- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality [US]
Promotes evidence-based practice in everyday care through the establishment of 12 Evidence-based Practice Centers (EPCs).
- Australasian Cochrane Centre
"The Centre 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".
- Australian Centre for Evidence Based Clinical Practice
"The Australian Centre for Evidence Based Clinical Practice (ACEBCP) is a resource centre for clinicians, researchers, health service managers and consumers with an interest in improving the quality and safety of health care through the application of best evidence. The ACEBCP is a joint initiative of Flinders Medical Centre Division of Medicine and the Flinders University Schools of Medicine and Nursing. Its primary aim is to facilitate best practice in health care by assisting health care professionals develop and apply the skills needed for evidence based practice (EBP)."
- Bandolier: Evidence Based Health Care
Bandolier collects good quality evidence under a variety of different headings.
- Becoming ADEPT: (Applying Diagnosis, (a)Etiology, Prognosis & Therapy methodological filters to retrieving the evidence)
is a workshop and distance learning based programme created for South Thames Regional Library Service by School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield.
- Best BETs - Best Evidence Topics
BETs were developed in the Emergency Department of Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK, to provide rapid evidence-based answers to real-life clinical questions, using a systematic approach to reviewing the literature. BETs take into account the shortcomings of much current evidence, allowing physicians to make the best of what there is. Although BETs initially had an emergency medicine focus, there are a significant number of BETs covering cardiothoracics, nursing, primary care and paediatrics.
- Best Practice Information Sheets from the Joanna Briggs Institute [Australian]
"The Joanna Briggs Institute is an International not-for-profit Research and Development Organisation specialising in Evidence-Based resources for healthcare professionals in nursing, midwifery, medicine, and allied health".
- Campbell Collaboration
Preparing, maintaining and promoting the accessibility of systematic reviews of the effects of social and educational policies and practices.
- Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
"CADTH is a national body that provides Canada’s federal, provincial and territorial health care decision makers with credible, impartial advice and evidence-based information about the effectiveness and efficiency of drugs and other health technologies".
- CareSearch : palliative care knowledge network
CareSearch is the result of a project funded by the Australian Government to improve the evidence available to palliative care clinical practitioners, researchers and educators nationally.
- CASP - Critical Appraisal Skills Programme
CASP aims to enable individuals to develop the skills to find and make sense of research evidence, helping them to put knowledge into practice.
- Centre for Allied Health Evidence [University of South Australia]
The University of South Aust is home to the Centre for Allied Health Evidence (CAHE), a collaborating centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute. CAHE provides essential resources for allied health workers, researchers, educators, clinicians, policy makers, administrators and patients, by providing a repository for evidence-based research in a range of areas from physiotherapy through to medical radiations. The centre provides a unique opportunity to produce evidence-based solutions to allied health problems and ensure that treatment strategies are based on the best evidence and research available.
- Centre for Clinical Effectiveness [Monash University, Australia]
Monash Institute of Public Health & Health Services Research
- Centre for Evidence Based Child Health [UK]
Based at the Institute of Child Health, the aim of the Centre is to increase the provision of effective and efficient child health care through an educational programme for health professionals.
- Centre for Evidence-Based Dentistry
Established at the Institute of Health Sciences in Oxford to promote the teaching, learning, practice, and evaluation of Evidence-Based Dentistry.
- Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine [UK]
Promotes the teaching, learning, practice and evaluation of evidence-based health care. This site includes information on courses, research, teaching materials and other EBM resources.
- Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health [UK]
Contains a range of resources to promote and support the teaching and practice of evidence-based mental healthcare.
- Centre for Health Evidence [University of Alberta, Canada]
"CHE supports the learning, teaching, and practice of evidence-based health care".
- Centre for Reviews and Dissemination [University of York, UK]
"CRD undertakes high quality systematic reviews that evaluate the effects of health and social care interventions and the delivery and organisation of health care".
- Clinical Knowledge Summaries
UK National Library for Health. Practical, reliable, evidence-based. A source of clinical knowledge for the NHS about the common conditions managed in primary and first contact care. Practical and reliable, it helps healthcare professionals confidently make evidence-based decisions about the healthcare of their patients and provides the know-how to safely put these decisions into action.
- Cochrane Collaboration
The Cochrane Library contains high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making. It includes reliable evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, clinical trials, and more. A national licence has been purchased for Australian clinicians by the National Institute for Clinical Studies.
- Cochrane Topics for Cochrane Reviews
Summarize conclusions about effectiveness, and provide a unique collation of the known evidence on a given topic, so that others can easily review the primary studies for any intervention.
- Evidence-Based Policy Network [Australian]
This website, produced and maintained by the Australasian Cochrane Centre for members of the Evidence-Based Policy Network, Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, as part of the funding agreement with the Department. The site contains details of how Departmental staff can register for the Evidence-Based Policy Network (EBP). The site contains summaries of Cochrane reviews, and links Cochrane and reviews produced so far for the National Health Priorities (Arthritis & Musculoskeletal, Asthma, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Injury Prevention, Mental Health), effective practice and organisation of care, and consumers and communication. It also provides bulletins, invitations to seminars, and other information and assistance to those staff who have registered.
- Evidence Based Practice Research Group - Occupational Therapy [McMaster University, Canada]
"The McMaster Occupational Therapy Evidence-based Practice group focuses on research to critically review evidence regarding the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions and to develop tools for evaluation of occupational therapy programmes".
- Evidence That Changed Medical Practice
Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, University of South Florida, US
- Evidence Update
Evidence Update is a new way of reading and understanding Cochrane systematic reviews. Each Evidence Update is a two-page summary of a Cochrane Review of healthcare interventions relevant to people in low-income and middle income-countries. Each Evidence Update is prepared by a member of the Effective Health Care Research Programme Consortium (EHCRPC) in collaboration with the Australasian Cochrane Centre and is updated every time a review update is published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (part of The Cochrane Library). EHCRPC collaborators in China and Thailand are working to translate the Evidence Updates into Chinese and Thai.
- Evidence-Based Health Care Project [University of Minnesota, US]
- Evidence-Based Health Care Resources on the Internet [Medical Library Association]
- Evidence-Based On-Call Database
In this evidence compendia you will find evidence-based summaries of 38 on-call medical conditions, which in turn link to one-page summaries (called CATs - Critically Appraised Topics) of every article used.
- Health Technology Assessment [NHS]
"The HTA programme is part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). It produces independent research information about the effectiveness, costs and broader impact of healthcare treatments and tests for those who plan, provide or receive care in the NHS".
- Health-Evidence.ca : Promoting Evidence Based Decision Making
Supporting evidence based practice in public health. "The ultimate goal of the research team is to facilitate the adoption and implementation of effective policies/programs/interventions at the local and regional public health decision-making levels across Canada."
- How to Read a Paper
Full text of the book available.
- Impact of Cochrane Evidence
"Cochrane reviews have become known internationally as sources of high quality, reliable health information, and other groups have begun to interpret, adapt and disseminate Cochrane reviews and information derived from them."
- Introduction to Evidence Based Medicine [Duke University Medical Center Library and Health Sciences Library]
- James Lind Library: Illustrating the Developments of Fair Tests of Treatments in Health Care
- Joanna Briggs Institute [Australian]
Specialises in Evidence-Based resources for healthcare professionals in nursing, midwifery, medicine, and allied health.
- Medical Outcomes Trust
"A not for profit organization dedicated to improving health and health care by promoting the science of outcomes measurement".
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [US National Institutes for Health]
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) is the Federal Government's lead agency for scientific research on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). We are 1 of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)
National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. NGC is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research [AHCPR]) in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans.
- National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) [Australia]
As part of the NHMRC, NICS works to improve health care by getting the best available evidence from health and medical research into everyday practice.
- National Institute of Clinical Studies (NICS) [Australia] - Where's the Evidence: a Guide to Finding Online Evidence to Inform Clinical Decisions.
- National Prescribing Service [Medicines]
an independent, non-profit organisation who provide accurate, balanced, evidence-based information and services to help people choose if, when and how to use medicines to improve their health and wellbeing.
- Netting the Evidence: a ScHARR Introduction to Evidence Based Practice on the Internet
A very comprehensive directory to internet based evidence based health care resources
- New Zealand Health Technology Assessment
New Zealand Health Technology Assessment (NZHTA) was a clearing house for health outcomes and health technology assessment, operating from 1997-June 2007. NZHTA is no longer active but publications can still be accessed from the list below.
- OT Seeker [Australian]
"Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence. OTseeker is a database that contains abstracts of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials relevant to occupational therapy. Trials have been critically appraised and rated to assist you to evaluate their validity and interpretability. These ratings will help you to judge the quality and usefulness of trials for informing clinical interventions. In one database, OTseeker provides you with fast and easy access to trials from a wide range of sources."
- PEDro: Physiotherapy Evidence Database [University of Sydney, Australia]
PEDro is the Physiotherapy Evidence Database.
- PICOmaker [University of Alberta, Canada]
PICOmaker is a free Palm OS-based application that lets users create and store queries in the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcome) format for later reference. This application is intended to assist students and clinicians with evidence based practice.
- Rehabilitation's Evidence Based Practice Web Site
From the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada.
- Research in Practice for Adults [UK]
"Our mission is to promote the use of evidence-informed practice in the planning and delivery of adult social care services. Our purpose is to help our Partners use evidence from research and other sources to improve outcomes for service users and carers".
- SEEK Sheffield Evidence for Effectiveness and Knowledge [UK]
The SEEK Project is funded as part of the Sheffield Health Authority Information for Health Local Implementation Strategy. SEEK aims to develop a mechanism whereby Sheffield staff with corporate or individual responsibility for clinical governance and clinical effectiveness, are provided with the ‘evidence’ relevant to deliver organisational needs and priorities.
- SUMSearch
Meta search tool which searches across several evidence based health sources.
- Teaching / Learning Resources for Evidence Based Practice [Middlesex University, UK]
Contains materials that have been produced to support the introductory teaching and learning of Evidence Based Practice.
- Therapeutics Initiative - Evidence Based Drug Therapy [University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada]
Provide physicians and pharmacists with up to date, evidence based, practical information on rational drug therapy. The Initiative is an independent organization, which is at arms length from government, pharmaceutical industry and other vested interest groups.
- Trent RDSU [Trent Research and Development Support Unit, UK]
"Trent RDSU provides high level academic support aimed at increasing the quantity and quality of health services research, including health-related social care research".
- TRIP Database (Turning Research Into Practice in Primary Care)
The TRIP Database is a meta-search engine that searches across 61 sites of high-quality medical information. By searching the TRIP Database you have direct, hyperlinked access to the largest collection of 'evidence-based' material on the web as well as articles from premier on-line journals such as the BMJ, JAMA, NEJM etc.
- Users' Guides to Evidence Based Practice - Links to the JAMA Articles
The following is the complete set of Users' Guides originally published as a series in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The CHE continues to maintain the full text pre-publication version of this series on behalf of the Evidence-Based Medicine Working Group with permission from the journal.
- What Proportion of Healthcare is Evidence Based: Resource Guide
