Area served Worldwide Website UbiCare.com | Parent TPR Media LLC. Founded 2011 | |
Type Private (subsidiary of TPR Media LLC.) Industry Healthcare
Health research
Social media Headquarters 284 Amory St.
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, U.S. Founders Ed.D. Marc Gascon, Betsy Weaver Profiles | ||
Ubicare launches first social media solution for hospitals and healthcare institutions
UbiCare provides a platform for researchers and health care providers to deliver important health information to patients via social media. One article dubs them “the first healthcare content marketplace” with a business model loosely based on Apple's App Store but focused in the healthcare industry.
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- Ubicare launches first social media solution for hospitals and healthcare institutions
- Welcome to ubicare
- Supporters
- References
The company uses evidence-based content and a platform for care providers to interact with social media users. As of 2011, more than 700 hospitals had already started using Facebook and web services. As more and more people use social media as their news source, companies that convey verified content such as UbiCare will be important for people to receive accurate information.
Most notably, this company enables the public to receive credible health information through social networks. Health topics they cover include: Autism, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Obesity.