Guide to YKHC Medical Practices
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation electronic Provider Orientation Manual
Consult the User's Guide for general information on using wiki software.
Structure
The canonical structure of the ePOM appears in the left-hand navigation. Each "chapter" is a wiki category, which can contain sub-categories and pages. You can always use the links in the left column to navigate the site. However, there are no constraints requiring documents to be placed in this hierarchy, and some may fall entirely outside of it. Oftentimes, searching will be the quickest route to the content you seek. You may also wish to see the list of all pages.
Redlinks
Because the contents of the ePOM are in flux, we have only fleshed-out a few sections. When no page or category has been built yet, its link appears red (in the wiki world, these are known as "redlinks"). Clicking on one of those links will prompt you to create the page yourself. You can back-up if you're not ready to do so.
Editing
The ePOM uses a lightweight graphical editor to simplify the process of editing pages, but the standard wiki markup you may be familiar with from other wikis is still valid. As is a lot of simple html, if you're familiar with basic markup. You may find this cheatsheet helpful
Example Content
In addition to the ePOM structure, some data has been entered, to provide a nucleus for discussion.
Long Pages vs. Categories
YKHC should decide how "atomic" it wants its content to be. Is it better to group single-pages together within a category, or to group all entries into one long page? Examples:
- Ancillary Services is a single, long document
- Bush Medicine is a category, with separate pages for each topic.
Each approach has its advantages.
Pages with Structure
When a page has more than three headings in it, the wiki automatically generates a table of contents.
- Botulism has an automatically-generatead Table of Contents, because it has internal headings
- Fish Finger does not
Many shorter documents lack this internal structure, but it could be useful to introduce a standard set (e.g. "description," "symptoms," "treatment," "resources")
Aliases
Many terms can have more than one name. Rather than duplicating information, a redirect is used:
- Blubber Finger is another term for Fish Finger, and redirects there
- Aniak SRC is another term for Clara Morgan Subregional Clinic