The Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford (METRICS) is a research-to-action center focused on transforming research practices to improve the quality of scientific studies in biomedicine and beyond. METRICS fosters multi-disciplinary research collaborations to help produce solutions that increase the effectiveness and value of scientific investigation. By creating multidisciplinary working groups that bring together researchers, practitioners and policymakers, METRICS aims to develop a policy-relevant research agenda to improve research quality.

Where can one find short evidence-based summaries about clinical questions? Cochrane P.E.A.R.L.S. is the answer. P.E.A.R.L.S. is an acronym for Practical Evidence About Real Life Situations, produced by Cochrane Primary Care and identifies Cochrane Reviews useful to those who work in primary care, as well as consumers looking for evidence about primary healthcare treatments. 

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Cochrane Evidence, formerly known as Cochrane summaries, is a popular place to begin looking for health care information written in plain language.

The call for abstracts is now open for the 11th meeting of the International Society for Priorities in Health Conference 2016 Birmingham, UKThe meeting will be held between Wednesday September 7th and Friday September 9th 2016 at the University of Birmingham UKThe deadline for abstract submission is 5 February 2016 (24:00 GMT).A link to the online submission form can be found at the end of this message

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Media release from the University of Cambridge and Cochrane

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