By The Medpedia Project The Medpedia Project today announced the formation of the world's largest collaborative online encyclopedia of medicine called

The medical industry is one that thrives on innovation and evolution. New procedures, medicines, diseases, and theories are released practically every day. In such an environment, the need for a website to reflect and allow for documentation is apparent.
MedPedia is a new project, currently in development, that will offer an online collaborative medical encyclopedia for use by the general public. In order to keep the content accurate and up-to-date, content editors and creators have to have an MD or a PhD. Several highly-esteemed medical colleges will be contributing content to MedPedia, including Harvard Medical School, Stanford School of Medicine, UC Berkeley School of

Internet entrepreneurs are teaming with doctors, researchers and other medical professionals to create what they hope will be the Web’s largest body of health information.
Modeled on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, but written and edited only by trained professionals, the Medpedia Project will gather the kind of knowledge usually confined to academic circles and make it understandable and available to consumers.
e into the 21st century. As the push to use technology to empower patients gains momentum, healthcare providers and Internet companies are experimenting with online tools.

DEPUTY Prime Minister Julia Gillard opened the School of Rural Medicine at the University of New England yesterday.
Ms Gillard focused on education projects in and around Armidale during her visit to New Englandâs university city.
rd paid tribute to this partnership.