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TERM DEFINITION
Blackwell Publishing Asia Publishers of the International Journal of Evidence Based Health
Care and Best Practice
Best Practice Information Sheets Information sheets designed for health care professionals based
upon systematic reviews
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination Undertakes reviews of research about effects of interventions in
health and social care
Comprehensive Systematic Review Systematic reviews looking at a variety of evidence types i.e.
qualitative, quantitative and narrative papers
Clinical Online Network of Evidence for
Care and Therapeutics (COnNECT)
Web-based facility that provides users with resources and tools to
search, appraise, summarise, embed, utilise and evaluate evidencebased
information
Client Outcomes On Line (COOL) On-line program to assist in gathering information about client
outcomes (aged care specific)
Evidence Appraisal Network Network of individuals interested in critically appraising evidence for
health care practice who act as reviewers for the RAP library
Evidence Based Health Care Process of using evidence to inform health care practices
Evidence synthesis The international search, appraisal, pooling and summarising of
evidence.
Evidence Synthesis Network (formally
Evidence Translation Network)
Network of small groups (Evidence Synthesis Groups) who conduct
systematic reviews using SUMARI
Evidence transfer The preparation and dissemination of evidence based information,
usually through education and training, publications and electronic
media
Evidence utilisation The implementation of evidence in practice