Access to Evidence-based Research for Unaffiliated Healthcare Providers and Policymakers: a Canada-wide Environmental Scan with Consideration of Options for Nova Scotia

Abstract

This environmental scan identifies the type of health information models implemented across Canada that allow unaffiliated healthcare providers and provincial health ministry employees to access published evidence-based health research. The audience for this report is primarily health information decision-makers within Nova Scotia, but the scan and discussion may be of interest to a wider group of information professionals who are struggling with similar issues in other jurisdictions.