Leach, Michelle

Published purpose

The purpose of this funding opportunity is to extend the work of eligible SPOR SUPPORT Units to meet the following objective: • To bridge the gap between research evidence and health care practice by providing services to generate evidence and innovations, leading to improvements in patient health, health care and service delivery by: o Providing support services to respond to jurisdictional patient and community-oriented research needs; o Strengthening and maintaining Canadian capacity in Patient-Oriented Research; and o Engaging stakeholders (e.g. patients, policy makers, health care decision makers, clinicians and researchers) as active partners in both patient-oriented research and the implementation of its results into improved health care for Canadians.