Who We Are
At Eyes on Health, we believe that everyone should have a fair and just opportunity to be healthy.
That includes being able to find and use health information they can trust. We’re committed to helping create a trustworthy, reliable health information environment.
About Eyes on Health
We are a private 501(c)3 nonprofit company formed in 1975. In February 2024, the Healthwise brand and operating assets were bought by WebMD Ignite, a leading consumer health information provider. Funded by the sale, we operate as Eyes on Health (independently of WebMD Ignite), with the same mission to help people make better health decisions.
Our aim is to explore how we can contribute to making a healthier information environment. If you have similar goals, we’d love to talk.
Meet the Team
Cydni Waldner, JD
Interim CEO and President
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Diana Stilwell
Strategy Lead
Kenneth Lock-Smith
Accounting and Finance Lead
Bill Coffey
Strategy Lead
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Shelley Ferrando
Board Administrator
Patrick Kilby
Strategy Lead
Daniel Frazee
Facilities Manager
Board of Directors
Board Chair
Chief Financial and Strategy Officer, Healthwise (Retired)
Boise State University MBA Faculty
Senior Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Professor, Prevention and Community Health, George Washington University Milken Institute of Public Health
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Medical Officer, Healthwise, Incorporated
Advisors
Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Assistant Professor, Weill Cornell Medicine
Building on a history of gold-standard health information
As Healthwise, a leading provider of trusted health information for almost 50 years, we put the consumer at the center of everything we did.
2024
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Healthwise rebrands as Eyes on Health and begins development of a new strategy in pursuit of its mission to help people make better health decisions
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WebMD Ignite buys Healthwise’s operating assets creating an industry-leading healthcare growth and engagement platform
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Healthwise ranked #1 in Patient Education in the 2024 Best in KLAS report
2023
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Winner of Boise, Idaho, Top Workplaces for third straight year
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6 Digital Health Awards won for health videos
2022
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14 Digital Health Awards won for health videos
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AVIA Connect Top Patient Education Company
2021
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13 Digital Health Awards won for health videos
2018
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Adam Husney, MD, CMO, becomes new CEO; Robert Kyte, JD, CEO, retires
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Center for Plain Language 2018 Grand ClearMark Award & Plain Language Award
2016
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Robert Kyte, JD, becomes new CEO; Don Kemper, Founder and CEO, retires
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AVA Digital Gold Award, two National ClearMark Awards of Distinction
2012
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Healthwise debuts its Video Library, relaying health information to consumers visually in short, focused videos.
2010
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Idaho Innovation Award—Innovative Company of the Year
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National Grand ClearMark Award from the Center for Plain Language
2007
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Top Small Workplaces Award from The Wall Street Journal
2006
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Healthwise Patient Instructions created and made available through our client, Kaiser Permanente, pioneering the delivery of patient discharge instructions given at the point of care.
2002
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Information Therapy introduced—the concept of prescribing the right information to the right person at the right time
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Published the Information Therapy book, and launched the Center for Information Therapy in Washington, DC
1996
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Healthwise Knowledgebase is made available online through Blue Shield of California making it one of the first comprehensive online consumer health libraries in the world.
1994
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Healthwise Knowledgebase on CD-ROM is delivered to our first digital customer.
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First million-book distribution of the Healthwise Handbook is delivered to Kaiser Permanente
1976
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First Healthwise® Handbook
1975
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Donald W. Kemper founds Healthwise