Submitted by Orvie Dingwall on December 12, 2011 - 12:00pm
The Community Guide (www.thecommunityguide.org) is a free resource from the epidemiology branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US. It provides summaries and recommendations from systematic reviews that they conduct on broad public health topics.
The Community Guide is a great place to look for answers to questions on:
Submitted by Orvie Dingwall on November 23, 2011 - 12:51pm
New guidelines for breast cancer screening have been released by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care and published in the CMAJ.Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Recommendations on screening for breast cancer in average-risk women aged 40-74 years. CMAJ. 2011; 183 (17): 1991- 2001. Available from: http://www.cmaj.ca/content/183/17/1991
Submitted by Orvie Dingwall on October 24, 2011 - 12:28pm
This new report by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) profiles acute inpatient care for people who live in sparsely populated health authorities in Western Canada and the contribution of sparsely populated health authorities to the provision of this care.
Submitted by Orvie Dingwall on September 26, 2011 - 9:34am
The 2011 Canadian Health Accreditation Report focuses on governance and its relationship to quality and patient safety. Data collected from the application of Accreditation Canada's Governance Standards and the governance Functioning Tool survey for board members provide a comprehensive picture of governance in Canadian health care. View the full report at: www.accreditation.ca/news-and-publications/publications/canadian-health-...