Gary Schwitzer*, Publisher, HealthNewsReview.org, St. Paul, MN, United States David Henry*, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Canada Alan Cassels*, Media Doctor Canada, Victoria, Canada Track: Practice Presentation Topic: Health information on the web: Supply and Demand Presentation Type: Oral presentation Submission Type: Panel Presentation Building: MaRS Centre, 101 College Street, Toronto, Canada Room: Auditorium Date: 2009-09-17 03:30 PM – 04:30 PM Last modified: 2009-08-14

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Australian, Canadian and U.S. teams have been using the Web to post evaluations and grades on health news coverage for the past several years. This is an attempt not only to improve health journalism itself, but to improve the accuracy, balance and completeness of information that flows to news consumers and health care consumers. This panel will reflect on what's been observed and what's been learned after the combined review of more than 2,500 stories in the three countries. The founding publishers of HealthNewsReview.org (US), Media Doctor Australia and Media Doctor Canada will present.