MedPedia
MedPedia is a new website that will become the Wiki for medical information. It’s being put together right now, with contributors having no less than an MD or PHD. Harvard, Stanford, and Berkeley are all involved and the project is getting support from the Centers for Disease Control, the National Institutes of Health, and the FDA, among other research groups. They plan to open the site late 2008.
The information will be presented in two ways, first the front page will have the information in a way that’s easy for the general public to understand, and then there will be a more technical page for medical professionals.
Even though there is already medical information on-line, they believe that because contributors will be specialists in their fields, and not just general doctors entering the information it will have an advantage.
I think this site is a great idea because it will have information on so many topics like diseases, drugs, and research results and it promises to go more in depth on these issues. The information will be overseen by a very qualified board of Directors.