The HealthTech Signal is edited by Dr. Dereck Mush, MD, MBA, a doctor and the editor-in-chief at The HealthTech Signal. Advertising helps pay for our reporting. This page explains how we keep the two apart and how to tell what was paid for.
Our labels
- Sponsored · Advertisement: a paid message in our newsletter.
- Partner content · Paid advertisement from Example Health: an article a company paid us to publish.
- Featured listing · Paid placement: a company paid for extra profile features or a spot in a featured row.
- Featured job · Paid placement and Featured event · Paid placement: a company paid to pin and highlight a job or event.
- Fast-Track note: the author of an op-ed paid for a faster editorial decision. Acceptance and content were not paid for.
What advertisers can't buy
- Coverage, or changes to coverage, in our news reporting.
- A place in the Signal 100 or any other HTS ranking or list.
- Changes to the editorial text on a company profile.
- Acceptance of an op-ed.
How we handle conflicts
If our newsroom reports on a company that is currently paying us, the story says so. We schedule newsletter sponsors away from issues that report on them where we can.
Claims in paid content
We ask for a source for every factual claim in paid content and for evidence behind health, clinical and performance claims. Cleared or approved products must be described within their cleared or approved use. We decline content we can't verify.
Links
Links that a company paid for are marked as sponsored for search engines.
Questions or concerns
Use our . If you think something paid isn't labeled, tell us and we'll fix it.