Client testimonies
"The skilled team at Minervation showed our scientific staff and information specialists how information, superfluously available in international databases, could be made accessible for a wider audience of professionals and the general public. The web-based technical possibilities, the evidence-based working methods in critically appraising the available evidence, and experiences in working with an eCommunity on the internet opened our eyes. Close co-operation between staff in the three participating countries became more manageable and project members were far more motivated to participate as a result. The training provided by Minervation and their expert input greatly enhanced the knowledge and skills of our staff. Minervation is a young company with its own style and great potential. By combining modern technology, a can-do mentality and excellent knowledge and skills about evidence-based healthcare information, Minervation provide practical tools and important know-how that can be used in a variety of E-health settings."
- Maurice Gallà, Project Coordinator, Unit International Affairs, Trimbos Institute
"Working with Minervation was very productive: they are an enthusiastic and highly skilled team with an intense commitment to quality and usability."
- Prof. John Geddes, Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Mental Health, University of Oxford
"Minervation have helped the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine with a number of projects, including the Centre's web site and a content management system for the web site. They have done a superb job of both development and maintenance. We now do most of our publicity and much of the Centre's work via the web site - which has a very high daily hit rate, and comes up first if you search for "evidence-based medicine" in Google. I think this high activity is a testament to the quality of work of Minervation."
- Prof. Paul Glasziou, Director of the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, University of Oxford
"Working with Minervation was very productive: they are an enthusiastic and highly skilled team with an intense commitment to quality and usability."
"Medical information is a major issue for patients and their families. They are often expected to make complicated choices and follow difficult treatment paths on the basis of specialist evidence and medical disinformation is almost rife. Minervation was created to improve the quality of health information. They combine a genuine commitment to methodological rigour with a practical knowledge of how to make it relevant to people's needs."
- Prof. Guy Goodwin, Head of Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford
"The provision of high quality evidence-based information to both patients and health-care professionals requires a variety of skills - literature searching, critical appraisal and an in-depth understanding of evidence-based methodology. Minervation provides a unique combination of these skills together with the ability to produce well designed and accessible web-sites."
- Sally Hunt, Project Manager, NLH Cancer Specialist Library
"I have worked with Minervation on a number of national and international projects, in which they have brought immense expertise and professionalism into the important task of disseminating evidence-based information to patients, families, primary care, specialist care, prison staff and policy makers. They produce creative technical solutions to scientific and practical needs and are always a pleasure to work with."
- Prof. Rachel Jenkins, Director of WHO Collaborating Centre and Head of Section of Mental Health Policy, Institute of Psychiatry
"The CAM-Cancer project involved the development of an international and multidisciplinary panel of experts, to assess and summarise complementary and alternative medicines information for health care professionals working in the field of cancer. It was extremely important for the development of the project to build an effective and reliable electronic network; ensuring an optimal level of communication between partners and facilitating efficient collaboration. Minervation demonstrated outstanding professionalism to develop and maintain a tailored web-based electronic community for our project."
- Stéphane Lejeune, CAM-Cancer Project Co-ordinator, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer
"They understand the workings and ethos of all the different organisations, sectors and people required to produce truly informed and supportive joined-up solutions."
"I have had the privilege of working with Minervation on a number of projects. At all times, they have given the best advice and the charities with which I work have benefited from their considerable expertise and vision. Further, they understand the workings and ethos of all the different organisations, sectors and people required to produce truly informed and supportive joined-up solutions."
- Dr. Chris Manning, Chief Exec, PriMHE (Primary Care Mental Health & Education)
"In producing our new 'Evidence-Based Healthcare' CD-ROM, Minervation not only provided essential expertise in editorial and technical fields and a substantial amount of content development work, but they also supported the whole process through their flexible approach, insightful guidance and strong leadership."
- Jonathan West, Programme Manager, Public Health Resource Unit, Oxford, UK
"Our
students rated your EBM workshop very highly in terms of having clearly
defined aims and learning outcomes, and found the session both
interesting and stimulating."
- Dr. Tracey Bailey, Course Director, MSc in Medical Diagnostics, Cranfield University
