So how exactly did Business Insider arrive at their App 100 list? ZocDoc is often compared to restaurant app provider OpenTable in that both are reservation services delivered to consumers with mobile (and web) convenience. OpenTable was founded in 1998 – went public in May of 2009 – and today has a market cap of $1.68 billion. Zubretsky, Aetna Senior Executive Vice President, National Businesses “We have invested more than $1 billion to acquire and build a comprehensive collection of health management and health IT solutions to empower consumers and enable clinical integration and population health management.” Joseph M. The article seemed to suggest that the offer was rejected sometime in 2011 – before Aetna made their high-profile announcement to acquire iTriage app maker Healthagen (December 2011). The amount of that purchase has remained undisclosed – but as a part of Aetna's new business unit/brand announcement (also known as Healthagen) this last February ( here) came this quote: Last Thursday, Business Insider also reported that ZocDoc turned down a $300 million buyout offer from Aetna ( here). Since it's founding, the company has raised $95 million in venture capital and another $55 million in debt financing. For whatever reason, Nike+ did not appear on this year's list – in any category.įor those unfamiliar with ZocDoc, the company was founded 6 years ago ( this month) as a web-based service to help consumers find and schedule doctors appointment online – in real time. The list itself isn't necessarily the definitive authority – or really scientific – but it is fairly representative of many of the more popular and well known apps in a variety of categories. The same list last year (I believe their first) had no 'Fitness/Health/Food' category at all. The lone 'wellness' app last year was Nike+ ( #89 – here) which was among 5 apps in the Sports category.

Of the 7 apps listed in the 'Fitness/Health/Food' category, ZocDoc was the only one clearly not in the 'Fitness' or 'Food' category – so by default – the lone 'Health' app to appear on this year's list. That happened earlier today when Business Insider announced their list of Top 100 Apps for 2013 ( here). Amidst all the familiar smartphone apps like GMail, LinkedIn, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook was #70 – ZocDoc. But that's a service exclusively focused on healthcare. For any healthcare app to 'crossover' to a more mainstream Top 100 list is a unique achievement.

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