List of medical wikis#WikiDoc

{{Infobox website

|name =Clinfowiki

|url ={{URL|clinfowiki.org}}

|commercial =No

|registration =Required for editors; optional for readers.

|content_license =GNU Free Documentation License v1.2

|creator =Dean F. Sittig

|owner =Oregon Health and Science University

|editor =Vishnu Mohan

|launch_date = {{start date and age|2005|06|27}}

}}

Clinfowiki is devoted to topics in biomedical informatics and is maintained by the Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology at Oregon Health and Science University.{{cite web |date=30 April 2017 |title=Main Page |website=Clinfowiki |url=http://www.clinfowiki.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page |access-date=22 September 2017 }} Dean F. Sittig launched the site on 27 June 2005, and {{as of|lc=y|2017|01|12|post=,}} Vishnu Mohan was its editor.{{cite web |date=12 January 2017 |title=Clinfowiki:About |website=Clinfowiki |url=http://www.clinfowiki.org/wiki/index.php/Clinfowiki:About |access-date=22 September 2017 }}

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{{Infobox website

| name = Flexikon

| url = {{URL|https://flexikon.doccheck.com}}

| commercial = Yes

| type = Wiki

| language = German

| registration = Yes for editing

| owner = DocCheck

| author =

| launch_date = 2004

| current_status =

| revenue =

| content_license = CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED

}}

The Flexikon in a German wiki-based medical encyclopedia. It is provided by DocCheck, a service provider for physicians and other healthcare suppliers in Germany.

Articles in the Flexikon are free to read, but creating or editing content requires registration and the proof of being a medical professional. As of 2024, the Flexikon had more than 80,000 articles and more than 6,000 authors.

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{{Infobox website

| name = MDWiki

| url = {{URL|https://mdwiki.org/}}

| commercial = No

| type = Wiki

| language = English

| registration = Yes for editing

| owner = Wiki Project Med Foundation

| author = James Heilman

| launch_date =

| current_status =

| revenue =

| content_license = Text is CC BY-SA 4.0; images include CC-by-NC images.

}}

A fork of medical articles on Wikipedia. Users can log-in with Wikipedia credentials. Editing content requires registration and requires manual approval by administrators.{{Cite web |title=WikiProjectMed talk:Request editing rights - WikiProjectMed |url=https://mdwiki.org/wiki/WikiProjectMed_talk:Request_editing_rights |access-date=2024-07-25 |website=mdwiki.org}}

Unlike Wikipedia, CC-by-NC images are allowed.

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{{main|Radiopaedia}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Radiopaedia

| url = {{URL|http://radiopaedia.org/}}

| commercial = No

| type = Wiki

| language = English

| registration = No

| owner = Investling{{Cite web|url=http://investling.com/|title=Investling|website=investling.com}}

| author =

| launch_date = December 2005

| current_status = May 2020: Had 13,958 articles with 36,840 cases{{cite web |url=https://radiopaedia.org/ |title=Home |website=radiopaedia.org}}

| revenue =

| content_license = CC BY NC SA 3.0

}}

Radiopaedia is a wiki-based international collaborative radiology educational resource with reference articles, radiology images, and patient cases.{{Cite web|url=https://radiopaedia.org/|title=Radiopaedia.org, the wiki-based collaborative Radiology resource|website=Radiopaedia}} It is aimed at registrars, residents and consultant radiology staff.{{cite web |url=http://scienceroll.com/2007/03/18/radiopaedia-a-wiki-for-radiology/ |title=Radiopaedia: a wiki for radiology |work=ScienceRoll |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315040349/http://scienceroll.com/2007/03/18/radiopaedia-a-wiki-for-radiology/ |archive-date=2015-03-15 |url-status=dead }} An iPhone/iPad application was released in 2009.

Users of the site are free to add and edit content as well as to maintain their own case library. In an attempt to reduce vandalism and peer-review content, an editorial team moderates changes to ensure that the presented material is as accurate and relevant as possible.{{Cite web|url=https://radiopaedia.org/articles/editorial-team?lang=gb|title=Editorial team | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org|first=Jeremy|last=Jones|website=Radiopaedia}}

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{{Infobox website

| name = WikiAnesthesia

| url = {{URL|https://wikianesthesia.org/}}

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| commercial = No

| location = Palo Alto, California

| type = Wiki

| language = English

| launch_date = 2020

| current_status = November 2021: 407 content pages

| registration = Required for editing

| owner = WikiAnesthesia Foundation

| author = Chris Rishel, Barrett Larson

| content_license = CC BY SA 4.0

}}

WikiAnesthesia is a collaboratively-developed anesthesia knowledge base whose educational mission is to provide the global anesthesia community with a free, open-access, crowd-sourced repository of anesthesia knowledge.{{cite web |url=https://www.wikianesthesia.org/ |title=WikiAnesthesia |author= |website=wikianesthesia.org |publisher=WikiAnesthesia Foundation}} Content is provided by anesthesia providers and covers a wide range of topics in the field of anesthesiology.

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{{Infobox website

| name = WikiDoc

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| url = {{URL|http://wikidoc.org/index.php/Main_Page|wikidoc.org}}

| commercial = No

| location = Boston

| type = Wiki

| language =

| launch_date = December 2005

| current_status =

| registration = Yes

| owner = WikiDoc Foundation

| author = C. Michael Gibson

| content_license = CC BY SA 3.0

}}

WikiDoc (alternatively spelled Wiki Doc) is a medical wiki encyclopedia where contributors are not required to have credentials in a biomedical field. WikiDoc was started in December 2005 by C. Michael Gibson, of Harvard Medical School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Editorial_Board|title=Editorial Board - wikidoc|website=www.wikidoc.org}}{{cite book |author1=Daniel S. Mojon |author2=Melissa L. Rethlefsen |author3=Rothman, David J. |title=Internet Cool Tools for Physicians |url=https://archive.org/details/internetcooltool00reth |url-access=limited |publisher=Springer |location=Berlin |year=2008 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/internetcooltool00reth/page/n95 114] |isbn=978-3-540-76381-9 }} The original content came from Gibson's chief residency notes, board review notes, and content from a variety of copyleft sources including The U.S. National Library of Medicine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Wikipedia, and Ask Dr Wiki.[http://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/There_is_No_Industry_Support_for_This_Site Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content], WikiDoc WikiDoc differs from Wikipedia in the following ways:{{Cite news | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7391207&page=3 | access-date=2011-01-16 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423073626/https://abcnews.go.com/Health/Story?id=7391207&page=3 | archive-date=2009-04-23 | url-status=dead | title=Copyright Battle Looms for Docs Who 'Grew up Google' - ABC News }} it is oriented more to medical professionals,{{cite journal |title=Medical Wikis Dedicated to Clinical Practice: A Systematic Review |pmc=4392552 |journal=J Med Internet Res |date=Feb 2015 |volume=17 |issue=2 |page=e48 |doi=10.2196/jmir.3574 |pmid=25700482|last1=Brulet |first1=A. |last2=Llorca |first2=G. |last3=Letrilliart |first3=L. |doi-access=free }} and has medical news, a toolbar to search internet on the right hand side to gather articles, guidelines and slides, a toolbar on the left to see what page most people looked at next, and a board review course (in Beta testing).

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{{Infobox website

| name = WikEM

| screenshot =

| caption =

| commercial = No

| location = Los Angeles

| url = [http://www.wikem.org/ www.WikEM.org]

| type = Wiki

| language = English

| launch_date = 2009

| current_status = October 2016: 3,176 content pages

| registration = No

| owner = WikEM Foundation

| author = Ross Donaldson

| content_license = [https://wikem.org/wiki/WikEM:General_disclaimer CC BY SA 4.0]

}}

WikEM is a wiki-based website and mobile application oriented towards emergency medicine clinicians.{{cite web |url=http://www.wikem.org |title=WikEM |author= |date=April 29, 2014 |website=www.wikem.org |publisher=OpenEM Foundation |access-date=June 23, 2014}} It started as a database created from notes and checklists of residents at the Harbor-UCLA emergency medicine residency program, but is now open to all clinical providers.{{cite journal |last=Castro |first=Harvey |date=April 2010 |title=Wikipedia and the iPhone |url=http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2010/04001/Wikipedia_and_the_iPhone.5.aspx |journal=Emergency Medicine News |volume=32 |issue=4 |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. |access-date=June 23, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.imedicalapps.com/2013/01/wikem-app-free-emergency-medicine-notes/ |title=WikEM app brings free emergency medicine notes to all |last1=Lewis |first1=Tom |date=January 10, 2013 |website=iMedicalApps |access-date=June 23, 2014}} WikEM was launched in 2009. Its mobile application is available for iOS and Android, and functions in an offline environment. It calls itself The Global Emergency Medicine Wiki.

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{{Infobox website

| name = WikiLectures

| screenshot = 200px

| caption = Screenshot of WikiLectures.eu

| url = {{URL|http://www.wikilectures.eu|WikiLectures.eu}}

| commercial = No

| location = Prague

| type = Wiki for medical students

| language = English, Czech

| launch_date =

| current_status = September 2022: 3561 content pages

| registration =

| content_license = CC-BY-SA 4.0

| owner = [http://www.mefanet.eu Medical Faculties Network]

}}

WikiLectures is a collaborative project focused on creating and storing medical study materials. It is developed by students and teachers from various Czech and Slovak medical faculties. WikiLectures is part of the project MEFANET, a network linking medical schools in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.{{cite web |url=http://www.mefanet.eu/index-en.php?pg=wikilectures |title=MEFANET: WikiLectures |access-date=2012-03-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403235450/http://www.mefanet.eu/index-en.php?pg=wikilectures |archive-date=2013-04-03 }}

Editors of WikiLectures take care of promoting the authors, editorial process contributions, technical support, WikiLectures structure and ensure the safety of the project. WikiLectures contain articles, notes, prepared exam topics, guides for practitioners, and study books. WikiLectures are constantly growing.{{Cite web | url=http://www.wikilectures.eu/index.php/Special:GlobalStats | title=Global Statistics - WikiLectures}} The articles are written by medical students, faculty professionals and doctors. The administration and security is provided by the editorial board. Articles in WikiLectures are regularly checked by editors and experts in various branches of medicine. Articles checked by teachers are always marked by a special sign.

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{{Infobox website

| name = WikiMSK

| screenshot =

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| url = {{URL|http://www.wikimsk.org|WikiMSK.org}}

| commercial = No

| location = New Zealand

| type = Wiki for Musculoskeletal Medicine

| language = English

| launch_date = June 2020

| current_status = 571 content pages{{cite web |title=Special:Statistics |url=https://wikimsk.org/wiki/Special:Statistics |website=WikiMSK |access-date=20 October 2022 |date=20 October 2022}}

| content_licence = CC-BY-SA 4.0

| registration =

| owner = Jeremy Steinberg

}}

WikiMSK is dedicated to musculoskeletal medicine, and is based in New Zealand. It is affiliated with the New Zealand College of Musculoskeletal Medicine (NZCMM), and is physician directed. It is designed around a peer review process and currently only members of the NZCMM are able to create and edit articles. The majority of the content is open access to unregistered users.{{clear}}

{{Infobox website

| name = Wikimedica

| screenshot =

| caption =

| url = {{URL|https://wikimedi.ca|Wikimedi.ca}}

| commercial = No

| location = Quebec City

| type = Wiki for medicine

| language = French

| users = 1800+

| launch_date = 2017

| current_status = May 2022: 1800+ content pages

| content_licence = CC-BY-SA 4.0

| registration = Optional

| country_of_origin = Canada

}}

Wikimedica is a general evidence based medical wiki.{{Cite news |title=À propos |language=fr |work=Wikimedica |url=https://wikimedi.ca/wiki/Gestion:%C3%80_propos |access-date=2022-05-04}} Based in Canada, it aims at providing French language health professionals with an open access and dynamic knowledge base to allow for better and more accurate patient care. The wiki is open to all for reading but can only be edited by professionals.

It makes use of Semantic MediaWiki to structure medical knowledge for the Semantic Web, expert systems and artificial intelligence applications.{{clear}}

{{Infobox website

| name = EyeWiki

| url = {{URL|eyewiki.org}}

| language = English

| content_license = Allows personal noncommercial use

| owner = American Academy of Ophthalmology

| launch_date = {{start date and age|2010|7|7|df=yes/no}}

}}

EyeWiki is a medical wiki community and online medical wiki encyclopedia, launched in July 2010 by ophthalmologists supported by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.{{cite press release|title=American Academy of Ophthalmology Launches EyeWiki |publisher=American Academy of Ophthalmology |date=July 7, 2010 |url=http://www.aao.org/newsroom/release/20100707.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210085107/http://www.aao.org/newsroom/release/20100707.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 10, 2010 |access-date=August 6, 2012 }} The wiki provides information about eye diseases and their management, including medical and surgical treatments.

EyeWiki content is created and edited only by ophthalmologists and ophthalmologists in training.{{Cite web|url=http://eyewiki.org/Main_Page|title=EyeWiki|website=eyewiki.org|access-date=2016-08-19}}

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{{Infobox website

| name = HemOnc.org

| logo = File:HemOnc.org logo.png

| screenshot =

| caption =

| url = {{URL|http://hemonc.org}}

| commercial = No

| type = Professional medical reference wiki

| language = English

| launch_date = November 2011

| author = Peter Yang, MD

| current_status = Active

| registration = Free; editing requires credentialing

| content_license = Unclear

}}

HemOnc.org is a hematology/oncology wiki which was originally created by oncologists to provide information about chemotherapy regimens and hematology/oncology medications. Its contributors are practicing physicians and other medical professionals. Its current focus is to provide clinicians referenced information about chemotherapy regimens, medications used in hematology/oncology, and to allow medical professionals to share any useful references or medical information with each other to improve their clinical & academic practice.

HemOnc.org runs on MediaWiki software. Anyone may sign up for an account and suggest additional information to be added. Editing privileges are activated for account holders whose credentials are verified. The content is not under an open license.

Data about HemOnc.org has been presented at the 2013 ASCO Quality Care Symposium,Peter C. Yang, Andrew Cowan, Jeremy Warner. [http://meetinglibrary.asco.org/content/119967-140 Usability evaluation of HemOnc.org, a collaborative online hematology/oncology reference.] J Clin Oncol 31, 2013 (suppl 31; abstr 244). 2013 ASCO Quality Care Symposium abstract 244. and it has been profiled in the oncology press.{{cite journal |vauthors=Warner JL, Cowan AJ, Hall AC, Yang PC | year = 2015 | title = HemOnc.org: A Collaborative Online Knowledge Platform for Oncology Professionals | journal = J Oncol Pract | volume = 11| issue = 3| pages = e336-50| doi = 10.1200/JOP.2014.001511 | pmid = 25736385 | pmc = 5706141 }}[http://journals.lww.com/oncology-times/Fulltext/2013/03100/How_Health_IT_is_Changing_the_Practice_of.6.aspx Oncology Times: How Health IT is Changing the Practice of Oncology: HemOnc.org —Sharing Oncology Information Easily.], accessed 2/8/2015. The website's chemotherapy regimen database has also been used for academic research projects.Warner J, Yang P, Alterovitz G. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23920516 Automated synthesis and visualization of a chemotherapy treatment regimen network.] Stud Health Technol Inform. 2013;192:62-6.

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{{Infobox website

| name = WikiSM

| screenshot =

| caption =

| url = {{URL|http://www.wikism.org|WikiSM.org}}

| commercial = No

| location =

| type = Wiki for sports medicine

| language = English

| launch_date =

| current_status = 1,198 content pages{{cite web |title=Statistics - WikiSM |url=https://wikism.org/Special:Statistics |website=wikism.org |access-date=20 October 2022}}

| content_licence = Unclear

| registration =

| owner = John Kiel

}}

WikiSM is an open access sports medicine wiki. They welcome all sports medicine physicians and other members of the sports medicine team (including allied health) to register and become contributors.{{clear}}

{{Infobox website

| name = AskDrWiki

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| url = {{URL|http://www.AskDrWiki.com/}}

| commercial = No

| location = Cleveland, Ohio

| type = Expert medical wiki project

| language =

| launch_date = August 2006

| current_status = Website not functional. In November 2013, there were 2,111 pages and 1,408 content pages. In February 2015, [http://www.askdrwiki.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Special:Statistics there were still the same number of pages].

| registration = Required with credentialing

| owner = Open Access Medical Informatics Group

| author = Kenny Civello, Brian Jefferson

}}

AskDrWiki was a medical wiki encyclopedia created by Cleveland Clinic Cardiology Fellows Kenny Civello and Brian Jefferson. The project was started as a response to the lack of free online medical information found in several community hospitals and was created to form a repository of cardiovascular information that could be readily accessed for reference. It was launched in August 2006. The site now holds medical review articles, clinical notes, pearls, and medical images. The wiki allows anyone with a medical background to contribute or edit medical articles, of which there are over 2,000 {{as of|2013|lc=y}}.

The purpose of the site was to provide reliable and easily accessed health information for the medical community including physicians, nurses, and medical students. The information published on the site is not meant to supersede medical training but to serve as a repository of medical review articles to give medical professionals an online source where they can review medical topics. The website is similar to Wikipedia because it runs on MediaWiki software allowing users to add and edit articles, but differs in that all users must be credentialed based on their medical training before they are allowed to publish. Its goal is not to compete with Wikipedia regarding consumer health-related topics, but to serve as an expert medical wiki and provide a source of up-to-date medical information for healthcare providers.

In December 2006, AskDrWiki was referenced in a British Medical Journal article, "How Web 2.0 is Changing Medicine",{{Cite journal|url=https://www.bmj.com/content/333/7582/1283|title=How Web 2.0 is changing medicine|first=Dean|last=Giustini|date=December 21, 2006|journal=BMJ|volume=333|issue=7582|pages=1283–1284|via=www.bmj.com|doi=10.1136/bmj.39062.555405.80|pmid=17185707|pmc=1761169 |s2cid=10066923 }} as one of the early adopters of using video hosting sites such as YouTube and Google Video to host medical videos. It was also discussed in a 2007 Nature Medicine article on medical wikis.{{cite journal|last=Keim|first=B|title=WikiMedia.|journal=Nature Medicine|date=Mar 2007|volume=13|issue=3|pages=231–3|pmid=17342106|doi=10.1038/nm0307-231|s2cid=26479238}} AskDrWiki has been featured in other media including The Plain Dealer,{{Cite web |url=http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fother%2F1175158085286060.xml&coll=2 |title=A Wikipedia-style site for Medical Information |access-date=2019-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018002041/http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fother%2F1175158085286060.xml&coll=2 |archive-date=2012-10-18 |url-status=dead }} Medical Economics{{Cite web|url=https://www.mjhlifesciences.com/|title=MJH Life Sciences® | Informing Healthcare Professionals •|website=MJH Life Sciences}} and The American Medical Association News.[http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2007/05/07/bil20507.htm Physician Wikis:Do-it-Yourself Textbooks]

As of February 2015, although still online, the wiki had minimal ongoing contributions, with only 3 edits in 2014.[http://www.askdrwiki.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&days=360 Ask Dr Wiki's recent changes page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914041656/http://www.askdrwiki.com/mediawiki/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges |date=2011-09-14 }}, accessed 2/8/2015, showing only 3 edits in 2014 and none since July 2014. As of March 2022 the site was down.

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{{Infobox website

| name = Ganfyd

| url = {{URL|http://ganfyd.org/}}

| commercial = No

| type = Wiki

| language = English

| registration = Required

| launch_date = November 2005

| current_status = October 2019: Defunct

| revenue = nil

}}

Ganfyd was a medical wiki community and encyclopedia,{{cite journal |author=Ginn S |title=Evidence based mental health and Web 2.0 |journal=Evid Based Ment Health |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=69–72 |date=August 2010 |pmid=20682812 |doi=10.1136/ebmh.13.3.69 |s2cid=36358650 }} created in November 2005 by a group of doctors working in the United Kingdom. Only registered medical practitioners or persons working under their direction, and a small number of invited non-medical specialists, could edit Ganfyd articles. The intention was to make the material reliable enough for professional medical use. {{as of|2013}} it has over 8000 content pages. As of May 2020 it is no longer active.{{cite web |url=http://www.ganfyd.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705094758/http://www.ganfyd.org/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 5, 2008 |title=Home |website=ganfyd.org}}

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Medcyclopaedia, {{Cite web|url=http://www.medcyclopaedia.com/|title=Medcyclopaedia - Medcyclo.com|date=January 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118063545/http://www.medcyclopaedia.com/ |archive-date=2012-01-18 }} The Encyclopaedia of Medical Imaging,The Encyclopaedia of Medical Imaging. 8 vols, Lund, Sweden: NICER Institute/ISIS Medical Media, 2001. {{ISBN|82-91942-00-5}}. Hardcover was a wiki encyclopedia of medical imaging used in radiology and radiography.{{cite journal | title=The Encyclopaedia of Medical Imaging. 8 vols[book review] | journal=Radiology | publisher=Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) | volume=227 | issue=2 | year=2003 | issn=0033-8419 | doi=10.1148/radiol.2272032510 | pages=500}} As of December 2012, the site no longer exists.

The encyclopedia was the result of a collaboration of the Nycomed Amersham Intercontinental Continuing Education in Radiology Institute (NICER Institute), Sweden, Department of Radiology, Lund University, Sweden, and Amersham Health, Oslo, Norway. It was provided and copyrighted by the healthcare unit of General Electric corporation. Retrieval of images (other than thumbnails) required registration.

The website contained 3,600 pages before closing down.

{{Infobox website

| name = Medpedia

| logo =

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| url = Medpedia.com

| commercial = Yes

| type = Wiki

| language = English

| registration = Required

| owner = Medpedia Inc., Ooga Labs

| launch_date = 17 February 2009

| current_status = Closed January 2013

| revenue = Lost money

}}

Medpedia was a collaborative project launched on 17 February 2009. Its aim was to create an open access medical wiki encyclopedia{{cite web|url=http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/115950.php|title=Medpedia Launches Giant Wikipedia-Like Medical And Health Encyclopedia|date=2008-07-23|publisher=medicalnewstoday.com|access-date=2008-07-28}} in association with Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, Berkeley School of Public Health, University of Michigan Medical School, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS){{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/jul/24/politics.it|title=NHS Choices will need to justify its £80m price tag |date=2008-07-24|publisher=guardian.co.uk|access-date=2008-07-28 | location=London | first=Michael | last=Cross}} as well as other contributors.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2448354/Medpedia,-the-medical-Wikipedia,-allows-patients-to-diagnose-themselves.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505063038/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2448354/Medpedia,-the-medical-Wikipedia,-allows-patients-to-diagnose-themselves.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-05-05|title=Medpedia, the medical Wikipedia, allows patients to diagnose themselves|date=2008-07-23|publisher=telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2008-07-28 | location=London | first=Matthew | last=Moore}} Content was licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC-BY-SA) license and ran on modified MediaWiki software. Harvard Medical School did not have a role in, nor was it responsible for, the content that appeared in the “wiki” section of Medpedia.

Anyone with medical knowledge was welcome to become part of Medpedia's community. However, to qualify to edit or contribute to the main content, approved editors needed an M.D., D.O., or Ph.D. in a biomedical field. Others could contribute by writing in suggestions for changes to the site using the "Make a suggestion" link at the top of each page. An approved editor could review and potentially add submitted suggestions.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072300256.html|title=MedPedia Is Wikifying the Medical Search Space|date=2008-07-22|work=washingtonpost.com|access-date=2008-07-28 | first=Calley | last=Nye}}

Medpedia was composed of three primary components:

1. A collaborative encyclopedia (also referred to as the "knowledge base")
2. A Network & Directory for health professionals and organizations
3. Communities of Interest where medical professionals and non-professionals come together to discuss topics of interest.

A 2012 literature review of 50 academic journal articles about the use of social media by cliniciansvon Muhlen, M., & Ohno-Machado, L. (2012). Reviewing social media use by clinicians. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 19(5), 777–81. {{doi|10.1136/amiajnl-2012-000990}} {{open access}} remarked that Medpedia had "launched in 2009 with substantial institutional backing" but that the authors "did not find articles reporting success metrics" for it.

Around January 2013 the site abruptly closed. Medpedia's founder James Currier acknowledged that this was permanent in a blog post in July 2013.{{cite web|url=http://laikaspoetnik.wordpress.com/2013/07/12/medpedia-the-medical-wikipedia-is-dead-and-we-missed-its-funeral/|title=Medpedia, the Medical Wikipedia, is Dead. And we Missed its Funeral… Laika's MedLibLog 12 July 2013|date=2013-07-12}}

{{Infobox website

| name = WikiSurgery

| commercial = No

| type = Wiki

| language = English

| owner = International Journal of Surgery

| launch_date = September 2006

| current_status = November 2013: Not operating

}}

WikiSurgery is a collaboratively-built online encyclopedia hosted by the International Journal of Surgery. As of November 2013, the site's homepage is still up but none of the rest of the website is viewable.

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