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Thursday, February 19, 2009

The Medpedia Project in Beta

Editors are now collaborating on the Medpedia Project to collect the best information about health, medicine and the body and make it freely available worldwide.
Only physicians and Ph.D.s in a biomedical field are allowed to make edits directly to the article pages. However, everyone is encouraged to contribute by using the "Suggest Changes" link at the top of each article page.
Think of The Medpedia Project as the free technology platform for the medical community, a sort of 'Wikipedia' for the sharing and advancing of knowledge about health, medicine and the body.

Labels: consumer health information, knowledge transfer, medical encyclopedia, Medpedia Project, patient-physician communication, Web 2.0, wikis

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Medpedia to be the World's Largest Collaborative Online Encyclopedia of Health & Medicine

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (July 23, 2008) –

The Medpedia Project today announced the formation of the world’s largest collaborative online encyclopedia of medicine called Medpedia.
Physicians, medical schools, hospitals, health organizations and public health professionals are now volunteering to collaboratively build the most comprehensive medical clearinghouse in the world for information about health, medicine and the body.
This free public site will officially launch at the end of 2008, and a preview site becomes available today at www.medpedia.com.

Labels: medical encyclopedia, medical news, Medpedia, online encyclopedia, social medicine

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