[WikiEN-l] Docs look to Wikipedia for condition info: Manhattan Research

[Thomas Dalton]

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.