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Our HOC platform shares blogs from experienced medical writers around the world, bringing you tips on good communication, evaluations of current health economics and outcomes research and healthcare evidence. Mixed in with great information you will find a light-hearted approach to current issues, some valuable downloads, as well as references for further reading.
The primary reason for performing health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) is to inform decisions – whether those decisions are about more research, or the use or value of a product or service. The key concept is that of INFORMING. If you are not communicating the results of your research adequately, it doesn’t matter how good it is – it won’t be fulfilling its primary function.
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In this article we continue our discussion of the best way to conduct literature searches, review and analysis.
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Welcome to the third in our series on Literature Search and Analysis. In the first two articles we covered the search process – how to decide the best approach to your question, and then how to retrieve your data effectively and ethically. In this article we address the actual data extraction; how to get a good worksheet that best supports evaluation and analysis.
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For most researchers, the manuscript submission process is fraught with more questions than answers. Christine Laine, MD, MPH, senior deputy editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine talks about what journal editors expect from health economists.
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Should quotations be used in medical marketing materials? Quotations in Medical devices marketing materials can be highly effective, because to my mind they can have several functions.
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We attended the 8th Annual ISMPP Meeting in April 2012 in Baltimore and asked attendees and speakers what can health economics and outcomes researchers gain from leveraging the expertise within the medical publications arena to better communicate the value of their research?
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The power of a graph lies in its ability to convey a variety of complex relationships in a way that is difficult to describe in words, but is easily comprehended from a picture.
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Information is an important part of the patient journey and central to the overall quality of each patient’s experience with your drug, treatment or product. To help you get…
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As part of FREE Patient Education Material offer we have written this post to showcase some of the best examples of patient education websites on the web to help you…
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We attended the 8th Annual ISMPP Meeting in April 2012 in Baltimore and asked attendees and speakers what they thought were the key motivations for health economics and outcomes researchers working together with medical publications professionals?
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