2.17 Other quality guidelines

Here are some examples. There are many more.

• BIOME evaluation guidelines (http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/policy.html) [Opens in new browser window]
  The health information gateway, Intute: Health and Life Sciences: Medicine (http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/medicine/) [Opens in new browser window] is part of Intute (produced by the higher education sector). These guidelines explain how Intute evaluates Internet resources for inclusion in their gateway. (Note: these guidelines are currently being revised.)
  
  
• Health on the Net Foundation Code of Conduct (HONcode) (http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html) [Opens in new browser window]
  HON is a not-for-profit International Swiss Organisation. It has produced a set of eight ethical principles, the HONcode, that Web site producers should abide by. However it does not rate the quality of the information provided by a Web site.

And one site aimed at children:

• QUICK – The QUality Information ChecKlist (http://www.quick.org.uk) [Opens in new browser window]
  It is run by the NHS Health Development Agency (now part of the new National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence - NICE (http://www.nice.org.uk/) [Opens in new browser window]).
  

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