Type of site | Social network |
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Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts [1] |
URL |
www |
Users | 800,000 |
Sermo (which is named after the Latin word for “conversation”) [2] is a private social media network for physicians.
Sermo was founded by physician Daniel Palestrant in 2005 [3] as an adverse effect reporting system, in response to what Palestrant considered failures in the US healthcare system during Merck's 2004 Vioxx (Rofecoxib) recall. [4]
In 2007 Sermo raised $26.7 million and in 2011 it raised an additional $3.5 million. [3] The site developed into a discussion board covering a variety of non-clinical and clinical topics. In 2012, WorldOne, a data-collection company, bought Sermo, [5] [6] and "Sermo" was rebranded to "SERMO" in 2014. [7] By 2019, “SERMO” had been changed back to “Sermo.” [8]
Following this, the community expanded from the US into 6 additional English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. [9] In September, 2014 the community was also expanded to Spain and Mexico. [10] Sermo is both a social networking site and medical crowdsourcing entity for physicians to receive aid on the medical problems of their patients from other physicians. [11]
In 2014, 3,500 patient cases were posted by doctors in the US. These cases were viewed 700,000 times and received 50,000 comments. The average patient case received a response within 1.5 hours and were marked as resolved within 24 hours. [12] The site has about 550,000 members, [13] [14] with its membership including physicians from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Spain, Mexico and New Zealand. [15] Sermo also conducts opinion polls on topics related to physician issues, [16] which have been cited publications including Forbes Magazine, The Washington Post, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, [17] [18] [19] and Time Magazine. [20]
Sermo claims to reach physicians in 150 countries. [21] [22]
Type of site | Social network |
---|---|
Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts [1] |
URL |
www |
Users | 800,000 |
Sermo (which is named after the Latin word for “conversation”) [2] is a private social media network for physicians.
Sermo was founded by physician Daniel Palestrant in 2005 [3] as an adverse effect reporting system, in response to what Palestrant considered failures in the US healthcare system during Merck's 2004 Vioxx (Rofecoxib) recall. [4]
In 2007 Sermo raised $26.7 million and in 2011 it raised an additional $3.5 million. [3] The site developed into a discussion board covering a variety of non-clinical and clinical topics. In 2012, WorldOne, a data-collection company, bought Sermo, [5] [6] and "Sermo" was rebranded to "SERMO" in 2014. [7] By 2019, “SERMO” had been changed back to “Sermo.” [8]
Following this, the community expanded from the US into 6 additional English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. [9] In September, 2014 the community was also expanded to Spain and Mexico. [10] Sermo is both a social networking site and medical crowdsourcing entity for physicians to receive aid on the medical problems of their patients from other physicians. [11]
In 2014, 3,500 patient cases were posted by doctors in the US. These cases were viewed 700,000 times and received 50,000 comments. The average patient case received a response within 1.5 hours and were marked as resolved within 24 hours. [12] The site has about 550,000 members, [13] [14] with its membership including physicians from the US, UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, Spain, Mexico and New Zealand. [15] Sermo also conducts opinion polls on topics related to physician issues, [16] which have been cited publications including Forbes Magazine, The Washington Post, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, [17] [18] [19] and Time Magazine. [20]
Sermo claims to reach physicians in 150 countries. [21] [22]