Article about AskDrWiki

April 10, 2008 at 6:25 am | In Web 2.0 |
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Discovered this via David Rothman’s Twitter stream: Cleveland Clinic Alumni Magazine have an article about AskDrWIki:

Wiki is a Hawaiian word for “fast”, and cardiologist Ken Civello, MD, is all about fast. When he wants information, he wants it pronto. And a year ago, he decided to do something about it.

Along with cardiology colleagues Brian Jefferson, MD, Shane Bailey, MD, and Michael
McWilliams, MD, Dr. Civello established AskDrWiki.com, a non-profit, grassroots, physician-run, physician-maintained online community to publish review articles, clinical notes and medical images.

Modeled after the popular online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, the four doctors thought it would be a great way to share information with each other. Doctors have been consulting each other for years. Dr. Civello thinks those consults don’t always have to be face to face. When the idea came to him, Dr. Civello says it was truly like a light bulb appeared above his head. “In medicine we are constantly looking to share information across long distances,” he says. “I couldn’t believe no one ever thought of this before.”

Read the article on Ken Civello’s Blog

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  1. There is an incorrect url coming from original articlae. It should be AskDrWiki.com and not AskDr.Wiki.com

    Comment by Janko — April 11, 2008 #

  2. Thanks Janko. I’ve corrected the URL in the quote and made it into a link as well.

    Chris

    Comment by Chris Paton — April 11, 2008 #

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