October 27, 2005

Forecast and hindsight

Maybe I'm just in a bad mood, but I gotta vent about an absolutely terrible article in the December 2005 Diabetes Forecast (a newsmagazine from the American Diabetes Association). Splashed across the cover of the magazine was a huge blurb for a story about "The Best Diabetes Information On The Web." The title was misleading -- the story was not about where good information could be found (other than tooting their own horn, and mentioning a few of the top-notch US government websites). And the story never mentioned other diabetes organizations, whether their "competitors" (such as the JDRF) or those in other countries, including the UK, Canada, Australia, among others, as well as the IDF.

The article clearly was aimed at newbies, but neglected to tell them about the HONcode (sponsored by the Health On the Net Foundation) as a reliable indicator of which health-related websites voluntarily pledge to honor the 8 principles of the HON Code of Conduct (HONcode). BTW, the ADA site doesn't display the HONcode logo.

Also, the article never mentions search engines...

Bill the diabetesdoc
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Written by: Bill the diabetesdoc at 2005/11/11 - 14:12:41
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