The Washington Post today reports on a website, called “Consumer Health WebWatch” at www.healthratings.org, recently created by Consumer Reports and the Health Improvement Institute which has begun rating the 20 most-trafficked health information Web sites. Excerpt from the article:
The nation’s top tester of products from dishwashers to cars is now weighing in on consumer health Web sites. . . The reviewers examined the sites’ credibility, privacy policies, ease of use, design and advertising sponsorship. Six sites — including those of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Mayo Clinic and WebMD — received the top rating of “excellent.” Five were graded “very good,” eight “good” and one . . . drew a rating of “fair.” None received the dreaded black circle meaning “poor.”
Don’t miss this summary of the ratings from the Washington Post here.