About the Clinical Tools Wiki

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Contents 1 About the Wiki 1.1 Needs Assessment 1.2 Vision 1.3 Mission 1.4 Constraints 1.5 Target audience 1.6 Goal 1.7 Objectives 1.8 Implementation 1.9 Evaluation 1.10 Outcomes 2 About Clinical Tools

About the Wiki

Needs Assessment

Clinical Tools, Inc. (CTI) needs a public space where staff members can share their knowledge and experience, while allowing external folks to contribute.

Vision

CTI staff can publish ideas easily and quickly and can receive feedback from the public via comments or direct edits.

Mission

Provide an easy-to-use, expandable, public, and stable environment in which CTI can discuss and share non-proprietary, non-private information.

Constraints

The solution must be chosen from readily available software and its limitations must be accepted, in this case MediaWiki.

Target audience

All staff at CTI, consultants on our projects, other organizations, and the public in general.

Goal

Share information and knowledge with the public via a Wiki maintained by Clinical Tools that allows public participation.

Objectives

1. Wiki is stable and reliable and requires minimal effort to maintain.
2. Everyone at CTI participates in the Wiki in some way and sees value.
3. Folks outside CTI, including consultants, companies and the public, participate as readers and editors and contributors of new pages.
4. Public usage grows.

Implementation

1. Set up the wiki at wiki.clinicaltools.com
2. Refine the purpose and limitations
3. Educate staff regarding the role and value of the CTI Wiki
4. Have everyone create a page [such as this page created by Brad]
5. Define what can be migrated to the wiki such as
   • The proposal generation content for HealthProposal
   • The howto database
6. Define who will help with the conversion
7. Convert away!
8. Logically add new materials to the wiki

Evaluation

On a regular basis we'll review the usability, usage and growth of the wiki.

Outcomes

1. Wiki is up and running and all content produced at Clinical Tools that would benefit from public access access and collaboration has been moved to it.
2. Wiki is usable and logical.
3. Public usage and participation increases.
4. The site is seen as a valuable and a model for corporate communication.

About Clinical Tools

Clinical Tools, Inc. (CTI) is a small, physician-run business dedicated to harnessing the potential of the Internet to create scalable, usable, and broadly available tools to improve the ability of physicians and other health care providers to care for patients. We achieve this goal by providing education and training to students and professionals and creating Web-based support tools for clinicians, researchers, and consumers. Information technology can and should serve as a stable framework that supports researchers and clinicians in their roles. We provide dissemination and management tools that empower clinicians and consumers to understand and control the vast amount of information related to making individual health choices. We serve our clients creatively, effectively, and with the highest quality of service.

The Clinical Tools team consists of 20 employees with expertise in medicine, psychology, public health, basic sciences, and information technology. Our research focus has led to successful commercial products and over $18 million in Federal funding over the past 13 years.