LifeSteps.com Editorial Policy
LifeSteps.com was designed to provide health news and information to employees and members of UAW-GM. This information is for educational purposes only and is not to be used as a replacement for medical advice from a doctor or other health care provider. HealthAtoZ maintains complete editorial independence and does not permit advertisers or third-party sponsors to change content, nor to introduce biased content into the design of our Condition Forums and other LifeSteps.com sections.
HealthAtoZ's editorial staff members must disclose all financial and/or other interests that he or she may have in biotech, drug, medical device, or other companies that have a vested interest and/or influence in health care. Disclosures must be made to the appropriate supervisor at hiring or when said interest develops. Supervisors will confer with company officers to decide if there is a conflict of interest. If conflict of interest is determined, the staff member will be reassigned and/- or additional steps will be taken to rectify the situation.
HealthAtoZ's editorial staff maintains independence from all other business aspects. The editorial staff's sole purpose is to produce content and is not held accountable for financial aspects such as advertising, marketing or sales.
HealthAtoZ's editorial staff's responsibility is to provide objective, accurate, credible and actionable health information. HealthAtoZ writers must research and name all primary sources and quoted, qualified health experts used to create content.
Articles are written objectively, with the sole goal of providing consumers with unbiased health information. Content generated by HealthAtoZ's editorial staff must disclose financial relationships and other interests that could create bias in, or incentive for, sources.
HealthAtoZ's editorial staff adheres to the highest standards of journalistic integrity at all times. HealthAtoZ makes no claims of therapeutic benefit, only of reporting on federal and professional guidelines and studies published in peer-review journals.
In-House Content
More than 80 percent of our content is produced in-house. Articles are reviewed for clinical accuracy by on-staff M.D.s and/or sent to off-site medical experts before being posted. All content also is subjected to annual review by our medical advisory board. After clinical review, the editorial director reviews it before sending it to the programming team to be published on LifeSteps.com.
Third Party Content
HealthAtoZ provides some content on our site from third parties. HealthAtoZ reviews all third-party content, subjecting it to the same standards for sourcing and clinical accuracy as our own in-house content. If we determine that content does not meet our standards, we request that the author update the content to meet our standards. If the author is unable to do so, and our agreement prevents us from editing the content, we will remove said content from our site until the author does so, or we find a suitable replacement. All third party content is included in our annual review and must meet our standards during every review.
Content not produced in-house, is produced by one of the following content partners:
Drug Interaction Database Licensed from:
Multum - http://www.multum.com
HealthAtoZ Encyclopedia - Articles for the HealthAtoZ Encyclopedia are from the Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine published by:
The Gale Group -http://www.galegroup.com/
Complimentary Alternative Medicine Center developed for HealthAtoZ by: Dr. Ara DerMarderosian.- http://www.LifeSteps.com/gm/Atoz/doctorbio/ara.html
Licensed News Feed
HealthAtoZ provides news articles to users that are licensed from a credible third party news organization whose policies do not conflict with our own. Licensed articles are archived for 30 days before being deleted from the site. Due to licensing arrangements, these articles are posted "as-is" and HealthAtoZ cannot guarantee that these articles meet the same editorial standards as our in-house developed articles.
Our current news feed provider is Health Day http://www.healthday.com/
Author Qualifications
HealthAtoZ only hires experienced writers and editors to prepare material for our site. HealthAtoZ also employs freelance writers and editors to develop content. Whether full-time or freelance, all our editors and writers have a minimum of five years of professional health care writing or editing experience.
Citations
Our editors and reporters obtain their stories from a variety of sources: federal health agencies, professional organizations, peer-reviewed medical journals, medical conferences, and interviews with medical experts. Each article includes the source of information, including specific citations from peer-reviewed journals, if referenced.
External Links
LifeSteps.com makes external links available for informational use. HealthAtoZ provides these links solely for convenience and not as endorsement of the content of these third party sites or any products or services offered on said sites.
HealthAtoZ is not responsible for the products or services offered or the content of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site and does not make any representations regarding the cost or quality of products or services offered, or the content or accuracy of the materials on such sites.
HealthAtoZ reviews all externally linked sites quarterly. As such we cannot ensure that all external links are active or remain appropriate. To report an inactive or inappropriate link, send e-mail to: sup@healthatoz.com
Effective as of: 4-29-03
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