HealthDhana Corrections Policy

Effective Date: 01 September 2022
Last Updated: 17 August 2026

Our Commitment to Accuracy

At HealthDhana, accuracy, transparency and trust are fundamental to the health and digital health information we publish.

Healthcare knowledge, scientific evidence, clinical guidance and digital technologies continue to evolve. Despite careful research and editorial review, information may occasionally require correction, clarification or updating.

When we identify a significant error or receive credible information indicating that published content may be inaccurate, misleading or outdated, we aim to review the issue and take appropriate corrective action.

This Corrections Policy explains how HealthDhana identifies, evaluates and corrects content published on HealthDhana.net.

1. Our Approach to Corrections

HealthDhana aims to correct meaningful errors openly and responsibly.

Corrections may be necessary when content contains:

  • Factual inaccuracies
  • Medical or scientific inaccuracies
  • Outdated clinical information
  • Incorrect statistics or figures
  • Incorrect medicine or safety information
  • Misleading wording
  • Incorrect attribution
  • Broken or inappropriate references
  • Material omissions that could change the meaning of information
  • Significant typographical or formatting errors
  • Information affected by updated clinical or regulatory guidance

The appropriate response depends on the nature and significance of the issue.

2. Types of Content Changes

Not every change to an article represents a correction.

HealthDhana generally distinguishes between minor corrections, substantive corrections, content updates and content withdrawal.

Minor Corrections

Minor corrections may include:

  • Spelling mistakes
  • Grammar
  • Punctuation
  • Formatting
  • Broken links
  • Minor wording improvements
  • Typographical errors that do not change the meaning of the content

These changes may be made without adding a formal correction notice.

Substantive Corrections

A substantive correction may be required when an error could materially affect a reader’s understanding of the subject.

Examples include:

  • Incorrect medical information
  • Incorrect description of a health condition
  • Incorrect medicine information
  • Incorrect interpretation of research
  • Incorrect numerical information
  • Misrepresentation of clinical guidance
  • Incorrect attribution of a statement or source
  • Wording that materially exaggerates benefits or understates risks

When appropriate, HealthDhana may correct the information and clearly indicate that the article has been updated or corrected.

Content Updates

Healthcare information can change without the original article necessarily having been incorrect.

An article may therefore be updated when:

  • New clinical guidance becomes available
  • New scientific evidence emerges
  • Regulatory recommendations change
  • Medicine safety information changes
  • New public-health guidance becomes available
  • Digital health technologies evolve
  • Artificial intelligence technologies materially change
  • More current statistics become available
  • Existing references become outdated

Where appropriate, the article’s Last Updated or Last Reviewed date may be changed to reflect a meaningful review or update.

We do not change these dates merely to make old content appear new.

Content Withdrawal

In some circumstances, correcting an individual statement may not be sufficient.

HealthDhana may temporarily or permanently remove content when:

  • The article contains serious or widespread inaccuracies
  • The information may create an unacceptable risk of harm
  • The evidence supporting the article is no longer reliable
  • The article cannot be appropriately updated
  • There is a significant legal or ethical concern
  • The content infringes intellectual property rights
  • The integrity of the content cannot reasonably be established

Where appropriate, HealthDhana may provide an explanatory notice instead of silently removing important content.

3. Health and Medical Corrections

Health and medical information requires particular care because inaccurate information can potentially affect people’s decisions.

Potential errors involving areas such as:

  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Medicines
  • Dosages
  • Drug interactions
  • Contraindications
  • Treatment
  • Pregnancy
  • Supplements
  • Medical procedures
  • Emergency symptoms
  • Patient safety

should receive priority for review.

Where appropriate, HealthDhana may consult an appropriately qualified healthcare professional or relevant subject-matter expert before making a substantive medical correction.

HealthDhana will not describe a correction as medically reviewed unless an appropriately qualified reviewer has actually reviewed it.

4. Medicines and Patient-Safety Information

HealthDhana takes potential errors relating to medicines and patient safety particularly seriously.

If we become aware that medicine-related content may contain materially inaccurate or outdated safety information, we aim to review it against appropriate authoritative sources.

These may include information from relevant healthcare and medicines regulators, clinical guidance and other credible medical sources.

Where necessary, affected content may be corrected, temporarily unpublished or withdrawn while it is reviewed.

5. Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence Content

Digital health and artificial intelligence are rapidly evolving fields.

Information that was accurate when originally published may later become outdated because of:

  • Technology updates
  • New research
  • Regulatory changes
  • Product changes
  • New evidence about performance
  • New evidence about risks or limitations

HealthDhana therefore distinguishes between an error and information that has become outdated because circumstances have changed.

Where appropriate, we update digital health and AI content to reflect significant developments.

6. How We Handle Reported Errors

Potential errors may be identified through:

  • Internal editorial review
  • Authors or contributors
  • Healthcare professionals
  • Researchers
  • Readers
  • Organisations mentioned in our content
  • Updated scientific evidence
  • Regulatory or clinical guidance

When a credible correction request is received, we aim to:

1. Review the concern

We examine the relevant article and the information that has been questioned.

2. Check the evidence

Where necessary, we review the original source and additional authoritative evidence.

3. Assess significance

We determine whether the issue is a minor error, substantive error, content update or a matter requiring withdrawal.

4. Make the appropriate change

Where an error is confirmed, we correct the content as appropriate.

5. Document significant corrections

For material corrections, we may add a correction or update notice explaining what changed.

7. Correction Notices

When a substantive correction materially changes the meaning of an article, HealthDhana may add a notice such as:

Correction — [Date]: This article was corrected to clarify [brief description]. The previous version incorrectly stated [brief description where appropriate].

For an evidence or guidance update, we may use:

Update — [Date]: This article has been updated to reflect new guidance/evidence regarding [subject].

Correction notices should be clear enough for readers to understand the nature of the significant change without unnecessarily repeating incorrect or potentially harmful information.

8. Publication and Review Dates

HealthDhana may display dates including:

Published: The date the content was originally published.

Last Updated: The date meaningful changes were made to the content.

Last Reviewed: The date the article underwent a substantive editorial, clinical or subject-matter review.

These dates should reflect genuine editorial activity.

Minor spelling, punctuation or formatting changes do not necessarily justify changing the displayed review or update date.

9. Reader Correction Requests

We welcome feedback from readers who believe HealthDhana content contains an error.

If you identify a potential problem, please contact us and provide, where possible:

  • The title of the article
  • The URL of the article
  • The information you believe is incorrect
  • An explanation of the concern
  • Supporting evidence or authoritative sources, if available

Contact

HealthDhana Editorial Team
Email: editorial@healthdhana.net
Website: HealthDhana.net

We review credible correction requests carefully.

Submitting a correction request does not automatically mean that content will be changed. We will consider the available evidence and make an editorial determination.

10. Independence of Corrections

Corrections are based on accuracy and evidence.

We do not remove or change accurate editorial content simply because an individual, advertiser, company or other organisation disagrees with it.

Similarly, commercial relationships should not prevent HealthDhana from correcting inaccurate information.

Where credible evidence demonstrates that our content is materially incorrect, we aim to correct it regardless of whether the correction is commercially convenient.

11. Complaints and Disagreements

Sometimes a disagreement concerns interpretation rather than a factual error.

Where credible scientific or clinical opinion differs, HealthDhana may present the relevant uncertainty or range of evidence rather than treating one reasonable interpretation as an error.

We aim to distinguish between:

  • Demonstrable factual errors
  • Differences in professional interpretation
  • Emerging or uncertain evidence
  • Personal opinions
  • Requests to remove accurate but unfavourable information

Our priority is to provide readers with information that fairly represents credible evidence.

12. Continuous Improvement

Corrections are part of responsible health publishing.

When an error is identified, our goal is not only to correct the individual article but, where appropriate, to understand how the error occurred and improve our editorial processes.

This may involve improvements to:

  • Research
  • Source verification
  • Editorial review
  • Clinical review
  • Author guidance
  • Reference management
  • AI-assisted content processes
  • Content update procedures

As HealthDhana grows, we will continue developing our editorial and quality-assurance standards.

Our Corrections Commitment

HealthDhana is committed to correcting meaningful errors responsibly, transparently and as promptly as reasonably possible.

Our readers should be able to trust that when credible evidence shows our content needs to change, we are willing to change it.

For more information about how HealthDhana creates and reviews content, please see our Editorial Policy.

HealthDhana
Health Knowledge. Digital Innovation.

Website: HealthDhana.net
Corrections: editorial@healthdhana.net

Last Updated: 17 August 2026