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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

EPOC publishes Cochrane Reviews

The Australian satellite of the Cochrane Effective Practice and Organisation of Care (EPOC) group was established to inform evidence-based policy-making and evidence based implementation in Australia. Based at NICS, EPOC is funded by the Australian Government and is a partnership between the Cochrane EPOC Group and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). On January 21, the following three new reviews and three updates were published by EPOC in Issue 1, 2009 of The Cochrane Library:
New reviews
1) Gagnon M-P, Légaré F, Labrecque M, Frémont P, Pluye P, Gagnon J, Car J, Pagliari C, Desmartis M, Turcot L, Gravel K. Interventions for promoting information and communication technologies adoption in healthcare professionals.
2) Grobler L, Marais BJ, Mabunda S, Marindi P, Reuter H, Volmink J. Interventions for increasing the proportion of health professionals practising in rural and other underserved areas. 3) Koehlmoos TP, Gazi R, Hossain SS, Zaman K. The effect of social franchising on access to and quality of health services in low- and middle-income countries.
Updated reviews
4) Harkness EF, Bower PJ. On-site mental health workers delivering psychological therapy and psychosocial interventions to patients in primary care: effects on the professional practice of primary care providers.5) Shepperd S, Doll H, Broad J, Gladman J, Iliffe S, Langhorne P, Richards S. Early discharge hospital at home. 6) Urquhart C, Currell R, Grant MJ, Hardiker NR. Nursing record systems: effects on nursing practice and health care outcomes.
All reviews are available at: http://www.thecochranelibrary.com or via the CIAP database under Evidence Based Practice.

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