In this month's Editorial, the PLOS Medicine Editors elaborate on the global benefits of, and practical challenges to, open access, point-of-care medical resources. Calling on communities of clinical experts to maintain such information at the high level of quality that patient care demands, the Editors "encourage those who feel inspired by the potential scope and benefits of such a project to join forces in building it."
The Editorial accompanies a new Essay by James Heilman, an Emergency Department physician at the University of British Columbia and a leading editor of medical content on Wikipedia. Heilman argues that with engagement of donors, crowdsourcing and technology, the medical publishing community could create an open-access, point-of-care resource of use to a broad professional audience.
Image Credit: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wikimedia Commons
Editorial
Point-of-Care Information in Open Access: A Time to Sow?
PLOS Medicine: published August 25, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001870
Essays
The Polypill: From Promise to Pragmatism
PLOS Medicine: published August 11, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001862
Antipsychotic Maintenance Treatment: Time to Rethink?
PLOS Medicine: published August 4, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001861
Open Access to a High-Quality, Impartial, Point-of-Care Medical Summary Would Save Lives: Why Does It Not Exist?
PLOS Medicine: published August 25, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001868
Research Articles
Retained in HIV Care But Not on Antiretroviral Treatment: A Qualitative Patient-Provider Dyadic Study
PLOS Medicine: published August 11, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001863
The Cost-Effectiveness of Low-Cost Essential Antihypertensive Medicines for Hypertension Control in China: A Modelling Study
PLOS Medicine: published August 4, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001860
Assessing the Causal Relationship of Maternal Height on Birth Size and Gestational Age at Birth: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis
PLOS Medicine: published August 18, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001865
Vitamin D and Risk of Multiple Sclerosis: A Mendelian Randomization Study
PLOS Medicine: published August 25, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001866
Related Articles
The Impact of a One-Dose versus Two-Dose Oral Cholera Vaccine Regimen in Outbreak Settings: A Modeling Study
PLOS Medicine: published August 25, 2015 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001867