The Vienna Principles

I’ve been aware of these for a while but it was requested I not share.  But, now they’ve been published elsewhere, I thought I’d share them now!  In October 2015 members of the International Collaboration for the Automation of System Reviews (ICASR) met and drafted the following: Systematic reviews involve multiple tasks, each with different issues, but all must be improved. Automation may assist with all … Continue reading The Vienna Principles

Article review: Using GRADE to respond to health questions with different levels of urgency

Using GRADE to respond to health questions with different levels of urgency. Thayer KA, Schünemann HJ. Environ Int. 2016 Apr 25. pii: S0160-4120(16)30107-6 GRADE is a method of assessing the certainty in evidence (also known as quality of evidence or confidence in effect estimates) and the strength of recommendations in health care.  In the paper the authors acknowledge that trustworthy answers are required across different … Continue reading Article review: Using GRADE to respond to health questions with different levels of urgency