners found on sharecare.com include dr. mehmet oz deepak chopra arianna huffington dr. michael roizen dr. dean ornish american heart association colgate pfizer aarp american diabetes association american cancer society johns hopkins medicine american red cross honor society of nursing sigma theta tau international see also edit healthtap a mobile health platform with q & a answers.com a general q & a resource webmd a similar health care information resource external links edit sharecare official website references edit elliott stuart 2010 10 06 . web site to offer health advice some of it from marketers . new york times . retrieved 2011 04 02 . dr. mehmet oz and internet entrepreneur jeff arnold announce sharecare inc. a web 3.0 platform organizing and answering the questions of health . bloomberg . november 2 2009 . retrieved 2011 04 02 . sharecare aims to be humble host for health apps . mobihealthnews . 2010 10 21 . retrieved 2011 04 02 . sharecare announces 14 million growth equity financing led by galen partners the acquisition of the little blue book physician reference and jeff arnold to be ceo . sharecare . 2012 01 17 . sharecare announces the acquisition of realage . sharecare . 2012 03 12 . sharecare announces the acquisition of pkc corporation . sharecare . 2012 06 18 . sharecare announces acquisition of bactes . sharecare . 2013 07 01 . wellness platform sharecare to buy health business from healthways . reuters . 2016 07 27 . elliott stuart 2010 10 06 . web site to offer health advice some of it from marketers . the new york times . moukheiber zina 2010 11 16 . names you need to know in 2011 sharecare . forbes . dr. mehmet oz and jeff arnold launch sharecare.com where experts share their knowledge with consumers . health in 30 . 2010 10 08 . retrieved 2011 03 28 . prediction of mortality using on line self reported health data empirical test of the realage score . plos one . 2014 01 17 . sharecare s askmd wins appy award for best medical app . venturebeat . 2014 05 23 . mobile health apps from ehr to diabetes picked as webby award honorees . medcitynews . 2014 04 18 . burkitt laurie 2009 11 19 . webmd founder matches marketers with consumers who have health concerns . forbes . elliott stuart 2010 10 06 . web site to offer health advice some of it from marketers . the new york times . soderland kelly 2013 06 10 . ada and sharecare part ways . ada news . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sharecare & oldid 744190482 categories companies based in atlantacompanies established in 2010medical websiteshealth promotionself carenutritionamerican websitespositive psychologylife extensionprevention navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 17 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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