Web Medica Acreditada
Web Medica Acreditada is an international quality and certification programme of health-related content websites that was launched in 1999 by the Medical Association of Barcelona.
Once the review of the web is made and if it adjusts to them criteria of quality, the seal of quality that certifies that such web has been revised and meets a series of criteria of quality is granted. WMA is based on the created for this purpose for webs with medical information, adhering to the code of ethics of the Medical Associatiation of Barcelona and the quality criteria for websites of health of the European Union.
The general quality criteria are organized as follows:
- Certification
- Identification
- Content
- Privacy and confidentiality
- Control and validation
- Advertisement
- Virtual consultation and second opinion