Sermo

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]

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