Net Neutrality: A Library Issue (2010)
Net neutrality is a critical component of equitable access to information and freedom of expression. While Canada has recently made some progress toward enshrining principles of net neutrality in our...
Open Access in Canada: A Strong Beginning (2010)
Greyson, Devon, Morrison, Heather, Waller, Andrew
This article is a summary of recent Open Access activity in Canada, focusing on policies and mandates, repositories, and initiatives in libraries.
Comparison of tiered formularies and reference pricing policies: a systematic review (2009)
Steven G Morgan; UBC Centre For Health Services And Policy Research, Gillian Hanley; UBC Centre For Health Services And Policy Research, Devon Greyson; UBC Centre For Health Services And Policy Research
Objectives: To synthesize and contrast comparable quality evidence from published literature regarding the outcomes of tiered formularies or therapeutic reference pricing of prescription drugs.Data...
Open access archiving and article citations within health services and policy research (2009)
Greyson, Devon, Morgan, Steven, Hanley, Gillian, Wahyuni, Desy
Promoting uptake of research findings is an objective common to those who fund, produce and publish health services and policy research. Open access (OA) is one method being employed to maximize...
Objective: Health researchers today must understand and respond to open access issues and requirements. This program description of a research centre's open access activities considers the question...
Open Access in Canada - Overview and Update (2009)
Morrison, Heather, Taylor , Donald, Waller, Andrew, Greyson, Devon
An overview of open access around the world, and in Canada in particular. There are more than 100 fully open access, peer reviewed journals published in Canada, and more than 2 have been added to...
Open Access Archiving and Article Citations within Health Services and Policy Research (2008)
Greyson, Devon, Hanley, Gillian, Morgan, Steve
Objective: The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is now among the many funders that require grant recipients to make research outputs Open Access (OA). This study describes OA-archiving...
Toward a definition of pharmaceutical innovation (2008)
Steven G Morgan; UBC Centre For Health Services And Policy Research, Ruth Lopert; George Washington University, Devon Greyson; UBC Centre For Health Services And Policy Research
Economic Sources for Systematic Reviews of Health Policy (2007)
Purpose: To explore and assess the utility of consulting non-biomedical sources in searches for the systematic review in health care policy. Setting: An academic health policy research centre,...
GLBTQ content in comics/graphic novels for teens (2007)
Purpose – This paper aims to provide an historical perspective and current guidance for youth librarians collecting graphic novels for teens. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a...
Economic Sources for Systematic Reviews of Health Policy (2007)
Purpose: To explore and assess the utility of consulting non-biomedical sources in searches for the systematic review in health care policy. Setting: An academic health policy research centre,...
GLBTQ content in comics/graphic novels for teens (2007)
Purpose – This paper aims to provide an historical perspective and current guidance for youth librarians collecting graphic novels for teens. Design/methodology/approach – The paper provides a...
Morgan, Steve, McMahon, Meghan, Greyson, Devon
Introduction Policy-makers worldwide struggle to balance health with industrial policy objectives in the pharmaceutical sector. Tensions arise over pricing and reimbursement in particular. What...