Revision as of 14:13, 25 February 2017

Healthcarepedia Mission

Healthcarepedia.org is a project to create a free guide to U.S. healthcare. It is collaboratively built by dedicated students, academics, and professionals who wish to improve health and wellness through better literacy of healthcare--fostering understanding of how care is delivered, managed, and governed. It is not intended as a source of medical advice or to inform health decisions.

The mission of Healthcarepedia is to provide:

• Create an easily accessible, accurate, and objective source of information about healthcare
• Empower individuals by equipping them with the necessary tools and knowledge in order to understand and effectively interact with the U.S. healthcare system

2017 Goals

Content

• Create basic content for all relevant healthcare topics and concepts (2017 topic areas)
• Ensure content is greatly and widely accessed
• Encourage broad participation in content creation and curation from a wide range of healthcare students, academics, and professionals
• Initiate efforts to inspire continued collaboration from contributors
• Survey audience stakeholders to best understand needs and concerns

Policies & Governance

• Develop a system of volunteer staffing and governance
• Develop the policy and guidelines for efficient content creation, editing, and administration
• Develop a continuous quality improvement system for ensuring that content is accessible, accurate, and objective
• Identify clear, measurable indicators for success
• Develop a system of recognition for excellence in content contribution and improvement

Partnerships and Outreach

• Initiate partnerships with public and private entities that align with Healthcarepedia's mission
• Initiate outreach efforts