The Internet and evidence-based decision-making: a needed synergy for efficient knowledge management in health care

Appendix 1: Canadian organizations that promote evidence-based decision-making* Organization Web site address British Columbia Council on Clinical Practice Guidelines www.hlth.gov.bc.ca/msp/infoprac/protoguides/cpgpro.html British Columbia Office of Health Technology Assessment www.chspr.ubc.ca/bcohta/ Canadian Cochrane Network and Centre hiru.mcmaster.ca/cochrane/centres/canadian/ Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment www.ccohta.ca Canadian Health Services Research Foundation www.chsrf.ca Canadian Institute for Health Information www.cihi.ca/ Canadian Policy Research Networks www.cprn.com/cprn.html Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care www.ctfphc.org/ Cancer Care Ontario Program in Evidence-Based Care hiru.mcmaster.ca/ccopgi/ Centre for Evaluation of Medicines www.thecem.net/ Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster University hiru.mcmaster.ca/chepa/ Centre for Research and Evaluation in Diagnostics www.crc.cuse.usherb.ca/cred/index_en.html Clinical Research and Development Program, Regina Health District www.medi-fax.com/rhd/crdp/ Conseil d'évaluation des technologies de la santé du Québec www.msss.gouv.qc.ca/cets/ Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network (HEALNet) healnet.mcmaster.ca/nce Health Information Research Unit, McMaster University hiru.mcmaster.ca/ Health Services Utilization and Research Commission, Saskatchewan www.sdh.sk.ca/hsurc/ InfoWard, Edmonton www.infoward.com Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences www.ices.on.ca/ Institute for Health and Outcomes Research www.usask.ca/medicine/ihor/† Institute for Work & Health www.iwh.on.ca/ Manitoba Centre for Health Policy & Evaluation www.umanitoba.ca/centres/mchpe/1mchpe.htm McMaster Evidence-Based Practice Center hiru.mcmaster.ca/epc/ Networks of Centres of Excellence nce.nserc.ca Prairie Region Health Promotion Research Centre www.usask.ca/healthsci/che/prhprc *Web site addresses up to date as of Dec. 28, 1999. This list was produced by Tom Oliver of the Canadian Cochrane Centre and Jennifer Briand of HEALNet. A more extensive list, including links to international organizations, can be found at hiru.mcmaster.ca/cochrane/centres/canadian/evidence-based.htm. †The Web site of the Institute for Health and Outcomes Research was inactive at the time this article was prepared for publication, but information on reactivation is to be posted at the site listed when it becomes available.

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