Heidi is a comprehensive search tool for European health information and data set up by the European Commission. It contains information about health status, determinants, diseases, health systems, trends, institutional and policy aspects. Comparable information can be browsed at a European level. Health experts are invited to become Heidi editors and contribute to the creation and dissemination of health information.

The 9th summer institute of the CRISE will take place at the Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM) from May 30 to June 1, 2012. This is a first look, in Québec, at suicide prevention through the use of new technologies. The institute includes two days of plenary presentations and one day of practical workshops.

This King’s Fund report provides a guide to the practicalities and controversies surrounding rationing of health care and identifies what is known about how it works in practice. It offers examples and illustrations, drawing on the available evidence and conversations with clinicians and managers.

This report provides an independent evaluation conducted by RAND of the Health Foundation’s Engaging with Quality in Primary Care programme. The programme funded nine projects that would increase the capacity for clinical quality improvement in primary care and engage primary care clinicians in the effort.

This paper, published in PLoS One, hypothesizes that modern portfolio theory can create a closer link between basic research and outcome, and offer insight into basic-science related improvements in public health. The authors examine data from 1965 to 2007 on allocations across seven groups of disease-oriented National Institutes of Health that yield the greatest expected return on investment in terms of impact on life-years lost. They propose portfolio theory as a systematic framework for making biomedical funding allocation decisions that are directly tied to burden-of-disease outcomes.

The CLAHRC was formed to address the problem of translation from research-based evidence to routine healthcare practice. This paper, published in Implementation Science, outlines the theory underlying the Collaboration and its application as a case example that might be generalised to practice on a broader scale, and compares it to alternative models of implementation.

This study published in Health Research Policy and Systems seeks to examine the climate for evidence use in policy in Mediterranean countries and identify priorities and country-specific requirements for establishing knowledge translation platforms.

The Health Council of Canada holds that despite enhanced activity in health data reporting in Canada in recent years, there have been only limited steps towards achieving better accountability for health care spending and performance. In this paper, the Council presents several examples where goal-driven strategic health planning and performance reporting are being used as part of initiatives to improve accountability in health care systems.

There is an increasing body of evidence that combining History and Philosophy of Science on the one hand, and health care on the other creates synergies for the mutual benefit of all disciplines. The Department of Continuing Education at Oxford University is offering this short course from July 16 to 20, 2012. It will consider when comparative studies replaced other methods of clinical decision-making, whether average results can be applied to individuals, and the role of values.

This three-day workshop organized by the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta on June 20 to 22, 2012, involves a combination of plenaries, small group sessions lead by experts in their topic area, along with an interactive session. Participants develop skills in searching for and identifying appropriate evidence, critically appraising the evidence, and applying it to their area of expertise.

Mental health problems and illnesses are the leading cause of both short- and long‐term disabilities in Canada. To help address this, the Mental Health Commission of Canada has introduced a new tool to protect the mental health of employees. Psychological Health and Safety: An Action Guide for Employers provides steps and actions that are accessible to all Canadian employers.

This website is intended to be a resource for everyone in the British National Health Service (NHS), public health and social care for making decisions about patient care or the use of resources. The collection comprises case studies, Cochrane reviews and links to other tools and resources.

As part of its 2012 program, GRÉAS 1 invites you to a presentation by Paul Lamarche. It will take place May 24, 2012, from 12:00 to 13:30 in the auditorium at the Direction de santé publique de l'ASSS de Montréal (1301 Sherbrooke Street East).

Mental health problems and illnesses are the leading cause of both short- and long‐term disabilities in Canada. To help address this, the Mental Health Commission of Canada has introduced a new tool to protect the mental health of employees. Psychological Health and Safety: An Action Guide for Employers provides steps and actions that are accessible to all Canadian employers.

In 2011, the Change Foundation conducted Ontario-wide consultations with seniors with chronic conditions and their informal caregivers about their experiences navigating healthcare transitions. This report presents the key messages of the consultation.