[WikiEN-l] Docs look to Wikipedia for condition info: Manhattan Research
Thomas Dalton
thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Sat May 23 19:46:13 UTC 2009
2009/5/23 Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net>:
> http://www.mmm-online.com/Docs-look-to-Wikipedia-for-condition-info-Manhattan-Research/article/131038/
>
> http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/05/beyond-wikipedia.html
"Nearly 50% of US physicians going online for professional purposes
are visiting Wikipedia for health and medical information, especially
condition information, according to a Manhattan Research study.
Despite using the online encyclopedia as a resource for information,
only about 10% of the 1,900 physicians surveyed created new posts or
edited existing posts on Wikipedia, the study found."
So 20% of physicians that read Wikipedia edit it? That's fantastic!
That's far better than the general population. Perhaps Wikipedia isn't
so unfriendly to experts as we fear.
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