Editorial policy
How HealthAtoms reports, reviews, cites, and updates its content.
Mission
HealthAtoms exists to give Indian physicians and allied health professionals trustworthy reporting on hospitals, pharma, policy, and clinical research.
Sourcing standards
We prefer (in order): ICMR, WHO, MoHFW, NMC, peer-reviewed journals (PubMed-indexed), NABH, hospital press offices. We do not pass off press releases as reporting.
Author requirements
Every article carries a named author. Clinical pieces require a credentialed author (MD/MBBS/MSc/PhD relevant to topic).
Review process
Clinical articles are reviewed by a separate domain-qualified reviewer before publishing. Author and reviewer are named on the article.
Update cadence
Clinical articles are reviewed every 90 days minimum. Articles older than 180 days carry a visible stale-content warning.
Corrections
Material errors are corrected with a visible note on the article and an entry in /corrections/. We do not silently edit clinical claims.
AI use
AI assists in drafting summaries and tagging articles for distribution. Every clinical claim is human-reviewed before publishing. See /ai-disclosure/ for the full policy (coming).
Conflicts of interest
Authors disclose financial or affiliation conflicts. We do not accept editorial sponsorship from pharma or medical-device companies.