Center for Health Evidence - Provides support and information for consumers and policy makers, as well as continuing education and research opportunities for practitioners. Part of the University of Alberta, Canada. - http://www.cche.net/
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation - Funds management and policy research in health services and nursing, and supports the use of research results by managers and policy makers in the health system. Includes sections for researchers and decision makers. [English and French] - http://chsrf.ca/
Centre for Clinical Effectiveness - Undertakes teaching and research activities and provides health technology assessments for government and other agencies. A booklet providing answers to clinical questions can be downloaded free of charge. Affiliated with Monash Uniiversity, Melbourne, Au - http://www.med.monash.edu.au/healthservices/cce/
Australasian Cochrane Centre - Promoting effective health care in the region through systematic reviews, with details of courses and access to the Cochrane Library ( free for Australian users ). Affiliated with Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. - http://www.cochrane.org.au/
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine - Provides workshops, resources and background information for healthcare professionals, with research tools and educational material to download. Based at Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Oxford, United Kingdom. - http://www.cebm.net/
Campbell Collaboration - Making systematic reviews of research evidence available to policy makers, practitioners, researchers and the public. Located at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. - http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/
Effective Practice and Organisation of Care Group - Part of the Cochrane Collaboration, reviewing interventions designed to improve health professional practice and the organisation of health care services. Based at the Uniiversity of Ottawa, Canada. - http://www.epoc.uottawa.ca/
Health Information Research Unit - Developing evidence-based principles in the field of informatics, and studying applications for health care policy. A department of McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. - http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/
Nordic Cochrane Centre - Part of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international network of individuals and institutions committed to preparing, maintaining, and disseminating systematic reviews of the effects of health care. - http://www.cochrane.dk/
Asia Pacific Center for Evidence-Based Medicine - Provides healthcare professionals in the region with resources for practising and teaching this discipline. Includes events calendar and database of critically-appraised topics. Based in the Philippines. - http://www.apebm.com/
Guidelines International Network - Association of organisations and individuals involved in the systematic development and application of clinical practice guidelines. Features a searchable list of members. - http://www.g-i-n.net/
New Zealand Guidelines Group - An independent society providing evidence-based technical assistance and clinical guidelines to healthcare organisations, government departments and health professionals. - http://www.nzgg.org.nz/
Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI) - A collaboration of health care organizations provides evidence-graded practical guidelines and technology assessment reports, with online summaries and full text documents available to download. - http://www.icsi.org/
National Institute of Clinical Studies - Working with consumers, health professionals and organizations, researchers and government agencies to improve clincial health care in Australia. - http://www.nicsl.com.au/
Southern California Evidence-Based Practice Center - Conducts systematic reviews and technology assessments of all aspects of health care and provides technical assistance to other health organizations. Affiliated with the International Cochrane Collaboration. - http://www.rand.org/health/epc/index.html
RTI-UNC Evidence-based Practice Center - Provides practice guidelines, performance measures, and quality improvement tools for public and private health organizations. From the Research Triangle Institute and the University of North Carolina, United States. - http://www.rti.org/page.cfm?nav=440
Oregon Evidence-Based Practice Center - Develops systematic reviews, evidence reports and technology assessments, including reports from the Drug Effectiveness Review Project. - http://www.ohsu.edu/epc/