Read this blog post about Medpedia, and see the “Plain English medical encyclopedia” bullet below the Everyone heading. Definitely has an eye out for the consumer.
Per TechCrunch:
The pictures of the procedure and condition were detailed and the description offered two versions of the procedure, the clinical and “plain english” version, which can be helpful when doing extensive research on a condition. The ability to edit or add information to these pages can only be done by physicians and PhD’s in the biomedical and life sciences fields, adding some legitimacy to what the consumer is reading. The user can even see the name of the post’s author and can suggest changes in the post.
It is in beta stage, which I hear is de rigueur, and probably true for every website, no? I typed in diabetes, and the first hit is a general, broad article on diabetes, with the second result being Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, which provides a list of references at the bottom. I also like how the metadata, just below the results, tells you how many words and when the article was added. In the search results, there are 2 sections, “Similar Page Title matches” and “Page Text matches” so it automatically performs keyword and title searching, so you know the elements being searched.
Very interesting site and easy to navigate. I am surprised at all the knowledge that I have gained in the past few weeks about ways to search for health information. I am glad that as a consumer, I have so many other choices besides WebMD. As a librarian, I hope I can utilize these sources to the suit the needs of the patrons.
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