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Are_grits_groceries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 08:31 AM
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6. Here are some other sources:
Did your surgery take longer than expected? If so, maybe your surgeon was looking up tips on Wikipedia. Sounds far fetched -- and that example surely is -- but according to a report in April by U.S. health care consultancy Manhattan Research, 50 percent of doctors turn to Wikipedia for medical information.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/report_half_all_doctors_consult_wikipedia

Docs look to Wikipedia for condition info: Manhattan Research
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.

“The number of physicians turning to Wikipedia for medical information has doubled in the past year alone, said Meredith Abreu Ressi, vice president of research at Manhattan Research. “Physicians, just like consumers, are heavily search engine reliant, and often Wikipedia results are what come up in the top of the organic results.”
http://www.mmm-online.com/Docs-look-to-Wikipedia-for-condition-info-Manhattan-Research/article/131038/

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