Last month I told you about iMedExchange’s debut in the Seattle Startup Index. Today I’m happy to report that the December rankings are out, and we’ve jumped up 21 spots. iMedExchange is now ranked at #146. I’m looking forward to next month report on how much farther we’ve jumped.

I know the blog has been kind of quiet the last week, and I thought I'd take a minute to say 'we're still here'! We've been so busy working on our next release, so it's all we've been focusing on. It's an exciting release coming up - we'll have Clinical forums, which lots of doctors have been asking us for, so I'm really looking forward to everyone being able to see it. I can't give you an exact time, but it's coming soon, so if you're a member - keep checking in!

The new build we've been working on was released on Friday. Doctors can now participate in Clinical forums on iMedExchange! Another new forum category I'm excited about is Residency forums. This is a place for residents to talk to each other about issues like fellowships, finances, life as a resident, and their future plans. We also have a place in the residency forums called 'Pearls' which is a place for residents and more senior doctors to share 'pearls' of wisdom they've learned along the way. I know we have some new resident members joining us, so welcome to you, and let us know if there's anything we can do to help!

On Friday evening we had a casual holiday get-together at the iMedExchange offices. Here are a few pictures from the team to get you in the holiday spirit. First is Tobin's baby Emma, and wife Jennifer:


Senior Designer Todd played Rock Band with daughter Abby on drums:



Back at home, Advisor Manager Diana's husband and daughter had their own fun:

My dog Nico tolerated the Christmas spirit that was imposed on him:

On Tuesday night we hosted another poker night for Seattle area technology startups. The turnout was once again fantastic, with 17 fun folks representing more than a dozen different startup companies. The final table battled it out until 10:15pm when finally Casey Muller (JamGlue.com) emerged as the winner and claimed the first place prize. Second, third and fourth place finishes went to Shan Sinha (DocVerse.com), Jeff Khadavi (stealth startup), and Phuc Vu (InCampus.com).

Thanks to the great suggestion of Marcelo Calbucci of Sampa.com we reserved a seat at the tables for charity. Marcello recently implemented a charitable donation feature on his web site that makes it effortless for users to make charitable donations. For our part, we set up a side pot that everyone could donate to and then we let the winner chose a charity to send the money to. We're going to use Marcelo's web site to make the contribution -- which turned out to be $45 this time. The night's winner, Casey, chose UNICEF to receive the funds.