Medical innovations and the media

Quelles sont les innovations qui suscitent l’intérêt des médias?

March 12, 2008 By: mhivon Category: Innovations, Health care system, Medical innovations and the media No Comments →

Innovations et médiasPour une majorité d’entre nous, les médias constituent la principale source d’information en matière d’innovation. Par conséquent, ils dictent ce sur quoi portera notre attention dans ce domaine. À partir de quelques règles de l’art journalistique, nous tentons ici de mieux comprendre ce qui fait qu’une innovation attire l’attention des médias plutôt qu’une autre.

 

 

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Entrevue avec Valérie Borde : le rôle du journaliste scientifique

March 12, 2008 By: hurfer Category: Audio, Evaluation and policy, Health care system, Medical innovations and the media No Comments →

Entrevue audio avec Valérie BordeVoici une entrevue accordée par Valérie Borde, journaliste scientifique, dans laquelle elle explique à Helena Urfer le rôle du journaliste devant l’émergence des innovations médicales, notamment celles qui suscitent des controverses. Mme Borde clarifie le choix des sujets traités par les journalistes ainsi que la manière dont ces derniers investiguent l’innovation médicale.

 

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Medical specialists and controversial HTAs

March 12, 2008 By: pboinot Category: Innovations, Audio, Health care system, Medical innovations and the media No Comments →

Controversial HTAs

In this narrated presentation, Stéphanie Tailliez talks about how medical specialists appraise and contest the validity of controversial HTA reports.

 

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Newspaper Journalists’ Views

March 12, 2008 By: pboinot Category: Evaluation and policy, Medical innovations and the media No Comments →

JournalistsJoining the Conversation: Newspaper Journalists’ Views on Working with Researchers

Journalists play a pivotal role in setting the policy-making agenda. One study has shown that the science and health literature is researcher-centred and that the researchers’ main concern is research accuracy.

 

 

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Policy And Disputed Evidence

March 12, 2008 By: pboinot Category: Evaluation and policy, Medical innovations and the media No Comments →

PoliciesMaking Policy When the Evidence is in Dispute 

These days, there is often considerable debate around scientific data. Such controversies are often as much about the science as they are about values. Yet leaders still have to make decisions even if the topic is controversial.

 

 

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