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Medscape
Medical information, education, and news for healthcare professionals
As of 30 August 2026, Medscape is free to use. Medscape is a comprehensive online resource providing healthcare professionals with medical information, drug references, disease information, CME education, an. Softwr lists it under Healthcare. Medscape is made by Medscape LLC, launched in 1996, available on Web, iOS, Android.
Overview
What Medscape does
Medscape is a comprehensive online resource providing healthcare professionals with medical information, drug references, disease information, CME education, and healthcare news.
What people use it for
- Patient Care
- Medical Records
- Practice Management
- Telehealth
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Medscape.
- Medscape is free to use but requires mandatory account registration through profreg.medscape.com and login before content can be viewed; the site describes itself as 'a free resource for physicians', restricting the intended audience to registered healthcare professionals rather than the general public (31 Dec 2020 archive capture).
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What people choose instead of Medscape
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- MedscapevsEpic Systems
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- MedscapevsAthenahealth
Athenahealth: Cloud-based medical practice management
- MedscapevsCerner
Cerner: Health information technology solutions for healthcare organizations
Pricing
What Medscape costs
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Free
Free
- Medical news
- Drug database
- CME
Capabilities
Features
Medical News
Drug Database
Medical Calculators
CME Courses
Disease Information
Specialty Content
EHR Systems
Integration with EHR Systems
HIPAA
HIPAA security feature
Cloud deployment
Supports cloud deployment
Web support
Available on web
Mobile support
Available on mobile
Behind it
Who makes Medscape
- Company
- Medscape LLC
- Based in
- New York, NY
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Where to go from Medscape
- Medscape alternativesEvery product people weigh against it
- Medscape pricingPlans, floors and what the tiers exclude
- Medscape badgesWhich rules it meets, and the figure behind each
- All Healthcare softwareThe full category
- Best Healthcare softwareThe shortlist, and how it was cut
Best Healthcare software for
Compare Medscape with
- Cerner
- Epic Systems
- Athenahealth
- Amwell
- Epocrates
- UpToDate
- OpenMRS
- Bahmni
- Figure 1
- GNU Health
- Jane App
- ChiroTouch
- Doctolib
- Doximity
- eClinicalWorks
- Cerner PowerWorks
- Cerner PowerChart
- Cerner PowerWorks
Other Healthcare software
Health information technology solutions for healthcare organizations
Pricing on request6 researched notesLeading electronic health records system for healthcare organizations
Pricing on request11 researched notesOpen source electronic medical record platform for low-resource settings, with no vendor and paid implementers instead
Open source12 researched notesOpen source hospital information system and EMR for low-resource hospitals, built on OpenMRS
Open source13 researched notesFree hospital and health information system from a small NGO, built on the Tryton framework
Open source12 researched notesPatient booking and practice management for European healthcare professionals
Pricing on request12 researched notesRevenue cycle management and financial solutions from Cerner
Pricing on request4 researched notesAdvanced clinical charting and documentation system within Cerner EHR
Pricing on request7 researched notesRevenue cycle management and financial solutions from Cerner
Pricing on request4 researched notes
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