About These Policies
Epocrates, LLC is committed to providing accurate, authoritative clinical content through its websites and mobile apps ("Services").
Our content development and publishing processes aredesigned to ensure that editorialaccuracy, objectivity, independence, and integrity are upheld at all times.This Editorial Policy explains how our staff of in-house and commissioned writers, pharmacists, physicians andother healthcare professionals(hereinafter referred to as “Medical InformationStaff”) selects and/or develops content for distribution through our Services.
Our policies and procedures are designed to ensure that our Medical Information Staffoperates independently of outsideinfluence, to bring content of the highest caliber and integrity to ourmembers.
The Medical Information Staff creates or curates content that is accurate, current, unbiased,relevant, and essential to the needs ofour members at the point of care. Epocrates Content may include third-party or licensed contentchosen by Epocrates for publication.
Our Medical Information Staff is expected to meet thehighest professional and ethical standards applicable to their licensures, roles and responsibilities inproviding the Services. They makedeterminations about content, workflow, and publication based on their professional experience, clinicaljudgment and feedback from users of the Services. EpocratesContent is created, developed, or curated by our Medical Information Staff. Sources for EpocratesContent include, but are not limited to,in-house generated drug information and proprietary content developed for ourInfectious Disease Treatment Selectorand Labs content. Additional content is curated from third-party sources, such as diseasesinformation and medical calculators. Wealso publish content from government agencies (such as the FDA, CDC, and AHRQ) as well as fromprofessional medical organizations.Epocrates reviews the content provided through the Services on a regular basis to ensure that wecontinue to provide content that isaccurate, current, unbiased, relevant, and essential to our members at the point of care. Contentprovided through our Services is updatedas necessary.
As an extension of Epocrates point-of-care clinical reference content, additional Epocratescontent is created and curated to appealto clinicians’ interest in clinical news, medical and scientific research, as well as informational and editorial content. This content may includecommunications about the practice ofmedicine, issues relevant to clinicians as individuals, and trends relevant to their treatment ofpatients. Sources for this content type include publicly available informationfrom government agencies, medicaljournals, medical news platforms, medical professional organizations, clinical and scientificpodcasts, as well as publications that feature medical news. Individualsinternal and external to Epocratescontribute to such content through research, writing, editing, and review.Content of a clinical nature is reviewed by clinicians prior to publication. This type of Epocratescontent also adheres to qualitystandards to ensure that it is accurate, current, unbiased, and relevant to readers.
Some content offered through our Services is sourced from, developed, by and/or providedat the direction of commercial entities.The Epocrates Medical Information Staff does not control the development of this content, andthe Epocrates Content editorial reviewprocess is not applied. While members of the Epocrates Medical Information staff may consult onstructure, concepts, and guidelinesrelated to Commercial Content, they are not engaged in the creation, curation, or development ofCommercial Content. For more informationon how to identify Commercial Content within our Services and the standards for Commercial Content tobe provided through our Services, pleasesee the Epocrates Commercial Content Policy. The Services are designed to differentiatebetween Epocrates Content and CommercialContent for reader transparency.
Third-party logos and links to third-party websites may be included in the Services. Such inclusion is not intended to be an approvalor recommendation by Epocrates. Pleasenote that visiting any third-party website included in our Services that setsforth separate terms and conditions will be subject to those additional terms and conditions associated withsuch third-party website.
Our content development and publishing processes aredesigned to ensure that editorialaccuracy, objectivity, independence, and integrity are upheld at all times.This Editorial Policy explains how our staff of in-house and commissioned writers, pharmacists, physicians andother healthcare professionals(hereinafter referred to as “Medical InformationStaff”) selects and/or develops content for distribution through our Services.
Our policies and procedures are designed to ensure that our Medical Information Staffoperates independently of outsideinfluence, to bring content of the highest caliber and integrity to ourmembers.
The Medical Information Staff creates or curates content that is accurate, current, unbiased,relevant, and essential to the needs ofour members at the point of care. Epocrates Content may include third-party or licensed contentchosen by Epocrates for publication.
Our Medical Information Staff is expected to meet thehighest professional and ethical standards applicable to their licensures, roles and responsibilities inproviding the Services. They makedeterminations about content, workflow, and publication based on their professional experience, clinicaljudgment and feedback from users of the Services.
Epocrates Content is created, developed, or curated by our Medical Information Staff. Sources for EpocratesContent include, but are not limited to,in-house generated drug information and proprietary content developed for ourInfectious Disease Treatment Selectorand Labs content. Additional content is curated from third-party sources, such as diseasesinformation and medical calculators. Wealso publish content from government agencies (such as the FDA, CDC, and AHRQ) as well as fromprofessional medical organizations.Epocrates reviews the content provided through the Services on a regular basis to ensure that wecontinue to provide content that isaccurate, current, unbiased, relevant, and essential to our members at the point of care. Contentprovided through our Services is updatedas necessary.
As an extension of Epocrates point-of-care clinical reference content, additional Epocratescontent is created and curated to appealto clinicians’ interest in clinical news, medical and scientific research, as well as informational and editorial content. This content may includecommunications about the practice ofmedicine, issues relevant to clinicians as individuals, and trends relevant to their treatment ofpatients. Sources for this content type include publicly available informationfrom government agencies, medicaljournals, medical news platforms, medical professional organizations, clinical and scientificpodcasts, as well as publications that feature medical news. Individualsinternal and external to Epocratescontribute to such content through research, writing, editing, and review.Content of a clinical nature is reviewed by clinicians prior to publication. This type of Epocratescontent also adheres to qualitystandards to ensure that it is accurate, current, unbiased, and relevant to readers.
Some content offered through our Services is sourced from, developed, by and/or providedat the direction of commercial entities.The Epocrates Medical Information Staff does not control the development of this content, andthe Epocrates Content editorial reviewprocess is not applied. While members of the Epocrates Medical Information staff may consult onstructure, concepts, and guidelinesrelated to Commercial Content, they are not engaged in the creation, curation, or development ofCommercial Content. For more informationon how to identify Commercial Content within our Services and the standards for Commercial Content tobe provided through our Services, pleasesee the Epocrates Commercial Content Policy. The Services are designed to differentiatebetween Epocrates Content and CommercialContent for reader transparency.
Third-party logos and links to third-party websites may be included in the Services. Such inclusion is not intended to be an approvalor recommendation by Epocrates. Pleasenote that visiting any third-party website included in our Services that setsforth separate terms and conditions will be subject to those additional terms and conditions associated withsuch third-party website.