Accreditation

The HONcode badge is awarded by the Health On the Net Foundation to sites that have passed a rigorous application process.

I am honored and excited that Anxiety, Panic & Health was certified by the Health on the Net Foundation in October, 2008. It means that this site complies with the Health on the Net Code of Conduct and can display the HONcode badge, shown on the rightmost sidebar.

The award-winning Health On the Net Foundation developed the HONcode in 1996 as a means to standardize requirements to establish the reliability and credibility of health information. It certifies websites through a stringent application and review process, then polices the site to make sure it continues to comply with its eight Principles. It has certified over 6,500 websites worldwide in 32 languages, and has partnerships with the European Union, the World Health Organization, the National Library of Medicine, and Google.

This article is the second in a two-part series. It  lists the eight HONcode Principles and how Anxiety, Panic & Health complies with them. Yesterday’s post, “HONcode Certification Earned by Anxiety, Panic & Health!” introduces the Health On the Net Foundation and describes its world-wide effort to bring accountability, reliability and quality to medical and health information on the internet.

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