Pepsi Refresh Grant Project

Pepsi Refresh Hotline: 1-800-768-2784

Oleta McHenry, former accountant for the Wikimedia Foundation that made Wikipedia and current OurMed Board Director and Treasurer, suggested that we apply for the Pepsi Refresh Grant Project.

Greg Miller, OurMed Executive Director, created the application with the below description. Please return comments and edits by January 27th so that we can submit at the first possible date 1 February 2010. Online voting for the project is the key driver for success. Oleta suggested that Susan Gardner, Wikimedia Foundation Executive Director, might be able to rally votes with her community.

There are many elements to this grant proposal including budget details and organizational specifics but the main thrust of the grant proposal are these:

BRIEF BIO: (300 Character Limit)

OursMedicina (“OurMed”) is a long-term, worldwide initiative to develop an online collaborative source of health and medical information for medical professionals and the general public. It was created as a response to the lack of unbiased and well organized information on the internet. While many health websites already exist, the information they provide is often times cluttered and biased by advertisers who support the site and influence its content.

ABOUT THE PROJECT:

MAIN GOALS: (70 character limit each) ( Greg-this is a little long. Need to edit my suggested edits)


 * 1) Develop a new, non-profit model for unbiased, verifiable, world-wide, health-care information
 * 2) Set new industry standards for the dissemination of objective health information
 * 3) Increase knowledge of medical professionals and the general public
 * 4) Provide easy access to medical information that leads to better treatments and medical decisions
 * 5) Become a clearing house for professional research and publications
 * 6) Create a physician verifiable portal to instil trust in health articles
 * 7) Develop a sleek, non-wiki design that will be easy to use and naviagte
 * 8) Add a new layer of information for user feedback, preferences and experiences.
 * 9) Attract a team of 200 medical pioneers and reformers to provide strategic direction and monitor content

DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT PLAN (1000 Character Limit):

The "Democratization of Healthcare Information" project seeks to further the development of our free Medical Encyclopedia that has been a “Wikipedia Model” for health information. Our plans go beyond the public wiki approach and include a physican verifiable mechanism that will offer an accurate, non-partisan and free source of information that users can trust.

Working with the former head of Wikipedia and reform minded healthcare professionals, we are convinced that our revolutionary proposal has attracted the most innovative technology partner in the world that will enable all health and wellness participants to sort through unreliable, outdated and irrelevant information.

Addressing the need to improve disparities throughout the healthcare system, user ratings will establish dynamic standards of accuracy andl allow location-specific queries of the most effective drug and treatment options.

YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqgYfFxEkLk