Editorial standards
Our guides are about the practical side of being a patient: keeping records, preparing for appointments, tracking and describing symptoms, being heard. This page is how we write them.
What we write, and what we never write
- We write about the process around care. We do not write about what a symptom, test result or condition means, how to treat anything, or which medicine or dose to take.
- We never suggest that PocketHealth diagnoses, treats or prescribes, or that it replaces a clinician.
- Every guide says plainly when to get care, and the emergency numbers come first where timing matters.
Sources
We rely first on primary and official sources: United States government health agencies (such as the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Department of Health and Human Services), the text of federal regulations, peer-reviewed research, the National Academies and the World Health Organization. We also cite medical societies and nonprofit health organizations (such as the American College of Emergency Physicians), hospital health systems, independent health policy research and polling (such as KFF), and, where a guide describes how AI products work, the companies' own official documentation and reporting from established news outlets. Every statistic and quotation is linked to where it came from, and we check each one against that source before publishing. We do not invent figures, quotes or examples presented as real.
Who writes and reviews
Guides are written by the PocketHealth team, and drafts may be prepared with the help of AI tools. Every guide is reviewed by a licensed physician before it is published, and again whenever its health content changes. Whoever drafts a guide, every statistic, quotation and link in it is checked against its source before it is published. A physician's review checks the guide for accuracy; it does not make the guide medical advice, and it does not create a doctor–patient relationship with anyone who reads it.
Dates and updates
Every guide shows the date it was last updated. We review each one at least once a year, and sooner when a source changes. When we correct a factual error, we change the date.
Independence
We do not accept payment for coverage, and guides contain no advertising. Each ends with a short note about what PocketHealth does, labelled “About PocketHealth” so it is not mistaken for part of the guide.
Found a mistake?
Email support@pockethealth.pro with the page and the problem. We read every report.