Useful Websites
Provided below as links to organisations or resources that have
similar interests to that of iCAHE. We hope they prove useful.
If you wish to include your website on this list, please submit a
request to email
iCAHE@unisa.edu.au
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Australasian
Cochrane Centre
The ACC aims to promote the equitable provision of effective health care
in Australasia by facilitating the preparation and maintenance of
systematic reviews and their dissemination and application to influence
service provision and clinical practice.
Knowledge Translation +
KT + provides access to the current evidence on "T2" knowledge
translation (ie, research addressing the knowledge to practice gap),
including published original articles and systematic reviews on health
care quality improvement, continuing professional education,
computerized clinical decision support, health services research and
patient adherence. Its purpose is to inform those working in the
knowledge translation area of current research as it is published.
Knowledge Transfer
Clearinghouse
KT Clearinghouse provides a platform for researchers interested in
knowledge translation (the study of methods for closing the
knowledge-to-practice gaps). It provides indepth information, tools, and
processes that can be used to enhance and facilitation implementation of
guidelines.
NHS Evidence
NHS Evidence allows everyone working in health and social care to access
a wide range of health information to help them deliver quality patient
care. NHS Evidence provides free access to clinical and non-clinical
information - local, regional, national and international. Information
includes evidence, guidance and Government policy from the UK.
National Institute of Clinical Studies
As part of NHMRC, NICS supports initiatives to improve health care by
getting best available evidence from health and medical research in
routine practice. NICS website provides a wealth of information on
evidence implementation initiatives.
National Institute for
Health and Clinical Excellence
NICE is an independent organisation responsible for providing national
guidance on promoting good health and preventing and treating ill health
in the UK.
National Centre for the Dissemination of Disability Research
NCDDR focuses on the knowledge translation of NIDRR-sponsored research
and development results into evidence based instruments and systematic
reviews.
Research Based
Education and Quality Improvement Project
The ReBEQI project aims to establish a framework for the selection,
implementation and evaluation of quality improvement interventions that
address identified barriers to change and that can be tailored to local
circumstances.
speechBITE
speechBITE is a free database on the internet specifically for finding
treatment research in the field of communication and swallowing disorders.
This database is up dated regularly and indexes systematic reviews,
randomised controlled trials, non-randomised controlled trials, case series
and single case designs. Many of the group comparison studies have a rating
score out of 10 to help clinicians interpret the methodological quality of
the research.
The Cochrane
Collaboration
Cochrane provides a large resource for systematic reviews of the effects of
healthcare interventions to aid in the improvement of healthcare decision
making using Evidence-based practice.
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