Health Site Watch: August 11, 2005
Posted on: Thursday, 11 August 2005, 03:00 CDT
* Consumer Health WebWatch, www.healthratings.org/, publishes the results of a detailed rating system for all types of health-related Web sites. The new site's purpose is to provide consumers with a one- stop destination to help determine whether health information Web sites are credible and reliable. The ratings are based in part on assessments by health care professionals with the Health Improvement Institute, one of the projects sponsors. Ratings also take into account factors such as privacy and security, ease of use, design, and whether the site has a clear statement of ownership and advertising and editorial policies. A Methodology link opens a page explaining in more detail how the ratings are done.
Consumer Health WebWatch is cosponsored by Consumer Reports WebWatch, a project of Consumers Union funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts, The John S and James L Knight Foundation, and the Open Society Institute.
* The US Centets for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers a variety of information on men's health at www.cdc.gov/men/ index.htm, including rips for a healthy life; men's health topics from A-Z; statistics; a 15-question quiz on men's health; information about heart disease, cancer, stroke, and other leading causes of death for men; and many links to related information on CDC's other Web sites.
* The International Center for Patient Safety, www.jcipatientsafety.org. focuses on the identification, gathering, analysis, and dissemination of patient safety solutions, both in this country and abroad, and on the creation of organizational cultures of safety that embrace continuous attention to safety- focused, systems improvement efforts.
The Joint Commission International Collaborating Center on Patient Safety seeks to continuously improve the safety of patient care by providing solutions, processes, and procedures that support the elimination of preventable adverse occurrences in all health care settings. The Center, established in 2005 by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and Joint Commission Resources, advocates for patient safety through research and education.
* The Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Spinal Cord Injury: Promoting Health and Preventing Complications through Exercise, has launched a new Web site, www.sci-health.org. The new site is a joint effort of all RRTC partners, including the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, DC, the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis at the University of Miami School of Medicine, the National Spinal Cord Injury Association, the Spinal Cord Injury Network in Rockville, Maryland, and Independent Living and Resource Utilization in Houston, Texas.
The site provides information about research and training efforts, with a focus on preventing secondary conditions through an active and healthy lifestyle. The goal is to make the site a portal for resources on exercise and prevention for people with spinal cord injury, which would include scientific and consumer publications and fact sheets, conference presentations, research abstracts, and multimedia content.
* The Sister to Sister: Everyone Has A Heart Foundation Inc was founded in 2000 to increase awareness about women's heart disease and encourage heart-healthy lifestyles. According to the Web site www.sistertosister.org, Sister to Sister is the only national organization whose focus is screening women for heart disease, the number one killer of women.
The site emphasizes information and resources to help women recognize symptoms and risk factors, as well as ways to prevent heart disease. Each year, the organization sponsors a National Woman's Heart Day campaign, observed in 12 US cities in 2005. The events, scheduled to begin again in February 2006, provide heart disease screenings and information on heart disease and prevention through lifestyle changes.
Site Watch provides readers with links to Web sites that may be of interest. Provision of these links does not imply endorsement by APTA.
Copyright American Physical Therapy Association Aug 2005
Source: PT; Magazine of Physical Therapy
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