• HON’s New Address
• HON Studies and Surveys
• HON Around the World
• Upcoming Conferences
• HON on the News

The Health On the Net Foundation has moved to a new office. We’re still in Geneva, Switzerland, but now you can find us a little further from the center of Geneva, in the middle of the beautiful parks of Chêne-Bourg. Our telephone numbers and email addresses stay the same, but our fax number has changed.

Our new address is:
Health On the Net Foundation (HON)
c/o HUG-Belle-Idée
Chemin du Petit-Bel-Air 2
CH-1225 Chêne-Bourg
Switzerland

And our new fax number is: +41 22 30 55 728.

Notification of a Comparative Study

Important:

Notification of a comparative study regarding the increased involvement of the general public in trustworthy online medical and health information

Currently, the HONcode certified websites are audited manually once every year by the HONcode Team. We have observed that many websites are consistently, year after year, in compliance with the HONcode principles; in this context, we would like to use the opportunity to conduct a comparative study and proceed to a testing phase. This testing phase will aim to evaluate the capacity of a biennial revision. The revision will take place once every two years, with a more active involvement of the general public and more frequent random reviews (automatic and manual checks).

From the 20th of November 2011 onwards the validity of your HONcode Certificate has changed or is about to change from one into two years. And don’t be surprised to hear from us more often.

Important:

Notification d’une étude comparative relative à l’intérêt croissant du public pour une information médicale en ligne de confiance

Actuellement, les sites certifiés sont audités et examinés tous les ans par notre équipe lors de la révision annuelle. Nous constatons alors que beaucoup de sites sont toujours en conformité avec les principes du HONcode année après année ; dans ce contexte-là, nous aimerions procéder à une phase de test consistant à évaluer les portées d’une révision tous les deux ans, l’audit qui aura lieu dans les 2 ans sera renforcé par la coopération collective, les contrôles aléatoires plus fréquents (automatiques et manuels). Ne soyez pas étonné de recevoir des nouvelles entre des audits.

Par conséquent, veuillez noter qu’à partir du 20 novembre 2011, la validité de votre certificat HONcode a été (ou sera) étendue à deux ans.

Future Survey Conducted by HON

Before the end of the year, HON will be conducting a survey to get feedback on its activities. We would like to ask webmasters of HONcode certified websites and websites in the certification process to sign up in order to participate in this survey, your opinions will be greatly appreciated.

Please let us know whether you are interested in participating by replying to this newsletter (HONinfo@healthonnet.org) and entering "Feedback" to the subject field. Please be sure to do this before Sunday, the 11th of December, 2011.

Webmaster Survey Results

The key findings of the Webmaster Survey on future HON services (conducted online from September 13th to 16th, 2011) can now be found on the HON website:
>>Key Findings of the Webmaster Survey

HON Course: Société et santé informatisée
In the middle of October, HON gave a two-day course about trustworthy online health and medical information, the HONcode, and tools and services developed by HON at the Haute Ecole Cantonale Vaudoise de la Santé, Lausanne.

ISO/TC 215 Health Informatics - Working Group Meeting and Plenary
In the middle of October, HON participated in a Working Group Meeting and Plenary of the ISO Technical Committee 215 (Health Informatics).

Health 2.0 Europe 2011
In the end of October, HON attended the Health 2.0 Europe Conference in Berlin, Germany. HON researcher Natalia Pletneva contributed to the main conference session "Search, Content and Communities - The Next Generation of Information Sharing."

MIC 2011
In November, HON participated in MIC 2011, a two-day healthcare and ICT conference which takes place in the Netherlands every two years.

Doctors 2.0 & You, in Paris, France on May 23/24, 2012
THE International Health Care Social Media Event

There are still few spots left to speak, participate in a workshop, or present a poster!

This Congress is under the High Patronage of the French Ministry of Health.

Come meet the HON team in the poster session.

Early bird price until the 4th of December, 2011, contact the founder Denise Silber at: doctors20@basilstrategies.com

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Doctors 2.0 & Vous, Paris, France, mai 23-24 2012
LE Congrès International des médias sociaux Santé

Encore quelques places disponibles pour présenter, intervenir dans un atelier ou proposer un poster scientifique!

Le congrès, sous le patronage du Ministère du Travail de l'Emploi et de la Santé Français (Secrétariat d'Etat chargé de la Santé), traitera les thèmes tels que : du ePatient au médecin 2.0, les communautés patients et médecins en ligne, le rôle des Etats, hôpitaux, et autres acteurs de santé.

Venez rencontrer l'équipe HON lors de cet événement.

Frais d’inscription réduit jusqu’au 4 décembre 2011, contactez la fondatrice Denise Silber, email: doctors20@basilstrategies.com

Visite Actuelle: Le code de bonne conduite des sites Internet santé

The French magazine Visite Actuelle presented Célia Boyer as their Guest of the Month in September. Read the full article “Le code de bonne conduite des sites Internet santé” on the HON website:
>>Visite Actuelle: "Le code de bonne conduite des sites Internet santé "


Remaides: Internet, s’informer sur sa santé

Remaides, a magazine published by AIDES, the leading HIV/AIDS organization in France, ran an article on how to find trustworthy health information online. Read the full article “Internet, s’informer sur sa santé” on the HON website:
>>Remaides: "Internet, s’informer sur sa santé"