MSSPNexus Blog: Ten Questions for Medical Bloggers - Evaluating Resources on the Web

Clinical Cases and Images points to ten questions for medical bloggers, which are based on an article from NCCAM, National Institutes of Health - 10 Things To Know About Evaluating Medical Resources on the Web:

Dr. Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD of GeneticsAndHealth.com has adapted the questions to medical bloggers. Here are my answers:

1. Who runs this site?
Rita Schwab, CPCS, CPMSM, a medical staff service professional (thus the MSSP in the title) with fourteen years experience.

2. Who pays for the site?
The site is primarily paid for by me, although some costs for this blog and the MSSPNexus.com site are defrayed by paid links from Professional Consultants and companies that offer Products & Services of interest to medical staff service professionals.

3. What is the purpose of the site?
To support and publicize the vital work of the medical staff services profession, as well as to give me a place to exercise a few creative brain cells.

4. Where does the information come from?
Other bloggers, main stream media, professional colleagues, accrediting bodies, and my own experience.

5. What is the basis of the information?
If not from my own experience, sources are generally cited and linked.

6. How is the information selected?
It is selected based on what I believe will benefit people in my profession, those who work in various fields of healthcare, and those who wish to better understand the administrative workings of healthcare.

7. How current is the information?
The site is updated regularly. (Who needs sleep?)

8. How does the site choose links to other sites?
Links are provided to other sites that I find interesting, informative, and current.

9. What information about you does the site collect, and why?
Only the basic information collected by the site's statistical monitoring software, which I review because it gives me a thrill to see that people from all over the world actually drop in for the occasional visit.

10. How does the site manage interactions with visitors?
Open commenting, a search feature, and an invitation to send tips about interesting stories and news events.

So there it is. As I told Hsien - all of my deep, dark secrets are here revealed, and I’ve discovered that I’m pretty boring…