Wednesday, 21 January 2009

E-watch on innovation in health services

The Canadian Rx Atlas. 2nd Edition. The 2nd edition of The Canadian Rx Atlas provides a portrait of age-specific patterns of prescription drug use and costs across provinces.
http://www.chspr.ubc.ca/rxatlas/canada

Evidence informed health policy.
http://www.implementationscience.com/series/Evidence_informed_health_policy

Hospitals and health services without walls - new services, new partnerships, new challenges for health promotion. 17th International Conference on Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services (HPH). Hersonisson, Crete, Greece. May 6-8, 2009.
http://www.univie.ac.at/hph/creta2009/home.php

Improving patient safety in the EU. Assessing the expected effects of three policy areas for future action - prepared for the Health and Consumer Protection Commission (DG SANCO) by Rand Corporation.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR596/

A scoping literature review of collaboration between primary care and public health. A report to the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation.
http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/nursing/docs/MartinMisener-Valaitis-Review.pdf