Guava's mission is to empower people to understand and improve their health. One of the ways we work towards this goal is by creating accessible and approachable health resources. To ensure that our content is high quality, we use several methods to ensure the accuracy, reliability, and quality of the health information we publish.
Research and Sources
Our writers conduct thorough research from reputable sources such as peer-reviewed medical journals, government websites, and leading healthcare organizations with open-access content policies. We prioritize evidence-based information and strive to deliver it in an easy-to-understand format for our readers. Learning about your health is vital, yet many scientific articles that feature important research are difficult for daily consumers to understand and may not be accessible. At Guava, we strive to bridge the gap between this valuable information and the general public. Our writers do this by utilizing their backgrounds in science to translate complex information into digestible explanations that maintain scientific rigor.
Our Content
Topics are carefully selected based on what is relevant to our mission, interesting to our readers, and most importantly, useful to patients and their loved ones. We cover topics like new developments in health and wellness, chronic illness resources, tips for navigating the healthcare system, and guides for using Guava tailored to certain disease groups. In addition to scientifically-backed health content, Guava includes relevant content informed by patient advisors living with chronic illnesses.
Our Editing Process
Each article is edited to ensure that it meets our standards for accuracy, grammar, readability, and relevancy. In addition, our staff fact-checks all claims and double-checks our sources to ensure that the information we present is trustworthy.
Our Review Process
To ensure that our articles centered around health and medicine are factually correct, multiple team members, including our medical advisor or additional medical professionals, review them in their final draft. Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kat McGraw MD, is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. She has practiced as a Hospitalist for nearly 20 years and is also the Chief Medical Officer of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Vermont.
Updating Content
We understand that medicine is constantly changing. New scientific research arises almost every day. Therefore, we ensure our articles are periodically reviewed and updated to guarantee that they remain accurate and up-to-date. You’ll also see the date each article was published and last updated, so you can be confident that the content you're reading is still relevant.
We also encourage our readers to provide feedback and ask questions so that we can continue to improve our content.
Overall, our process is designed to ensure that the information we publish is accurate, reliable, and relevant. We’re committed to creating high-quality, long-term content that provides our readers with trustworthy health information. Our goal in doing this is to empower patients to take control of their health and become an integral part of their health journey.
