How We Keep Editorial Content Separate from Ads
Advertising may help support free access to ushospitalguides.com/, but ads do not control our hospital listings, editorial conclusions, verification process, corrections, or source priority.
Core Rules
- No paid ranking of hospitals in editorial guides
- No hospital can pay to change a verified address, phone number or official link
- Ads must be visually separate from editorial content
- Sponsored placements, if used, must be labeled
- We do not sell medical advice, referrals, diagnosis or treatment recommendations
- Corrections are handled by editorial review, not advertising relationships
What We May Monetize
| Format | Requirement | Trust protection |
|---|---|---|
| Display ads | Clearly separated advertising units | Supports free access |
| Contextual affiliate links | Only where relevant and disclosed | Never used for emergency or treatment advice |
| Sponsored content | Only if labeled and editorially reviewed | Must not mislead users about hospital status |
| Directory improvements | No paid removal of accurate public-source data | Protects user trust |
Health Content Advertising Boundary
We do not let advertisers buy disease advice, emergency recommendations, doctor rankings, hospital quality claims, treatment guidance, or insurance promises inside our editorial hospital-location pages.
Conflicts and Corrections
If an advertiser, hospital representative, agency or SEO vendor requests an edit, we apply the same correction process as any user request: official source first, editor verification, and no private patient information.
Need to report an update?
Send the hospital page URL, the correction, and the official source we should verify against. Our editors review corrections before changing published data.
Contact the editorial teamRead our correction process