Building Essential Knowledge Infostructure
SEARCH Canada invests in the health system, by supporting faculty and health professionals, and a knowledge infrastructure. According to the review panel assessing SEARCH Canada’s operations and programs in December, it’s an approach that is paying dividends, “SEARCH is building a key component of the knowledge-based infrastructure needed for Alberta’s healthcare system to deliver effective high quality services.”
SEARCH Canada’s strategic partnership with the Centre for Health Evidence (CHE), University of Alberta, evolved from SEARCH’s use, since 1996, of state-of-the-art learning methods and technologies. What started with a specific need and application has been strengthened since 2001, through the exploration of mutual opportunities.
In addition, the partners have realized opportunities to leverage their combined capacity and develop new applications for the knowledge desktops beyond SEARCH Canada’s traditional programs. Following are two such applications: