Drugstore.Com Launches Healthcare Provider Search Powered By HealthCare.Com
MIAMI and BELLEVUE, Wa., March 18 /PRNewswire/ — HealthCare.com, Inc. (http://www.healthcare.com/), the leading online healthcare provider search platform, today announced the launch of its private-label care provider directory for drugstore.com, inc. , a leading online provider of health, beauty, vision, and pharmacy products. drugstore.com users will now be able to search the most comprehensive healthcare provider directory on the web, with over 1 million listings for medical and dental professionals, practices, facilities and health-related businesses in over 120 health and wellness-related categories including:
— Medical specialists such as general physicians, pediatricians, oncologists, OB/GYNs, neurologists, urologists and over 45 other specialties. — Dental categories such as general dentists, cosmetic dentists, orthodontists, periodontists, and more. — Health facilities such as hospitals, clinics, surgery centers, dialysis centers and more. — Other categories such as chiropractors, psychologists, nutritionists and midwife services.
“drugstore.com was a pioneer in health-related e-commerce, and is today one of the most recognizable brands on the web,” said Rob Monster, Chairman of HealthCare.com. “This partnership builds on that heritage. By incorporating HealthCare.com’s global directory of healthcare providers, drugstore.com’s users can not only shop for health-related products on the leading online drugstore, but also search for care using the world’s most complete database of care providers.”
“At drugstore.com we are always looking for new ways to provide service and convenience in addition to competitive prices,” said Arvin Marchel, RPh, Director of Pharmacy Services at drugstore.com. “We believe this medical provider search solution is a valuable benefit for our pharmacy and over-the- counter customers and is an important addition to services we already offer such as the Drug Information Database, Drug Interaction Checker and Ask Your Pharmacist.”
Consumers may find the new healthcare provider directory by linking from the drugstore.com pharmacy home page at http://www.drugstore.com/pharmacy or by going directly to http://www.drugstore.com/providersearch.
About HealthCare.com, Inc.
HealthCare.com, Inc. is a leading online health destination at http://www.healthcare.com/ providing healthcare content and tools that empower health seekers in their search for knowledge and care. The company’s consumer health offering is centered upon its web content portal, its health vertical search engine and its proprietary Care Provider Search. The Care Provider Search is the most comprehensive, complete and intelligent care provider directory on the web, which features over one million providers across the U.S. in over 120 categories, as well as providers in major medical tourism countries. For additional information, please visit http://www.healthcare.com/.
About drugstore.com, inc.
drugstore.com, inc. is a leading online provider of health, beauty, vision, and pharmacy products. Our portfolio of brands includes: drugstore.com(TM), Beauty.com(TM) and VisionDirect.com(TM). All are accessible from http://www.drugstore.com/ and provide a convenient, private, and informative shopping experience while offering a wide assortment of more than 30,000 products at competitive prices.
The drugstore.com pharmacy is certified by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) as a Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Site (VIPPS) and operates in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations in the United States.
HealthCare.com, Inc.
CONTACT: Howard Yeh, VP, Corporate Development of Healthcare.com,+1-305-371-9724, howard@healthcare.com; Anne Marshall, Director of PublicRelations of drugstore.com, +1-425-372-3464, amarshall@drugstore.com
Web site: http://www.healthcare.com/http://www.drugstore.com/