Our Services

Health Systems Knowledge & Evaluation

HSKE  is a full-service operation and can assist with projects of any scope. We can accommodate short- and long-term projects and system-level initiatives. To request a consultation for support, complete the following form  Intake Request for Health Systems Knowledge & Evaluation.

HSKE expertise can be grouped into three overarching Core Services:

  • Evidence Gathering, Analysis, and Synthesis
  • Evaluation Services
  • Knowledge Sharing and Education

Evidence Gathering, Analysis, and Synthesis

Provide expert service, coordination, and support for finding, gathering and assessing high quality evidence to promote evidence-informed decision-making

  • Literature reviews, jurisdictional scans and environmental scans
  • Qualitative information gathering (Focus groups, workshops, interviews) 
  • Synthesize and interpret information through critical appraisal to develop recommendations and identification of gaps, opportunities, innovative solutions in collaboration with stakeholders

Evaluation Services

Provide evaluation leadership and/or support by experienced practitioners and facilitators 

  • Work closely with stakeholders to identify best tools and methodologies for implementation, intervention and evaluation 
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to articulate meaningful metrics to be evaluated
  • Design and execute, in collaboration with stakeholders, feasible evaluation plans and support use of best evidence evaluation tools and methods that align with the identified metrics
  • Analysis and synthesis of results  
  • Collaboration with stakeholders to contextualize and report on results

Knowledge Sharing & Education

Provide support for knowledge dissemination for continuous organizational improvement and learning 

  • Support the development of communication assets to disseminate best practices, lessons learned, and results of successful innovations and initiatives  
  • Support development of education, tools and resources  
  • Design and support forums, workshops, meetings and Communities of Practice (CoPs) to support two-way knowledge sharing  
  • Provide advice and support for teams to publish results

HSKE provides unbiased results to decision-makers, using methods grounded in rigorous design and methodology. HSKE offers an arm’s length model of evidence gathering and generation to help enhance objectivity. Not having a vested interest in the outcome of an initiative helps to reduce the risk of bias which safeguards the integrity of our findings.

HSKE services are available to all AHS portfolios and other healthcare-related operations in Alberta. We also collaborate with partners from across Canada. Some of our work is funded by a business model of shared service and cost recovery at reasonable rates. Other work is grant-funded.