Ontario has both a health system and a research system that are increasingly aiming to support rapid learning and improvement. Yet, Ontario's health system still faces complex challenges, such as reducing emergency-room wait times, ending hallway medicine, improving support for people with mental health ...
Optimizing clinical practice based on data, evidence and
guidelines is a challenge faced in every health system
around the world. The way the challenge manifests
itself at the level of the patient has been remarkably
consistent over time: tough decisions made at the
intersection of clinical expertise, pa...
The issue of violence and injuries and its status as a
major public health problem has gained significant
political traction both internationally and within the
Caribbean region during the last two decades.
Internationally, the momentum began to build
across the Americas in 1993 with PAHO resolution
CD37...
The issue of violence and injuries and its status as a
major public health problem has gained significant
political traction both internationally and within the
Caribbean region during the last two decades.
Internationally, the momentum began to build
across the Americas in 1993 with PAHO resolution
CD37...
The purpose of this report is to inform deliberations among policymakers and stakeholders.
It summarises the best available evidence regarding community-based prevention of
postpartum haemorrhage in Zambia.
The report was prepared as a background document to be discussed at meetings of those
engaged in d...
A gap exists in efforts to support the use of research
evidence between ‘self-serve’ approaches such as ‘one-stop
shops’ for research evidence (e.g., Health Systems
Evidence – www.healthsystemsevidence.org) and ‘fullserve’ approaches such as convening stakeholder dialogues
with health-syste...
This evidence brief and the stakeholder dialogue it was
prepared to inform were designed to guide the actions of
those involved in strengthening public and patient
engagement in HTA in Ontario. In this section of the
brief, we propose key definitions to ensure a common
conceptual understanding. We also h...
This evidence brief mobilizes both global and local
research evidence about a problem, three elements of a
comprehensive approach for addressing the problem,
and key implementation considerations. Whenever
possible, the evidence brief summarizes research
evidence drawn from systematic reviews of the rese...
