Month: January 2016

Article review, Autosynthesis

Article review: Designing Efficient Systematic Reviews Using Economical Allocation, Creation and Synthesis of Medical Evidence

Designing Efficient Systematic Reviews Using Economical Allocation, Creation and Synthesis of Medical Evidence. Scarpati M. RAND Corporation. 2014 At 140 pages this is a significant publication, produced as part of the Pardee RAND Graduate School dissertation series – so it’s Scarpati’s PhD thesis! The table of contents highlights the following chapters: Introduction Estimating the Value of Systematic Reviews: Osteoporosis Case Study Screening Times in Systematic Reviews … Continue reading Article review: Designing Efficient Systematic Reviews Using Economical Allocation, Creation and Synthesis of Medical Evidence

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Why do we do systematic reviews, part 1 version 2

At the start of the ‘Why do we do systematic reviews?’ series I started with a poll embedded in the first article. It acted as a springboard for the subsequent articles.  Over the course of writing the series I felt that the questions would have benefitted from greater clarity.  So, I want to re-run the survey, with clearer questions, and throw it open to a … Continue reading Why do we do systematic reviews, part 1 version 2

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Value of Information

“Perfect is the enemy of good” Voltaire Bottom line: Only consider a large-scale, resource intensive, systematic review if you believe it can add value over and above a rapid method. I would describe my discovery of Value of Information (VoI or VOI) as a personal eureka moment!  It gave me a theoretical framework to help explain my increasing certainty that things need to dramatically change in the world of … Continue reading Value of Information

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