Medical wikis

April 30, 2007

AMNews with an article today:

As more medical wikis launch, experts say the creators will need to break away from the traditional wiki model to ensure that the information accessed is accurate. That is what many medical wikis are doing, which makes adding content slower but allows time for fact-checking.

Isn’t that defeating the purpose?

David Rothman also has more on this article.



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