Doctors Me

What Doctors Me does

Doctors Me is a free, Japan-only consumer healthcare media platform operating at doctors-me.com under parent company CareNet, Inc. (株式会社ケアネット), headquartered in Tokyo (千代田区). The platform aggregates doctor-reviewed editorial content (columns), a structured disease lookup database organized by Japanese kana (50音順), a body-part-based symptom search index, an interactive suite of 80+ self-administered health assessment quizzes (健康チェック), and previously a paid physician Q&A service that was discontinued on September 30, 2023.

The underlying technology is a content-publishing platform with structured health-check quiz engines covering symptom-based self-assessment across dozens of conditions including pediatric asthma, liver fatigue, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, depression, ADHD, and allergies; all content is supervised by licensed physicians. The platform operates as a direct-to-consumer web property with no mobile app distribution and no third-party channels.

The business model is advertising-supported: the platform monetizes through PR-marked sponsored editorial articles and promotion of doctor-recruited content. Consumer access is free, with no pricing model in place after the consultation service termination. The platform was restructured in May 2023 when its operating entity was absorbed into CareNet, Inc., the parent company, consolidating ownership and editorial governance under a single corporate umbrella.

Name

Doctors Me

Legal name

株式会社ケアネット

Website

https://doctors-me.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Doctors Me is a free Japan-only consumer healthcare media platform operated by CareNet, Inc., providing doctor-reviewed health columns, disease and symptom databases, and 80+ interactive health self-assessment quizzes to general consumers, monetized through advertising and sponsored editorial content.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Health Information Media

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Symptom Checker & Self-Triage Platforms (HLALAJAB)

Keywords

• Health information platform
• Medical content media
• Symptom checker tools
• Health self-assessment
• Doctor-reviewed content

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advertising / Sponsored Content: The platform monetizes through advertising and PR-marked sponsored articles. Content on the site includes 'PR' labels on health articles, indicating paid/ sponsored content partnerships. The health consultation paid service was terminated on September 30, 2023.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Doctors Me is a free Japanese-language consumer healthcare media platform that delivers doctor-reviewed health columns, kana-indexed disease and body-part-indexed symptom databases, and interactive self-assessment "健康チェック" (Health Check) questionnaires across 80+ conditions. The platform operates as a public website providing doctor-supervised health content alongside a doctor-monitor endorsement service for third-party health content and products. The paid health consultation service was discontinued on September 30, 2023, leaving advertising/PR-marked sponsored articles as the principal monetization lever.

Product overview

Doctors Me is a healthcare media platform operated by CareNet Co., Ltd. that provides comprehensive health information services including a doctor-reviewed content platform, an extensive library of 80+ interactive health self-assessment tools (健康チェック), disease and symptom databases organized by body部位 and Japanese kana, community Q&A (now discontinued), and doctor-reviewed columns. The core offering centers on providing verified health information and self-service assessment tools where users can evaluate various health conditions and risks through algorithmic questionnaires.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Doctors Me Healthcare Media Platform Doctor-supervised Japanese-language consumer health information platform hosting disease lookup, symptom search, doctor-reviewed columns, health check quizzes, and Q&A, free to access at doctors-me.com.
• 健康チェック (Health Check) Self-Assessment Quizzes Interactive self-administered health risk questionnaires covering 80+ conditions (asthma in children, liver fatigue, hypertension, heart disease risk, migraines, atopy, hay fever, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, depression, ADHD, Asperger's, oral health, skin conditions, infectious diseases), with doctor-reviewed guidance, free for consumers.
• みんなのQ&A (Community Q&A) Community Q&A forum where users posted health questions answered by doctors. Service ended September 30, 2023.
• コラム (Doctor-Reviewed Columns) Doctor-reviewed articles covering seasonal health advice, disease explanations, and self-care guidance; includes PR-marked sponsored articles as a monetization channel.
• 病気を調べる (Disease Lookup) Searchable disease database organized by Japanese kana (50音順), enabling alphabetical lookup of disease entries.
• 症状から調べる (Symptom Search) Body-part-indexed symptom search (head, ears, eyes, mouth/throat, chest/heart, abdomen, respiratory, skin, mental health) routing users to relevant health information.
• 医師推奨ロゴ (Doctor-Recommended Logo / 医師モニター評価サービス) Doctor-monitor evaluation service in which licensed doctors review and endorse health-related content and products, providing a "Doctor-Recommended Logo" certification mark.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• 株式会社ケアネット (CareNet, Inc.)coreOthers · 1 May 2023Doctors Me was originally operated by Doctors Me Co., Ltd. (or a predecessor entity). Effective May 1, 2023, the operating company changed to CareNet, Inc. (株式会社ケアネット), the parent company. Terms of service and privacy policies were updated accordingly. This is a corporate restructuring/integration rather than a third-party partnership.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Emerging players

• Your.MD: AI-guided personal health assistant offering symptom checking and care navigation. Overlaps with Doctors Me's self-assessment tools and Q&A approach.

Direct peers

• K Health: AI-driven consumer health platform combining symptom assessment, telehealth, and primary care. Comparable to Doctors Me in consumer health engagement and self-triage, though K Health is integrated with clinical delivery.
• Ada Health: Global AI-powered symptom assessment and triage platform. Highly comparable to Doctors Me's 医師監修 健康チェック (self-assessment quizzes), though Ada adds deeper AI triage.
• Symptoma: Symptom-checker platform for consumers and clinicians, indexing diseases and symptoms globally. Comparable to Doctors Me's symptom and disease databases.
• Buoy Health: AI-backed symptom checker and care navigation tool for consumers and employers. Directly comparable to Doctors Me's self-assessment 健康チェック functionality.
• AskDoctors: Japan-based consumer health Q&A platform where users submit questions answered by doctors — the closest direct comparator to Doctors Me's discontinued みんなのQ&A service and information-portal model.

Broad incumbents

• Mayo Clinic (Patient Information): Authoritative doctor-reviewed patient information and symptom/disease content. Comparable to Doctors Me's editorial depth and '医師監修' trust positioning.
• Healthline: Major consumer health information publisher with doctor-reviewed content and structured symptom/disease libraries — comparable business model (ad-supported, medically-reviewed content at scale).
• NHK健康チャンネル: NHK's consumer health media brand in Japan, offering doctor-reviewed articles, symptoms guides, and disease content — a direct Japanese-market incumbent competing for the same organic search traffic.
• WebMD: The dominant English-language consumer health information and symptom-checker platform, supported by advertising. Comparable as a peer-scale model for doctor-reviewed content + symptom lookup + ad monetization.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/doctorsme
• Facebookfacebook.com/doctorsme

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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