Anne Ross Library Blog

Thursday, April 19, 2012

The COMET Initiative Works to Improve the Potential Power of Healthcare Research

The Cochrane Library has just published [April 2012, Issue #4] an interesting editorial entitled: The COMET (Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials) Initiative: its role in improving Cochrane Reviews, by Paula Williamson & Mike Clarke.

To find out more – read the complete Editorial here.

"When people making decisions about health care look for guidance from research, the outcomes reported by that research are key; however, there is a general lack of consensus regarding the choice of outcomes in particular clinical settings, which affects trial design, conduct, analysis, and reporting. Measuring outcomes that will not change healthcare decisions leads to a waste of resources and a failure to capitalize on the potential power of research to improve health care and health..."

Labels: Cochrane Systematic Reviews, COMET, healthcare research, knowledge translation, medical research, reviews of effectiveness

Friday, January 14, 2011

AHRQ Health Care Innovations Exchange has a Redesigned Web Site

The AHRQ’s Health Care Innovations Exchange Web Site has been relaunched today. "The redesigned site features streamlined navigation, enhanced browsing and filtering, and multimedia and social media elements to facilitate finding and sharing innovative health care solutions and tools." The redesigned makes the main content areas more visible and accessible, includes a browse-by-subject feature, rotating issue photos and videos, as well as social media links.

Labels: AHQR, healthcare, innovation, innovation exchange, knowledge transfer, knowledge translation, Web 2.0, webcasts

Friday, July 11, 2008

Frontiers in Medicine: the next big thing in medical education

"Frontiers in Medicine focuses on medical research's impact on treatment of disease in the 21st century.

The major objective is to accelerate the communication of scientific discoveries via distance learning to connect physicians, scientists, and students of science and medicine throughout the world.
This prestigious lecture series has presented more than 60 live Frontiers Webcasts on cutting-edge research topics.

CE credits available and all by George Washington University Medical Center.

Labels: CE, GWU, knowledge translation, medical education, medical resources, webcasts

...facilitating communication between the Library and the Faculty, students, staff and community partners of the University of Medicine & Health Sciences (UMHS).