Comments on: OrganizedWisdom is changing its approach and Users ensure that it continually improves http://company.changehealthcare.com/organizedwisdom-is-changing-its-approach-and-users-ensure-that-it-continually-improves/ Behind the Scenes at change:healthcare Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:02:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Unity Stoakes http://company.changehealthcare.com/organizedwisdom-is-changing-its-approach-and-users-ensure-that-it-continually-improves/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Unity Stoakes Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:35:36 +0000 http://www.changehealthcare.com/blog/organizedwisdom-is-changing-its-approach-and-users-ensure-that-it-continually-improves/#comment-66 Thanks for the post! And we hope to hear more feedback (good and critical) so we can keep getting better. We'd love to hear what the folks yawning have to say...what are the complaints and skepticisms so far? We've got a long road ahead so we like to address these issues head on. We've heard a lot about Scalability issues which seems to be a big question. But I think Wikipedia proved what a few thousand people can do when working using a MediaWiki platform. We already have nearly 40 guides working on WisdomCards and we haven't even announced anything about our Guide Program yet. A year from now, think what we can do with a 1,000 people curating, reviewing and monitoring WisdomCards on 10,000 of the most popular health topics. It starts to get exciting as we scale this thing so we look forward to showing the doubters out there through results over the next few years. Let's remember Google nor Wikipedia were arouund only a few years ago. A lot can happen in a few years time with a great collaborative team, technology, and a lot of hard work... One thing I love about a new trend we are seeing is "partially open" environments. That is, not everyone can edit. Some people have more priviledges than others. This helps ensure quality to communities. We're seeing open systems like DIGG becoming overrun by "Mobs"...that is they are gameable. OW can't be gamed because of our review process. This will help us keep the bad stuff out. And the good stuff in on each WisdomCard. Anyway, my partner Steven Krein is looking forward to previewing the new service for the first time at the Health2.0 show you guys will be at. We'll be talking a lot about the power that comes when you layer smart people on top of great social media and collaboration platforms. As a final thought, we'd also love to hear more from the naysayers out there who are yawning. What do you think needs to be improved? We're in early beta so all thoughts welcome. Ping me any time at unity organizedwisdom com. Thanks for the post! And we hope to hear more feedback (good and critical) so we can keep getting better. We’d love to hear what the folks yawning have to say…what are the complaints and skepticisms so far? We’ve got a long road ahead so we like to address these issues head on.

We’ve heard a lot about Scalability issues which seems to be a big question. But I think Wikipedia proved what a few thousand people can do when working using a MediaWiki platform. We already have nearly 40 guides working on WisdomCards and we haven’t even announced anything about our Guide Program yet. A year from now, think what we can do with a 1,000 people curating, reviewing and monitoring WisdomCards on 10,000 of the most popular health topics. It starts to get exciting as we scale this thing so we look forward to showing the doubters out there through results over the next few years. Let’s remember Google nor Wikipedia were arouund only a few years ago. A lot can happen in a few years time with a great collaborative team, technology, and a lot of hard work…

One thing I love about a new trend we are seeing is “partially open” environments. That is, not everyone can edit. Some people have more priviledges than others. This helps ensure quality to communities. We’re seeing open systems like DIGG becoming overrun by “Mobs”…that is they are gameable. OW can’t be gamed because of our review process. This will help us keep the bad stuff out. And the good stuff in on each WisdomCard.

Anyway, my partner Steven Krein is looking forward to previewing the new service for the first time at the Health2.0 show you guys will be at. We’ll be talking a lot about the power that comes when you layer smart people on top of great social media and collaboration platforms.

As a final thought, we’d also love to hear more from the naysayers out there who are yawning. What do you think needs to be improved? We’re in early beta so all thoughts welcome. Ping me any time at unity organizedwisdom com.

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