OBJECTIVES: Patient education is a vital component of effective disease management and health promotion. People worldwide rely on the internet to resolve issues or obtain information related to any health condition. The information available on the web though easily accessible, lacks regulatory control and is subject to manipulation. This calls for a need to authenticate the information available on the web. In this study, we evaluated the quality and content of websites providing information on osteoporosis patient education by employing the widely accepted criteria. METHODS: About 210 websites providing patient education were retrieved from the meta search engine, 45 of which provided patient information on osteoporosis and were thus considered for evaluation. These health related websites were evaluated by 10 health care professionals for their HON Code compliance, their adherence to core education concepts and the HSWG criteria. RESULTS: Most of the sites were found to be compliant with the basic criteria stated by the HSWG. Only 11 of the 45 sites evaluated were HON Code compliant. A certain degree of variability in the quality of information of osteoporosis patient education with respect to core educational concepts was observed. CONCLUSIONS: Inclusion of helpful audio-visual descriptions, effective in-site search options, live conversations with experts and easier feedback mechanisms can be of significant help and can further help to fulfill the HSWG criteria and thereby enhancing the quality of patient information related to osteoporosis on the web.