Accuracy
How We Review Content
Every page on this site makes factual claims about published research, regulation, or coverage. This page describes how those claims are checked before and after publication.
1. Source basis
Research summaries are built from PubMed-indexed publications and their abstracts. Coverage, regulatory, and facility information comes from official public sources: Health Canada, provincial health authorities and plans, hospital programme pages, and facility listings. Each research summary links its source record; condition pages cite the studies behind their evidence statements.
2. Automated verification
Before an article that cites research is published, its claims are cross-checked against the source abstracts by automated review, and clinical claims must clear two independent automated checks. Anything that cannot be verified is held for editorial review instead of being published. Site-wide factual numbers, such as facility and study counts, are validated against a canonical source-of-truth registry, and the live site is scanned daily for statements that have drifted out of date.
3. Editorial oversight
Automated checks do not replace judgement. Items flagged by any check are held as drafts for the editorial team, and imported research summaries are reviewed before they are published. Editorial standards, including how facilities are listed and how coverage claims are worded, are set out in our editorial policy.
4. Re-verification after publication
Published pages are re-checked on a rotating schedule against their sources, recently published material is re-audited nightly, and core reference pages carry a visible last-reviewed date. When a check finds a problem after publication, the content is corrected or withdrawn and the event is recorded.
5. Corrections
Material corrections to published content are listed on our corrections log. If you believe something on this site is wrong, please tell us through the contact page; reports are reviewed against the sources above.
Limits: this site is educational. It summarises published evidence and public coverage information; it does not provide medical advice, and no automated or editorial check replaces a consultation with a qualified physician about your own care.