Listed in reverse chronological order. Guideline for primary care management of headache in adults. Becker WJ, Findlay T, Moga C, Scott A, Harstall C, Taenzer P. Guideline for primary care management of headache in adults. Canadian Family Physician. 2015 Aug;61(8):670-679 PMID: 26505063 Adapting low back pain guidelines within a multidisciplinary context: a process evaluation.…
CIHI/IHE Diagnostic Imaging Invitational Workshop 6 – 7 February 2012 In February 2012, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) in partnership with the Institute of Health Economics (IHE) sponsored a two day meeting of content, administrative and research experts to identify the breadth of diagnostic imaging studies that CIHI might feasibly undertake with its data…
Clinical Resources | Patient Resources Clinical Practice Guideline Evidence-Informed Primary Care Management of Low Back Pain(3rd edition, December 2015; minor revision July 2017) Guideline Documents including Full Guideline hosted by Towards Optimized Practice (TOP) Albertahttps://actt.albertadoctors.org/CPGs/Pages/Low-Back-Pain.aspx Supporting Documents and Process Description…
This clinical practice guideline and background document were produced as part of the Prairie Collaborative Immune Globulin (IG) Utilization Management Framework project, which was initiated to establish criteria for IG therapy as a means to increase accountability for the quality, safety, and sustainability of the blood supply system, and to demonstrate stewardship for the use…
Clinical Resources | Patient Resources Clinical Practice Guideline Primary Care Management of Headache in Adults (2nd edition September 2016) Guideline Documents including Full Guideline hosted by Towards Optimized Practice (TOP) Albertahttps://actt.albertadoctors.org/CPGs/Pages/Headache.aspx Supporting Documents and Process Description Background Document, 2nd Edition.Download…
Guideline Adaptation and Development Promoting the use of evidence to encourage and support best practice in pain management The Guideline Adaptation and Development Program develops methodologically rigorous, clinically relevant guidelines in collaboration with clinicians, policy makers, and patients that provide a platform for inter-professional collaboration, integration of…
The Institute of Health Economics has been chosen as one of the Health Innovation Platform Partnerships (HIPP) funded by Alberta Innovates. This platform provides SMEs identified by Alberta Innovates and aligned with the Accelerating Innovations into CarE (AICE) funding streams with economic analysis to support with decisions and evidence requirements along the commercialization…
The Institute for Health Economics (IHE) is conducting an invitational, virtual policy roundtable on progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease (PF-ILD) on November 20th, 2020. This policy roundtable will seek to gain multi-stakeholder consensus on policy recommendations intended to optimize care for PF-ILD patients Key areas for discuss are in the following three areas: Multi-disciplinary…
The IHE Life Sciences Commercialization Program supports Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and British Columbia-based life sciences companies with promising, market-ready healthcare technology that are currently seeking procurement in Canadian or international markets. Support includes the development of an economic model to quantify the technology value…
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The IHE has a dedicated Life Sciences SME Platform within the Institute that collaborates with and provides support for SMEs in the life sciences. The IHE provides services to: educate SMEs and support organizations (e.g., accelerators) on the value and use of health economics to support decisions along the commercialization journey as well as procurement efforts; provide early-stage…