Knowledge Improvement

The NIH Stimulus – the Recovery Act and Biomedical Research
R Steinbrook
New England Journal of Medicine, 2009, 360(15), pp1479-1481

What is the impact of your research?
The Becker Medical Library Model for Assessment of Research Impact represents a practical do-it-yourself tool for tracking the impact of biomedical research. The Model includes guidance for quantifying and documenting research impact as well as resources for locating evidence of research impact.

Methodological problems in the use of indirect comparisons for evaluating healthcare interventions: survey of published systematic reviews
F Song, YK Loke, T Walsh, AM Glenny, AJ Eastwood, DG Altman
British Medical Journal, 2009:338:b1046 – 3rd April
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Centre for Health Communication and Participation
The Centre was established within the Australian Institute for Primary Care at La Trobe University in April 2009, as a result of the work of the Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group. The Centre is focusing on the following themes in 2009:
· Evidence for different modes of consumer participation
· Communication in circumstances involving a rare disease
· Communication and participation with regard to use of medicines
· Communication in situations of healthcare complexity, such as multimorbidity
· Understanding and communicating the science of evidence-based health care

High quality web 2.0 for all? Predictions as to how future developments in web 2.0 technologies might benefit health and social care organizations and people who use their services
UK Faculty of Health Informatics, March 2009
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