Zocdoc

Zocdoc is a healthcare marketplace that enables patients to find and book in-person or virtual appointments with providers. Founded in 2007, the company operates across all 50 U.S. states, covering more than 200 medical specialties and over 12,000 insurance plans. The platform connects millions of people each month with healthcare providers.

The company's technical work spans several domains: a healthcare marketplace platform, telehealth and virtual care, provider search and booking, and insurance plan directory matching. The core product, the Zocdoc marketplace, is an online platform through which patients identify and schedule appointments with providers in more than 200 specialties, matched against a directory of over 12,000 insurance plans nationwide. Industry verticals include healthcare, health insurance, consumer health and digital health, and telehealth.

Zocdoc describes its mission as giving power to the patient, with an emphasis on making healthcare work like other consumer sectors. The company states that it values solving important and complex problems and characterises its team as deeply thoughtful, driven and collaborative. It describes itself as a leader in its market while noting that it is still early in its work.