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Health On the Net Foundation - HON

Organization URL(s)

HONsecretariat@healthonnet.org
www.hon.ch/  

Other Contact Information

81 Boulevard de la Cluse
1205 Geneva
,

+41 22 372 62 50 (Voice)
+41 22 372 88 85 (FAX)

Description

The Health On the Net Foundation (HON) promotes and guides the deployment of useful and reliable online health information, and its appropriate and efficient use. Created in 1995, HON is a non-profit, non-governmental organization, accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. For 15 years, HON has focused on the essential question of the provision of health information to citizens, information that respects ethical standards. To cope with the unprecedented volume of healthcare information available on the Net, the HONcode of conduct offers a multi-stakeholder consensus on standards to protect citizens from misleading health information. HON is funded by the State of Geneva, several European projects, the French National Health Autority (HAS) and the Provisu foundation. HON is also supported by the Geneva Hospital since its inception.

Online Resources

• HON Code of Conduct for Medical and Health Web Sites
  http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Conduct.html 
  
• Looking for reliable health information?
  http://www.hon.ch/HONcode/Patients/visitor_safeUse2.html 
  

Related Topics

Topic Certification Patient Education Health Communication Quality of Health Information Patient Safety

Review Date

Thu May 26, 2011