HMCwiki:Overview
From HMCwiki
Welcome to HMCwiki , the communal healthcare PI (performance improvement) resource that anyone can edit.
You may have heard of "Wikipedia", an open/free online encyclopedia that is built by everyone and anyone. In the same way that Wikipedia is a resource for facts, HMCwiki is a collaborative resource for the exchange ideas and content on healthcare topics.
HMCwiki began in February 2006 and hopes to grow into the largest information resource that supports performance improvement in healthcare. The content of HMCwiki is free, written collectively by anyone in the healthcare community, including non-HMC partners. This website is a wiki, which means that anyone with access to an Internet-connected computer can edit, correct, or improve information throughout, simply by clicking the edit this page link.
HMCwiki is a registered trademark of The Healthcare Management Council, Inc. (HMC), which is a healthcare performance management company. On HMCwiki you are welcome to be bold and edit articles yourself, contributing knowledge as you see fit in a collaborative way.
In every article, links will guide you to associated articles, often with additional information. You are welcome to add further information. You do not need to fear accidentally damaging HMCwiki as the wiki software is carefully designed to allow easy reversal of editorial mistakes.
Exploring HMCwiki
Visitors come to this site to acquire knowledge. The other reason visitors come to this site is to share knowledge. You can view the changes at the Recent changes page or new articles that have been created. You can also decide to view a random article.
Most articles start as stubs, but after many contributions, they can become featured articles.
If you are searching for information about a subject you can't find in HMCwik, you may want to request articles.
Basic navigation in HMCwiki
HMCwiki articles are all linked, or cross-referenced. Wherever you see highlighted text like this, it means there is a link to some relevant article or Wikipedia page with further in-depth information elsewhere if you need it. Holding your mouse over the link will often show you where a link will take you. You are always one click away from more information on any point that has a link attached.
There are other links toward the ends of most articles, for relevant external web sites and pages, reference material, and organized categories of knowledge which you can search and traverse in a loose hierarchy for more information.
You can add further links if a relevant link is missing, and this is one way to contribute.
Good links for newcomers
Happy Browsing!
