The three labels
Every page on Health Captain carries a review stamp near the top. There are exactly three labels, and they are not interchangeable.
Editorially Reviewed
A Health Captain editor has read the page in full, checked it against the editorial brief, confirmed it follows the standard structure, and confirmed it contains no diagnosis and no dosing. This is the baseline: nothing publishes without it.
Fact Checked
In addition to editorial review, a second person has independently traced every factual claim on the page to a cited source, opened each source, and confirmed it says what the page says it says and has not been superseded. Claims that could not be verified were removed before publication.
Medically Reviewed by [name, credentials]
A named, credentialed healthcare professional — a physician, pharmacist, registered dietitian, registered nurse or equivalent, licensed and in good standing in their field — has read that specific page and signed off on its clinical accuracy. The label always names the reviewer, their credentials and the date they reviewed it. A label without a name is not this label.
The hard rule
The "Medically Reviewed" label is never applied to a page unless a named credentialed professional has actually reviewed that page.
Not a similar page. Not the topic cluster. Not the site as a whole. That page, read by that person, on a recorded date. There is no version of this rule with an exception in it.
This matters because the label is widely misused across health publishing — applied to whole sites, inherited from a template, or attached to a reviewer who never saw the page. A trust signal that is applied loosely is worse than no signal, because it teaches readers that the signal means nothing.
What the labels mean on this site today
To be direct about the current state: pages on Health Captain currently carry only the first two labels — Editorially Reviewed and Fact Checked. No page on this site is labelled Medically Reviewed, because the medical review programme has not launched.
When it does launch, every medically reviewed page will name its reviewer and their credentials on the page itself, and reviewers will have a public profile stating their qualifications, their licence status, their specialty and any relevant financial interests. Until you see a name and a credential next to that label, assume the page has been editorially reviewed and fact checked, which is what the stamp says.
How medical review will work
- A reviewer is matched to a page within their actual scope of practice. A cardiologist reviews cardiology; they do not review dermatology because they are the reviewer we have.
- The reviewer reads the page in full and can require changes, add caveats, or refuse to sign off. Refusal blocks publication of the label; it does not soften it.
- Reviewers are paid a flat fee for their time, never per page approved and never contingent on approving anything.
- Reviewers declare financial interests relevant to what they are reviewing, and those declarations are published with their profile.
- Reviewers do not review pages related to a product or company they have a financial relationship with.
- The reviewer name, credentials and review date are printed on the page. When the page is substantively updated, it returns for review or the label is removed until it does.
What medical review is not
- It is not medical advice to you. A reviewer confirms the page is clinically accurate as general education. They have never met you and know nothing about your history.
- It is not a guarantee of completeness. A page is a summary, and a summary always leaves things out.
- It is not permanent. Guidance changes. A review date tells you when the page was last checked, which is why the date is always shown.
- It is not a substitute for your clinician, and no reviewer would claim otherwise.