{"title":"Taking a look behind the scenes: Updating health information on Gesundheitsinformation.de.","authors":"Milly Schröer-Günther, Klaus Koch, Inger Scheike","doi":"10.1016/j.zefq.2025.04.002","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The website Gesundheitsinformation.de and its English sister website InformedHealth.org are a service of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG). IQWiG has the legal mandate to provide all citizens with independent and scientifically proven free health information. The website currently comprises information on more than 300 diseases and health issues (\"topics\"). Evidence-based medicine (EBM) forms the base of Gesundheitsinformation.de. Regular updates are therefore an important quality criterion. Usually, the information is updated every three years. The paper will describe a major update process of the individual topics on Gesundheitsinformation.de. The major process includes 10 steps (e.g., evidence search, medical writing, editorial revisions, and translation). However, many updates are minor in reason or scope. For those minor updates certain steps can be omitted to limit resources and time.</p>","PeriodicalId":46628,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Evidenz Fortbildung und Qualitaet im Gesundheitswesen","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zeitschrift fur Evidenz Fortbildung und Qualitaet im Gesundheitswesen","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zefq.2025.04.002","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The website Gesundheitsinformation.de and its English sister website InformedHealth.org are a service of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG). IQWiG has the legal mandate to provide all citizens with independent and scientifically proven free health information. The website currently comprises information on more than 300 diseases and health issues ("topics"). Evidence-based medicine (EBM) forms the base of Gesundheitsinformation.de. Regular updates are therefore an important quality criterion. Usually, the information is updated every three years. The paper will describe a major update process of the individual topics on Gesundheitsinformation.de. The major process includes 10 steps (e.g., evidence search, medical writing, editorial revisions, and translation). However, many updates are minor in reason or scope. For those minor updates certain steps can be omitted to limit resources and time.
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