Define the patient question
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Medical content governance
Readable guidance. Traceable evidence. Visible responsibility.
How IOC prepares patient information, who checks it, where AI may assist and how we correct errors.
First published: 17 August 2026 · Editorial update: 15 September 2026IOC04
stage content control
Publishing process
What happens before a health article is published?
Usefulness, clinical accuracy and clarity belong to one process. Commercial copy does not override medical suitability.
Check primary sources
Changeable clinical statements are checked against official guidance, regulators or authorised product information.
Verify review status
Source checking and editorial updates are not a completed clinical review. A clinical reviewer's name and review date are shown only where review of that page is documented.
Update and correct
Prices, packages, team details and clinical guidance are updated when they change; material corrections are not delayed.
Accountability
Clinical expertise and editorial responsibility.
The clinical team roles below do not mean that every page has been reviewed by those people. Source checking and publishing work are distinct from a page-specific physician or dietitian review. An editorial update date is not a medical sign-off date.
Surgical and clinical contentDr Kenan Afilitak
Clinical framing for gastric sleeve, bypass, surgical risk, suitability and follow-up.
Nutrition contentAylin Demir
Pre-operative preparation, staged diet, protein, vitamins and long-term monitoring.
Research and publishingIOC Editorial Team
Source review, plain-language editing, link checks, updates and corrections.
Source hierarchy
Official and primary sources come first.
Patient stories can describe experience; clinical claims are checked with regulators, clinical guidelines and official product information.
AI transparency
AI may assist; it cannot own medical responsibility.
AI may help organise research, improve a draft structure, support translation checks or create clearly labelled representative imagery. Clinical claims are not published solely because an AI system produced them.
- Patient outcomes, clinician credentials, certificates and reviews are not invented.
- Representative AI imagery is not presented as real patient evidence.
- Changeable medical information is rechecked against an official source.
Corrections policy
Found an error? Tell the publishing team directly.
Send the page URL, the section you believe is incorrect and, where possible, a verification source. Use the clinical team—not the corrections channel—for urgent or personal medical questions.