http://www.metafilter.com/tags/openMedicine/rss tag posts with openMedicine Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:22:26 -0800 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:22:26 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/60395/Open-Medicine-Journal The inaugural edition of <a href="http://www.openmedicine.ca/">Open Medicine</a>, a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access medical journal is now available online. The online medical journal launched in the aftermath of <a href="http://cjnr.mcgill.ca/archive/38/edit38_2_Gottlieb.htm">a rift last year between some editors and the publisher</a> of the <a href="http://www.cma.ca/cmaj/">Canadian Medical Association Journal</a>. Among the first interesting articles? <a href="http://www.openmedicine.ca/article/view/8">a review of studies which suggests that health outcomes may be superior in patients cared for in Canada versus the United States</a> (but differences are not consistent), even though <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/04/18/health-canada-us.html">spending is higher south of the border</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.60395 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:22:26 -0800 open medicine openMedicine journal cmaj canadian medical association cc creativeCommons medical furtive