HONcode certificate: respect of the 8 HONcode principles by the health website

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Certificate of compliance with the Code of Conduct HONcode

The health Website
Digital Echocardiography
is in compliance with the HONcode

Title of the site: Digital Echocardiography
Web address: http://www.echobyweb.com/
HONcode PIN number : HONConduct221984
Date of initial review: 16 Apr 2000
Validity of certificate 12 Oct 2010 - Oct 2012
Date of last visit 02 Apr 2011
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This certificate confirms the revision of the site by the HONcode Team at the above date.
It respects and pledges to honor the 8 principles of the HON Code of Conduct (HONcode).

* 1. Authoritative 2. Complementarity 3. Privacy 4. Attribution 5. Justifiability 6. Transparency
7. Financial disclosure 8. Advertising policy

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The Health on the Net (HON) certificate serves as a guarantee that this website, at the date of its certification, complies with and pledges to honor the 8 principles of the HON Code of Conduct as drawn up by the HON foundation.

The responsible of the certified site commits to keep the site in compliance with the HON code principles for the duration of the certification.

Although measures such as a complaint mechanism, the periodical review and the automatic surveillance mechanisms are put in place to guarantee the compliance of the certified website with the ethical principles of HON as much as possible, incidental inaccuracies cannot be completely excluded. In no event the HON foundation and/or its partner(s) can be held liable for any damages resulting from the use or inability to use HON certified websites nor can the HON foundation and/or its partner(s) be held liable for the content of these certified websites, including, but not limited to the information of third-parties or hyperlinks accessible via HON certified websites.

The certified website is responsible for the content of its website, unless otherwise provided by law.

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You will find below the elements identified by the HONcode team at a precise date to justify the respect of the 8 ethical principles.

The content of this certificate has been collected and written by the Health On the Net Foundation (HON) and should not be used without previous permission granted by HON. A request for permission can be sent to: HON.

1. Information must be authoritative

CV
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2. Presentation of the site
Mission:

This site has the aim to provide a comprehensive echocardiography atlas, and clinical and research instruments to the cardiologist or sonographer involved in echocardiography, and to promote utilization of digital technology in the echocardiography laboratory. All published material originates from the experience of the author (unless otherwise stated).
(12 Oct 2010) -

Audience:

The scientific / medical information published on the site "Echo by Web" is provided to support physicians and sonographers in the practice of echocardiography.
(12 Oct 2010) -

Purpose of the website

The information provided on the site "Echo by Web" is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between a patient / site visitor and his / her physician
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3. Confidentiality

Confidentiality of data relating to individual patients and visitors to to a medical Web site, including their identity, is respected by this Web site. The Web site owner undertakes to honour or exceed the legal requirements of medical information privacy that apply in the country and state where the Web site and mirror sites are located.
(12 Oct 2010) -

4. Information must be documented: Referenced and dated

Only data for one sample are displayed among those selected.

A list of "basic" essential (by no means exclusive) references
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Updated / aggiornato: 08/11/2009
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5. Justification of claims

This principle is not applicable for this site

6. User support and adequation

Suggestions & criticisms, email::

(12 Oct 2010) -

7. Disclosure of funding sources

All pages of the Web site "Echo by Web" are currently hosted on a commercial server. The space occupied by the site "Echo by Web" on the server is registered to the author’s name, and as such personally financed. No individual other than the author has, to the best of his knowledge, access to the html code of the site "Echo by Web".

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8. Advertising policy

"Ads by Google"
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We do not control Google ads content and our editorial content is free of any commercial influence.
(02 Apr 2011) -

Banners containing advertising material are clearly identified as Google ads and are positioned outside of the area containing medical and scientific information.
(02 Apr 2011) -

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