Evidence Matters (EM) is an award-winning Canadian company which creates
industry-specific, evidence-based knowledge solutions. Industry verticals
range from medicine and mental health to finance and law. For each domain
of application, a system is comprised of an online database, with custom content
and references, a search engine, and data analysis tools that are quick and
easy to use. This allows critical information to be transferred to users as
soon as it is published, in standardized, summarized formats that are easily
analysed and customized. The Evidence Matters solutions help users to be more
up-to-date and evidence-based in their choices. Solutions are currently in
use by physicians, researchers, decision-makers and interested patients, at
leading academic and clinical centres in 3 languages and in more than 10 countries
worldwide.
Accepting the Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche $5000 prize for top
company at the "Financial Angels" night in Montreal is Dr. Ofer
Allan Avital, Founder and CEO of Evidence Matters. To the right is mayor of
Montreal M. Gérald Tremblay, and to the left is Mme. Hélène
Desmarais, honorary president of the evening, and director of Montreal's Centre
d'entreprises et d'innovation.
2009
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The Evidence Matters company launches Psych Evidence Matters,
a mental health, evidence-based, online resource that is fast, easy to use,
and dynamically customizable, like no other system available today in mental
health.
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The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) and Evidence Matters
reinforce their partnership, extending access to Medical Evidence Matters
and Psych Evidence Matters to all existing JBI COnNECT members -- over 7,000
health service users worldwide.
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Despite a worldwide economy in recession, the launch
and sales of Psych Evidence Matters are highly successful in 2009. New subscribers
are notably active within the U.S. Federal market.
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In support to the academic community in these challenging
times, Evidence Matters offers all teaching institutions free access to
Psych Evidence Matters for the second half of 2009.
2008
- Evidence Matters (EM) develops Psych Evidence Matters (Psych EM)
- ProQuest obtains an exclusive license as provider of the Medical Evidence
Matters (MEM) database, as a stand-alone, while the Joanna Briggs Institute
(JBI) continues to sell MEM with its JBI COnNECT + suite.
2007
- The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) and Evidence Matters partner to provide
an enhanced suite of evidence-based medicine and nursing applications, JBI
COnNECT +.
- Leading institutions in over 10 countries worldwide are users of the
Evidence Matters medical application.
- Speaker presentation on Evidence Matters at “Innovation Illuminated”,
the Red Herring Canada conference in Montreal, Canada.
- Evidence Matters sponsors the 4th Guidelines International Network (G-I-N)
conference in Toronto, Canada, where it also delivers a feature presentation.
- Evidence Matters launches Version 6.0, a significantly enriched application
version with:
- An improved results page, providing more study details and multiple
sorting capabilities;
- Simultaneous evidence-based and ranked searches on Pubmed;
- “1-click" filters to personalize results more accurately
after an initial, general search;
- Direct access to full-text for all articles, via OpenURL; and
- Spanish language content and interface.
2006
- Evidence Matters and ProQuest sponsor the Asia Pacific Evidence-Based
Medicine (EBM) Network Conference in Hong Kong, with a feature presentation
by Evidence Matters.
- The medical Evidence Matters application is a finalist in the Best Science
/ Technical / Medical (STM) Information Product category of the International
Information Industry (IIIS) Awards.
- Speaker presentation on Evidence Matters at the 2006 Online Information
conference in London, UK.
- The content of the original, medical Evidence Matters application is
expanded to cover the fields of Oncology, Cardiology, Endocrine and Metabolic
Disorders, Gastroenterology, Respiratory Disorders, Urology, Gynecology,
Orthopaedics, and Paediatrics.
- A great review of the medical Evidence Matters application is published
in the October 2006 issue of the Journal of Medical Library Association.
- Poster presentation on Evidence Matters at the Medical Library Association
2006 conference in Phoenix, Arizona.
2005
- Speaker presentation on Evidence Matters at the 3rd Guidelines International
Network (G-I-N) conference in Lyon, France.
- ProQuest and Evidence Matters enter into an agreement for worldwide distributorship
of the medical Evidence Matters application by ProQuest.
- Speaker presentation on Evidence Matters at the Medical Library Association
2005 conference in San Antonio, Texas.
- The first stand-alone Evidence Matters application is launched online
and made available to the public, with Oncology content in both English
and French.
2003
- Best Company award winner ($5000) at the Deloitte & Touche sponsored
investment night "Anges Financiers".
- Winner of the $400,000 CANARIE Advanced Internet Initiative grant, one
of the biggest government grants given to a medical company in Canada in
2003.
- Received over $1million in private financing from Medtech / MDS Capital.
- Speaker presentation at the Canadian Health Library Association conference
and Poster presentation at the International Evidence Based Librarianship
Conference, both held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Publication of paper on Evidence Matters in the Journal of the Canadian
Health Library Association, summer 2003.
- Invitee to the Canadian Institute of Health Research "Think Tank"
on Technology Enabled Knowledge Translation in Vancouver, Canada.
- Speaker presentation at the Knowledge Utilization Conference 2003, at
the University of Laval, in Laval, Quebec, Canada (CIHR, CHSRF sponsors).
2002
- Beta-testing sites at Harvard and McGill teaching hospitals and research
centres.
- Finalist for Best New Company in Canada, Canadian Youth Business Foundation.
2001
- Best Company $20,000 prize winner, from the "Fondation du maire
de Montréal pour la jeunesse" in Montreal, Canada.
- The Evidence Matters company is founded in Montreal, Canada.
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