7. HEALNET
http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/nce/default.htm

HEALNet is part of a federal government initiative known as the Networks of Centres of Excellence Program (NCE), which is intended to link research and development in the academic, private and public sectors. The Health Evidence Application and Linkage Network, or HEALNet, is divided into six themes:

• making evidence-based healthcare choices in the clinical setting;
• the organization and performance of healthcare organizations;
• equitable distribution of healthcare resources across regions;
• maintaining healthy and productive workplaces;
• the role of social, economic and environmental aspects of Canadian society on the health of the population. Hosted by the Health Intelligence Research Unit of McMaster University, the site consists of links to general and theme-specific contacts and newsgroups, as well as operational information about the NCE project and HEALNet. There is also an inventory of "people, projects and products" of HEALNet, and a Learning Opportunities Centre which offers some training in the use of health information and information technologies. Overall, the writing is formal, and the site has yet to realize its full potential.

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