{"id":13323,"date":"2017-02-01T07:42:49","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T07:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/wordpress\/?page_id=13323"},"modified":"2024-10-27T16:13:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T16:13:09","slug":"home_en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #b65043;\">Snoop in the backstage of public health affairs and issues<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"block-inner braun braun\">\n\t<div class=\"grid-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"small-12 medium-12 large-12 cell\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-weiss-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a965202c24c548098b33d3cd4fa00129\">At the crossroads between Evidence-based medicine and investigative journalism<\/h1>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"color: #b65043;\">Re-Check<\/span> <span style=\"color: #3f6168;\">is an independent organization specialized in investigating and mapping health affairs.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"color: #3f6168;\">Founded in 2015 by Catherine Riva and Serena Tinari,<\/span> <span style=\"color: #b65043;\">Re-Check<\/span> <span style=\"color: #3f6168;\">is registered as a non-profit association.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><span style=\"color: #b65043;\">Re-Check<\/span> <span style=\"color: #3f6168;\"> adheres to the Evidence-based medicine (EBM) principles and contributes to projects that are at the intersection between academic research and investigative journalism. It relies on an international network of specialists.<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:8%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Expertise-200x143.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:87px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">Basics and Methods<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"block-accordeon\">\n      <ul class=\"accordion\" data-accordion data-multi-expand=\"true\" data-allow-all-closed=\"true\">\n              \n        <li class=\"accordion-item\" data-accordion-item>\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">Why Re-Check?<\/a>\n          <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content>\n            <p>Information on health care bears major deficits: undisclosed conflicts of interest, unverified claims and copy paste journalism. This stems from the fact that health systems are affected by dependencies, colossal financial stakes, and are flawed by a lack of scientific rigor.<\/p>\n<p>Our experience shows that health interventions (drugs, vaccines, diagnostic tests and preventive measures) are not stand alone, but are part of a constellation of players, interests and regulations. They are therefore \u201chealth affairs\u201d. We consider them as such and map them out through in-depth research.<\/p>\n<p>Re-Check investigates and publishes only information that is, to the best of our knowledge, evidence-based. We evaluate the evidence, expose conflicts of interest, and analyze risks and benefits of any health intervention by sticking to the principles of Evidence-based medicine (EBM) and to the highest standards of investigative journalism. To put our findings in perspective, we map health affairs as they take place and connect the dots between players, interests and regulations. Our <a href=\"https:\/\/zenodo.org\/record\/2023152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">maps<\/a>\u00a0allow for power dynamics and networks of influence to be grasped at a glance.<\/p>\n<p>Re-Check contributes to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/projects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">projects<\/a> that are at the intersection between academic research and investigative journalism. We publish our investigations in open access on our Substack, and in peer-reviewed medical journals.<\/p>\n<p>The work we put into researching and writing Re-Check open access publications is pro bono. We might receive honoraria for lectures and courses, and for ad hoc mandates (publications, research work). You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/support-re-check\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support<\/a> our work.<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n        \n              \n        <li class=\"accordion-item\" data-accordion-item>\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">Ethical Charter and International Advisory Board<\/a>\n          <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content>\n            <p>Re-Check is an association within the scope of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fedlex.admin.ch\/eli\/cc\/24\/233_245_233\/en#art_60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Articles 60 and following of the Swiss Civil Code<\/a>. Its mission is to practice and promote investigative journalism in the field of health and medicine. We contribute to projects that are at the intersection between academic research and the dissemination of evidence-based information to a wider public. We believe in transparency and understand investigative journalism as a work in the public interest. Our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/ethics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ethical charter<\/a>\u00a0details our core values and principles.<\/p>\n<p>Re-Check relies on the advice of an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/ethics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Advisory Board<\/a>. Its members are professional investigative journalists, academics, patient\u2019s safety advocates. These individuals have no conflicts of interest in the field of health and medicine, and advise Re-Check pro bono.<\/p>\n<p>More on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/RC-Statuten_D-I.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statutes<\/a>\u00a0of our association, our Board of Directors (see above) and our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wysad.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">financial auditor<\/a>.<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n        \n              \n        <li class=\"accordion-item\" data-accordion-item>\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">Evidence-based medicine (EBM)<\/a>\n          <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content>\n            <blockquote><p><em>Evidence based medicine is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. The practice of evidence-based medicine means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research. By individual clinical expertise we mean the proficiency and judgment that individual clinicians acquire through clinical experience and clinical practice.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"small\" style=\"text-align: right;\">Sackett DL, Rosenberg WM, Gray JA, Haynes RB, Richardson WS. Evidence based medicine: what it is and what it isn\u2019t.<br \/>\nBMJ. 1996 Jan 13;312(7023):71-2. doi: 10.1136\/bmj.312.7023.71. (<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/8555924\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2349778\/pdf\/bmj00524-0009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PDF<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>EBM is therefore about basing clinical decisions on theoretical knowledge and scientific evidence, while considering patient preferences. But in no case can this evidence replace the judgment and experience of the physician. EBM therefore complements and challenges traditional medical practice, but does not replace it. This very important role given to the evidence makes it necessary to acquire methodological training in order to be able to evaluate and criticize the validity of evidence.<\/p>\n<p>EBM originated at McMaster University (Canada) in the early 1980s. It was initially a new method of teaching and reasoning in the framework of medical students\u2019 training. In the 1990s, EBM became a methodology for practitioners and was adopted by the Cochrane Collaboration. Today, EBM is not only relevant to medical education, but also to practice, nursing and public health.<\/p>\n<p class=\"small\" style=\"text-align: right;\">Source: Guillemette Utard,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr\/ressources\/pdf\/medecine-formation-ebm-tutoriel-biusante.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00abEvidence-Based Medicine. La m\u00e9decine fond\u00e9e sur les preuves. Tutoriel\u00bb<\/a>.<br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que interuniversitaire de Sant\u00e9 \u2013 Paris \u2013 juin 2014, licence\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/3.0\/fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 FR)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In our experience, EBM and investigative journalism are similar in many ways: both have a well-defined methodological and ethical framework, and both are based on a hypothetical-deductive approach that involves explicitly formulating a hypothesis and assessing veracity of all facts. We are convinced that bringing them together is fruitful and in the public interest.<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n        \n              \n        <li class=\"accordion-item\" data-accordion-item>\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">Conferences and workshops<\/a>\n          <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content>\n            <p>We share our methods through conferences, workshops and training. Our modules are for journalists, consumer protection organizations\u2019 representatives and interested public. The teaching style is multilingual and tailored to the needs of each student. If you are interested in a bespoke module, wish to invite us for a conference or to offer us to join a project, do not hesitate and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.re-check.ch\/en\/contact-re-check_en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n        \n              \n        <li class=\"accordion-item\" data-accordion-item>\n          <a href=\"#\" class=\"accordion-title\">Substack<\/a>\n          <div class=\"accordion-content\" data-tab-content>\n            <p>Re-Check is on Substack.<br \/>\nYou\u2019ll find there our investigations and updates about the projects we participate to, together with a plurality of voices and thought-provoking reads.<br \/>\nRe-Check&#8217;s Substack stands for an evidence-based approach, and for featuring complex issues with the aim of fostering an open debate in the society. We are committed to the right of the public to truth and equity, and we work to expose injustice, flawed messages and hidden bias. Since the COVID-19 era, a concerning tendency to silence critical voices has become systematic, and that\u2019s countering the spirit of science, where advance often comes true as a result of debate and many, different points of view.<br \/>\nRe-Check\u2019s Substack will always be free. 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