Reliable, up-to-date information is crucial today - particularly when it comes to health matters. Australians are increasingly turning to the Internet as a source of health information. While the Net provides a massive amount of useful information, it also leads users to information of questionable quality.

In line with the Government’s strategy of delivering services via the Internet by 2001, HealthInsite was conceived to bridge the gap between the increasing potential for consumers to access health information via the Internet, and the absence of quality control of web information.

HealthInsite allows health information to be provided to all Australians either directly or through health professionals and service providers. It is a single entry point to quality information from leading health information providers, including peak health organisations, government agencies and educational and research institutions.

Content is provided throughinformation partnerships established between HealthInsite and selected organisations providing quality information on their websites. Organisations and websites whose content has been proposed for access through HealthInsite must go through the process for theAssessment of Content for HealthInsite and be approved by a highly qualifiedEditorial Board