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. 2004 Oct 5;91(8):1482–1487. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602168

Table 2. List of initiatives to assess and improve quality of information.

Designation
Discern (Charnock et al, 1999)
HON (Code of Conduct) (HON, 2001)
Quality criteria of Electronic Publication in Medicine: Criteria Catalogue of GMDS-AG CBT (Schulz et al, 2001)
Health Web site Standards of URAC – American Accreditation Healthcare Commission (2002)
Quality criteria of NOAH (New York Online Access to Health) (NOAH, 2002)
OMNI-Guidelines for Ressource Evaluation (OMNI=UK's Gateway to High Quality Internet Ressources) (OMNI, 2002)
AGREE Instrument (AGREE=Appraisal of Guidelines Research and Evaluation) (Cluzeau and Burgers, 2002)
ARGUS Clearinghouse Rating Systems (Argus Associates, 2001)
Tips on Evaluation Web Resources (National Network of Libraries in Medicine) (McKenzie, 1996)
The Internet Guide to Construction of Quality Online Resources (Ciolek and Goltz, 2001)
The Concerted Action on Health Information Systems (Aktionsforum Gesundheitsinformationssysteme AFGIS) (Prümel et al, 2002)