... and governance issues related to indigenous peoples’ of Canada. Findings A need exists to create a platform for implementing the TRC actions to protect and promote education, language and culture, justice, youth programming, and professional training and development. Research limitations/implications...

...Sam Sheps; David Birnbaum; Rachel Stricof Purpose This paper aims to describe experience to date with mandatory public reporting of healthcare‐associated infection rates from a perspective inside one of the first and most advanced of the state programs, to help frame the research agenda...

...Clive Savory Purpose This paper aims to set out a framework that can be used for locating strategies for incorporating patient and public involvement (PPI) in the wider process of translative healthcare research. Design/methodology/approach This paper is analytical and synthesizes knowledge...

... these programmes can be categorised using the paradigms of research and audit. Making a distinction between what constitutes audit, quality improvement and research is important in the context of enhanced clinical and research governance requirements and in an environment of both sensitivity in relation...

.... Research limitations/implications This study reflects practice in the service (with a relatively small number of in‐patient sections) and may not be generalisable to other populations. Practical implications Improvement in the quality of evidence including risk assessments provided at tribunals should...

... Publishing Limited 2004 The rise of a community of researchers providing health technology assessments (HTA) to clinical and public policy makers over the last decade has provided both types of policy groups with independent analysis on the anticipated impact of their resource allocation decisions...

...Sandra Mathers; Richard Abel; Rosemary Chesson Despite the fact research is a foundation stone of clinical governance little attention has been focused on the relationship between the two. Describes here a course for radiographers run in partnership between a large acute teaching trust and local...

...Beverly Warburton; Mary Black This paper explores the growing interest of Health Service researchers in evaluating processes or process evaluation and discusses the relevance of this type of evaluation to the National Health Service (NHS( in the UK. Increased focus has been given to issues...

...Elizabeth Clough Looks at the importance of research and development in clinical decision making, stating that research is the first building block in this process. Examines the Department of Health’s Research Governance Framework and how this can be used in the National Health Service. States...

...Alan Earl‐Slater Looks at evidence of the fate of medical research and provides a template for gauging the value of money spent. Provides key issues and learning points which need consideration in order to improve research skills and capabilities. Offers evidence that could be used to improve...

... Medical Clinical governance Evidence Research Methodology This is the third paper in a series of papers on critical appraisal of clinical trials. The first paper covered the rationale for critical appraisal and hierarchies of the evidence; the second paper identified and discussed...

... and health outcome consequences for each alternative valued credibly? What is wrong with questions like these? Well, for a start, these questions presuppose: Medical research Clinical governance Evidence Research Methodology This is the first article in a new series of papers...

...John Ovretveit High or low quality is as much a result of how care systems are organised as it is a result of individual clinicians’ performance. Failure to introduce new care organisation or quality methods which research shows to be effective is as serious an omission as failing to act on poor...

...Beverly Warburton; Judith Emanuel; Peter Elton; Mike Ruane In this paper the commissioners of an evaluation and the researchers jointly review the relationship between research and service development at a local level in an evaluated health authority pilot project to introduce complementary...