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A medical wiki is launching this year as the result of collaboration between an Internet entrepreneur and some notable medical schools and research organizations.

Wiki is the term used for an open-source Web site where users can collaborate and contribute to the content. The new site, called Medpedia, will be modeled after the online wiki encyclopedia Wikipedia.com, but will differ in that it won't accept content from just anybody.

Its contributing writers and editors will be vetted to ensure they are working health care professionals.

Robert Lash, MD, an endocrinologist at the University of Michigan Medical School, said the involvement of Internet entrepreneur James Currier added credibility to the project and contributed to the school's decision to get involved. Harvard Medical School; Stanford University School of Medicine; and the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health; also are involved with the launch of the project.

Currier, who runs the San Francisco-based technology incubator Ooga Labs, founded the company Tickle in 1999. Originally called Emode, Tickle allowed users to complete psychological and personality tests. Its annual revenues reached $35 million before the employment site Monster bought Tickle in 2004 for about $100 million.

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