HONcode Certification
On March 22, 2019, AFibSurgeons.org received HONcode certification from the Health on the Net Foundation, a non-profit organization with relations to the World Health Organization (WHO), which promotes transparent and reliable health information online.
In receiving the HONcode certification, AFibSurgeons.org joined 8,000 health-related websites that follow an appropriate and ethical set of standards to accurately share reliable health information.
The HONcode relies on eight governing principles which AFibSurgeons.org complies with:
- Authority
- Complementarity
- Privacy policy
- Attribution
- Justifiability
- Transparency
- Financial disclosure
- Advertising policy
To receive HONcode certification, AFibSurgeons.org was reviewed by medical experts during a sitewide audit. Upon completion of that audit, AFibSurgeons.org was awarded its HONcode certification. To verify HONcode certification for AFibSurgeons.org, please click here.
