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 Asia Pacific Center for Evidence-Based Medicine Description: Provides healthcare professionals in the region with resources for practising and teaching this discipline. Includes events calendar and database of critically-appraised topics. Based in the Phillipines. (apebm.com) |
| Australasian Cochrane Centre Description: Promoting effective health care in the region through systematic reviews, with details of courses and access to the Cochrane Library ( free for Australian users ). Affiliated with Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. (cochrane.org.au) |
| Campbell Collaboration Description: Making systematic reviews of research evidence available to policy makers, practitioners, researchers and the public. Located at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. (campbellcollaboration.org) |
| Center for Health Evidence Description: Provides support and information for consumers and policy makers, as well as continuing education and research opportunities for practitioners. Part of the University of Alberta, Canada. (cche.net) |
| Centre for Clinical Effectiveness Description: Undertakes teaching and research activities and provides health technology assessments for government and other agencies. A booklet providing answers to clinical questions can be downloaded free of charge. Affiliated with Monash Uniiversity, Melbourne, Australia. (med.monash.edu.au) |
| Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Description: Provides workshops, resources and background information for healthcare professionals, with research tools and educational material to download. Based at Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford, United Kingdom. (cebm.net) |
| Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group Description: Part of the Cochrane Collaboration, reviewing interventions designed to improve health professional practice and the organisation of health care services. Based at the Uniiversity of Ottawa, Canada. (epoc.uottawa.ca) |
| Guidelines International Network Description: Association of organisations and individuals involved in the systematic development and application of clinical practice guidelines. Features a searchable list of members. (g-i-n.net) |
| Health Information Research Unit Description: Developing evidence-based principles in the field of informatics, and studying applications for health care policy. A department of McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. (hiru.mcmaster.ca) |
| Institute for Clinical Systems Integration (ICSI) Description: A collaboration of health care organizations provides evidence-graded practical guidelines and technology assessment reports, with online summaries and full text documents available to download. (icsi.org) |
| National Institute of Clinical Studies Description: Working with consumers, health professionals and organizations, researchers and government agencies to improve clincial health care in Australia. (nicsl.com.au) |
| New Zealand Guidelines Group Description: An independent society providing evidence-based technical assistance and clinical guidelines to healthcare organisations, government departments and health professionals. (nzgg.org.nz) |
| Nordic Cochrane Centre Description: Part of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international network of individuals and institutions committed to preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of health care. (cochrane.dk) |
| Oregon Evidence-Based Practice Center Description: Develops systematic reviews, evidence reports and technology assessments, including reports from the Drug Effectiveness Review Project. (ohsu.edu) |
| RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center Description: Provides practice guidelines, performance measures, and quality improvement tools for public and private health organizations. From the Research Triangle Institute and the University of North Carolina, United States. (rti.org) |
| Southern California Evidence-Based Practice Center Description: Conducts systematic reviews and technology assessments of all aspects of health care and provides technical assistance to other health organizations. Affiliated with the International Cochrane Collaboration. (rand.org) |
| The National Preferred Medicines Centre, Inc Description: A New Zealand group offering independent, evidence-based information and education to health professionals. Includes case studies and newsletters for doctors, nurses and pharmacists. (premec.org.nz) |
