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It's difficult, they removed James Heilman from medical articles because he was adding verified prices to medicines. And he's a ER doc. Edit: note a followup a
by chris_wot 5y ago
It's difficult, they removed James Heilman from medical articles because he was adding verified prices to medicines. And he's a ER doc.
Edit: note a followup article to the one you posted is here:
https://www.healthitoutcomes.com/doc/was-study-of-wikipedia-errors-wrong-0001 https://www.healthitoutcomes.com/doc/was-study-of-wikipedia-...
- dustintrex 5y agoLast I checked Doc James remains very active on WP. There was some flap in the Board of Trustees around 2015, but he was reelected there as well in 2017.
- mandmandam 5y agoThanks for pointing that out; seems legit. Apparently, a more reasonable 'accuracy rating' of factual medical statements on Wikipedia is about 55-100% - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jun/01/is-wikipedia-reliable-for-medical-advice https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jun/01/is-wiki...