MedAbbrev.com®

What MedAbbrev.com® does

MedAbbrev.com® is a subscription-based online reference database of medical abbreviations, acronyms, drug names, symbols, and slang terms, operated as a wholly-owned product of InnoviHealth Systems Inc, headquartered in Spanish Fork, Utah. The product originated as a printed reference book authored by Neil M. Davis in 1983 and was extended to the web in 2001, accumulating more than 40 years of editorial curation into a current database of 109,381+ searchable terms that grows by approximately 755 terms per month. The platform serves healthcare organizations, medical transcriptionists and health information professionals, medical coders and billing specialists, and health-profession students through three licensing structures: Site Licenses (IP-based concurrent access for institutions), User Licenses (individual dedicated logins), and Access Codes (one-year single-user codes, often bundled with the printed book). Notable platform features include a controlled-vocabulary tagging system with visual icons for drugs and genes, Warning and Danger icons flagging potentially life-threatening misreadable abbreviations, internal cross-linking between terms, exact-versus-partial match search, and account-specific custom term management for organizational customers.

The product is sold exclusively via direct online self-serve purchase through the MedAbbrev.com store with U.S.-based phone and live-chat support. Pricing follows a per-seat model with progressive volume discounts and multi-year incentives (up to a 20% discount on five-year terms) and a 30-day refund window on annual subscriptions. Distribution is direct-only — no resellers, marketplaces, or partner channels — and the Terms of Service explicitly prohibit use on public-facing medical information systems. InnoviHealth acquired the MedAbbrev book and website from Neil Davis in August 2023, integrating the asset with its adjacent medical-coding product portfolio (Find-A-Code, HCC Coder, Codapedia, QPro), though no formal cross-product bundle or shared technology stack is publicly disclosed. The company has 11–50 employees, is privately held, has no public revenue disclosure, and has not raised any outside funding.

Name

MedAbbrev.com®

Legal name

InnoviHealth Systems Inc

Website

https://medabbrev.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MedAbbrev.com® is a subscription-based online reference database of 109,381+ medical abbreviations, acronyms, drug names, and symbols, serving healthcare organizations, transcriptionists, medical coders, and health-profession students via site, user, and access-code licenses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Reference Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical & Clinical Reference (Physicians, Nursing, Allied Health) (EDAGAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare Terminology, Ontology & Code Set Management (SNOMED/LOINC/ICD/RxNorm) (HLACAIAF)

Keywords

• Medical abbreviation reference
• Healthcare terminology lookup
• Clinical reference software
• Medical acronym database
• Patient safety terminology

Headquarters

HQ city

Spanish Fork

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Site Licenses: Organization-level licenses allowing multiple concurrent users to access the platform from whitelisted IP addresses. Priced per seat (concurrent user) with volume and multi-year discounts available. Site administrators can manage locations and IP addresses.
2. User Licenses: Individual single-person licenses requiring login with email and password. Provides dedicated access not shared with others. Can be used from any location and device.
3. Access Codes: One-time use codes providing 1-year individual access to the platform. Sold in packs, often bundled with the published book 'Medical Abbreviations: Conveniences at the Expense of Communication and Safety'.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

MedAbbrev.com® operates a subscription-based online searchable database containing 109,381+ medical abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, generic and brand drug names, and medical slang terms used by healthcare professionals. The platform is sold through three licensing formats: organizational Site Licenses (concurrent-user IP-based access), individual User Licenses (single-login dedicated access), and Access Codes (one-year redeemed access, frequently bundled with the companion 16th-edition print book). It also supports customer-specific add-on content such as organizational 'Do Not Use' lists and approved abbreviation lists.

Product overview

MedAbbrev.com® is a single unified product—an online searchable database of medical abbreviations, acronyms, drug names, and symbols—offered via subscription. The core database contains 109,381+ searchable terms and is accessed through Site Licenses (IP-based concurrent access for organizations) or User Licenses (individual dedicated access). Access Codes provide 1-year individual access, often bundled with the companion print book 'Medical Abbreviations: 55,000 Conveniences at the Expense of Communication and Safety' (16th Edition). Organizational subscribers can supplement the standard database with custom features: a 'Do Not Use List' of prohibited abbreviations, a Regional/Organizational List of facility-specific terms, and Account Terms for approved/disapproved custom entries. Additional reference features include a Primer (300+ common abbreviations for newcomers) and an Appendix of symbols, numbers, and medical tables.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MedAbbrev.com Database Subscription Subscription-based online searchable database of 109,381+ medical abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, generic and brand drug names, gene names, and medical slang terms, with warning/danger icon classification, exact/partial match ranking, internal cross-linking, starred favorites, account-specific custom term lists, and outbound integrations to Wikipedia, Drugs.com, and the National Library of Medicine gene database. Sold to healthcare organizations and individual practitioners.
• Medical Abbreviations: Conveniences at the Expense of Communication and Safety (16th Edition) Printed reference book of 55,000 medical abbreviation terms (16th edition), originally authored by Neil M. Davis; commonly sold bundled with a redeemable Access Code that unlocks one year of individual online MedAbbrev.com access for the reader.

Quantifiable outcome

• 109,381 searchable terms available
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature11 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• innoviHealth Systems InccoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2023In August 2023, innoviHealth Systems Inc purchased the MedAbbrev book and website from Neil Davis to continue his legacy of keeping the product 'Always Current.' InnoviHealth, founded in 1993 as the Chirocode Institute, now operates brands including Find-A-Code, HCC Coder, Codapedia, and QPro. InnoviHealth's medical coding and information engineering skills are applied to improve and expand MedAbbrev.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• UpToDate: Wolters Kluwer's evidence-based clinical decision support resource used at the point of care. A broad incumbent that hospitals often subscribe to in lieu of standalone reference tools like MedAbbrev.
• Drugs.com: Major consumer and professional drug reference platform that MedAbbrev already integrates with. While primarily focused on medications, it includes abbreviation/terminology content and competes indirectly for the health-information professional's reference spend.
• Merck Manuals: Comprehensive medical reference (formerly Merck Manual) covering diseases, symptoms, and terminology broadly. Competes for the clinician's reference budget as a broader incumbent alternative to a focused abbreviation database.

Emerging players

• Epocrates: Point-of-care drug and clinical reference application widely used by physicians. Represents a competing digital reference tool with mobile-first delivery and EHR-adjacent positioning that MedAbbrev lacks.

Direct peers

• ICD10Data.com: Free online ICD-10-CM and medical coding reference used by coders, billers, and health information professionals — overlapping with MedAbbrev's transcriptionist and coder segments.
• Find-A-Code: Sister product of the same parent company (InnoviHealth Systems Inc) offering medical coding and reference tools (ICD/CPT/HCPCS). Shares the same customer base of medical coders, billers, and health information professionals, making it the most directly comparable peer.
• Codapedia: Fellow InnoviHealth Systems brand offering a medical coding encyclopedia and Q&A community. Directly comparable as a subscription/reference resource for the same medical coding and HIMS customer segments.
• AcronymFinder.com: Free web-based acronym and abbreviation lookup site. While not healthcare-specific, it competes for general medical abbreviation lookups and represents the free-tier alternative pressure on MedAbbrev's paid model.
• Stedman's Medical Dictionary: Wolters Kluwer's authoritative medical terminology and abbreviation reference used by transcriptionists, coders, and clinicians. Direct competitor in the medical terminology reference category.
• Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary: Long-standing medical terminology reference product from F.A. Davis / Wolters Kluwer covering clinical terms, abbreviations, and definitions. Competes directly with MedAbbrev as a paid professional medical reference for clinicians and students.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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