About the Site . . .

Healthocrates is a free online medical encyclopedia project. Healthocrates is written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world. With some exceptions, its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the Internet, simply by clicking the edit this page link.  The great thing about Healthocrates is that all article submissiosn and edits are reviewed by medical professionals.  That's why it can take up to 48 hours to see your changes go live.  We want to make sure only accurate content goes up on the site.

In every article, links will guide the user to associated articles, often with additional information. Anyone is welcome to add information, cross-references or citations, as long as they do so within Healthocrates's editing policies and to an appropriate standard. One need not fear accidentally damaging Healthocrates when adding or improving information, as other editors are always around to advise or correct obvious errors, and Healthocrates's software, known as MediaWiki, is carefully designed to allow easy reversal of editorial mistakes.

Because Healthocrates is an ongoing work to which, in principle, anybody can contribute, it differs from a paper-based reference source in important ways. In particular, older articles tend to be more comprehensive and balanced, while newer articles may still contain significant misinformation, unencyclopedic content, or vandalism. Users need to be aware of this to obtain valid information and avoid misinformation that has been recently added and not yet removed (see Researching with Wikipedia for more details). However, unlike a paper reference source, Healthocrates is continually updated, with the creation or updating of articles on topical events within minutes or hours, rather than months or years for printed encyclopedias.

About the Founder . . .

Richard A. Goldman, MD, PhD, FACC, FACP—Founder & CEO, Healthocrates.
Dr. Goldman received his undergraduate degree at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, and his medical degree and PhD in Cardiovascular Physiology at The University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida.  Dr. Goldman moved to New York City, where he completed his Internship, Medical Residency and Cardiovascular Fellowship at The Mount Sinai Medical Center.  Dr. Goldman has been a partner in a group Cardiology practice in South Florida for the past twenty years, with a special interest in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, atrial fibrillation and congestive heart failure.  He has also been Past President of the local chapter of the American Heart Association, Chief of the Department of Medicine at Northwest Medical Center, and has participated in several national clinical trials related to cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Goldman is the Founder and CEO of Healthocrates, incorporated in May, 2007.  Dr. Goldman’s vision was to develop a wiki-based heath website that is easy to read and navigate, and can be used as a valuable up-to-date medical resource by physicians, scientists, and the general public, that is free to all users.