Clinical effectiveness research (CER) serves as the bridge between the development of innovative treatments and therapies and their productive application to improve human health. Building on efficacy and safety determinations necessary for regulatory approval, the results of these investigations guide the delivery of appropriate care to individual patients. As the complexity, number, and diver…
is paper review and examine how strategic management researchers apply research methods, and what strategies use as part of the research process, to locate, organize, manage, transform, create, communicate and evaluate research tools, data and information resources. It also analyzes recent developments on research methodology to create scienti! c knowledge in theory building and practice …
Patients admitted to hospital are at risk of damage to kidney function, termed acute kidney injury (AKI), either from their illness or as a result of subsequent treatment. Kidney injury can lead to serious health issues and even death. It is essential that patients at risk, and those who develop kidney injury, are recognised early and treated effectively. However, the 2009 National Confidential…
Since the late 1990s, there have been a number of news stories in Can- ada with headlines like "Casualties of Peace" and "From National Hero to Park Bench Drunk,'" reporting on the prevalence of mental illness, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among Canadian Armed Forces personnel. In January of 1997 Canada's Department of National Defence carried out an epidemiological survey…
Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is part of our everyday lives. Whether we purchase a book on Amazon.com, sell a DVD on eBay.com, or click on a sponsored link on Google.com, e-commerce surrounds us. E-commerce also produces a large amount of data: When we click, bid, rate, or pay, our digital “footprints” are recorded and stored. Yet, despite this abundance of available data, the field of …
Health care has been called one of the most complex sectors of the U.S. economy. Driven largely by robust innovation in treatments and interventions, this complexity has created an increased need for evidence about what works best for whom in order to inform decisions that lead to safe, efficient, effective, and affordable care. At the same time, traditional approaches to clinical research are …