EDI and Patient-Oriented Research

The following is an excerpt from “Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research: Improving health outcomes through evidence-informed care”. 1.1 What is Patient-Oriented Research? Research focused on patients is the cornerstone of evidence-informed health care, a relatively recent concept of clinical care that was largely pioneered in Canada.1 A recent survey undertaken by the British Medical Journal of its readers …

Using Health Economic Methods to Design Clinical Studies

Project Status: Completed Project Summary Our project was trying to find out what are the most important factors to people with scleroderma who might be trying to decide whether to undergo stem-cell transplant, a treatment that offers exciting benefits but with considerable risks. By talking to people with scleroderma, we found that although risks and …