MedPedia is a new project similar to Wikipedia but for medicine. It will act as an online collaborative medical encyclopedia available to the general public. Unlike Wikipedia, content editors and creators are required to have an MD or a PhD. Organizations funding MedPedia include some well-known acronyms: CDC, NIH, and FDA.
One question remains: will MedPedia be a significant improvement over existing sites such as WebMD and MayoClinic? We will see when the site goes live at the end of 2008.
- Hat Tip: Tech Crunch.
2 comments
July 31, 2008 at 9:28 am
Akshay Kapur
Jason, I think you might like Jay Parkinson’s blog: http://blog.jayparkinsonmd.com/
I RSS you both and there are many similarities in your postings, just from different spheres of expertise.
August 4, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Zane Safrit
Funny. So, everyone’s open to joining the conversation about medical issues…except the patients. Cool. Should be a wonderful and clearly self-serving resource for the experts who’ve contributed to and benefit the most from our current health care system.