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Getting research findings into practice : when to act on the evidence. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
There is increasing interest in providing evidence based health care—that is, care in which healthcare professionals, provider managers, those who commission health care, the public, and policymakers consistently consider research evidence when making ...
Guyatt, G H, Haines, A, Sheldon, T A
core   +1 more source

Improving data transparency in clinical trials using blockchain smart contracts [version 1; referees: 3 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2016
The scientific credibility of findings from clinical trials can be undermined by a range of problems including missing data, endpoint switching, data dredging, and selective publication. Together, these issues have contributed to systematically distorted
Timothy Nugent   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

What Is Missing from “Patient-Oriented Research?” A View from Public Health Systems and Services

open access: yesHealthcare Policy | Politiques de Santé, 2019
Patient-oriented research (POR) aims to increase patient engagement in health research to improve health research and health services. In Canada, the Strategies for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) framework provides guidance for conducting POR.
B. Pauly   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How blockchain-timestamped protocols could improve the trustworthiness of medical science [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2016
Trust in scientific research is diminished by evidence that data are being manipulated. Outcome switching, data dredging and selective publication are some of the problems that undermine the integrity of published research.
Greg Irving, John Holden
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a systems approach for chronic diseases, based on health state modeling [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2017
Rising pressure from chronic diseases means that we need to learn how to deal with challenges at a different level, including the use of systems approaches that better connect across fragments, such as disciplines, stakeholders, institutions, and ...
Michael Rebhan
doaj   +1 more source

How blockchain-timestamped protocols could improve the trustworthiness of medical science [version 3; referees: 3 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2017
Trust in scientific research is diminished by evidence that data are being manipulated. Outcome switching, data dredging and selective publication are some of the problems that undermine the integrity of published research.
Greg Irving, John Holden
doaj   +1 more source

Improving health equity through health care systems research

open access: yesHealth Services Research, 2023
Objective To describe health equity research priorities for health care delivery systems and delineate a research and action agenda that generates evidence‐based solutions to persistent racial and ethnic inequities in health outcomes.
D. Chisolm   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Extending voluntary health insurance to the informal sector: experiences and expectations of the informal sector in Kenya [version 1; referees: 2 approved]

open access: yesWellcome Open Research, 2017
Background: Kenya has made a policy decision to use contributory health insurance as one of its key pre-payment health financing mechanisms. The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) is the main health insurer in Kenya.
Edwine W. Barasa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing overuse of health services in health systems: a critical interpretive synthesis

open access: yesHealth Research Policy and Systems, 2018
BackgroundHealth systems are increasingly focusing on the issue of ‘overuse’ of health services and how to address it. We developed a framework focused on (1) the rationale and context for health systems prioritising addressing overuse, (2) elements of a
M. Ellen   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Patient waiting time in the outpatient clinic at a central surgical hospital of Vietnam: Implications for resource allocation [version 3; referees: 2 approved]

open access: yesF1000Research, 2017
Background: Patient waiting time is considered as a crucial parameter in the assessment of healthcare quality and patients’ satisfaction towards healthcare services. Data concerning this has remained limited in Vietnam.
Tho Dinh Tran   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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