Healthcare research
Healthcare Improvement Scotland hosts, funds, manages,
undertakes and participates in all kinds of research, both
primary
research and
secondary
research
We register all our primary research activities with a central
Research Governance Team. This team is responsible for making sure
our research is of good quality by implementing the Research
Governance Framework for Health and Community Care
DEVELOPING INNOVATIVE HEALTHCARE RESEARCH
Our vision is to be a world leader in the
development of innovative research on approaches to quality
improvement and evidence based healthcare. We are currently working
on a research strategy that will ensure our organisation continues
to promote and support research within healthcare in Scotland.
Become involved in healthcare research
Your comments can help ensure that the
research we do in Healthcare Improvement Scotland is useful,
valuable and relevant.
The Research Governance Team can provide
information and guidance to any member of the public on our
research activities.
There are currently six members of the
Research Governance Team:
- Dr Karen Ritchie – Head of
Knowledge Management
- Ms Alison Winning – Senior
Health Information Scientist
- Ms Joanne Abbotts – Health
Services Researcher
- Ms Louise Fitzpatrick –
Planning and Business Analyst
- Ms Karen Graham – Patient
Involvement Officer (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines
Network)
- Ms Katie Shand - Project Officer (Knowledge management)
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Developing and
Evaluating Communication Strategies to Support Informed Decisions
and Practice Based on Evidence (DECIDE)
Partners:
University of Dundee, Finnish Medical Society (Duodecim), National
Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and 7 other
European organisations
Project dates: 2011- 2015
Funded by the European Commission
Contact: Robin Harbour
Making Patient Reported Outcome
Measures accessible to people with learning disability and low
literacy
Partners: University of Glasgow, University of
Dundee
Project dates: 2010 – 2012
Funded by a Knowledge Transfer Partnership grant
Contact: Karen Ritchie
Methodological search filter
performance: assessment to improve evidence information
retrieval
Partners: York Health Economics Consortium, the Cochrane
Collaboration, University of Aberdeen
Project dates: 2010-2012
Funded by the Medical Research Council
Contact: Jenny Harbour
