A Framework for Evidence Synthesis Programs to Respond to a Pandemic

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic requires making rapid decisions based on sparse and rapidly changing evidence. Evidence synthesis programs conduct systematic reviews for guideline developers, health systems clinicians, and decision-makers that usually take an average 6 to 8 months t...

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Autores principales: Murad, M. Hassan, Nayfeh, Tarek, Urtecho Suarez, Meritxell, Seisa, Mohamed O., Abd-Rabu, Rami, Farah, Magdoleen Hassan Eltayeb, Firwana, Mohammed, Hasan, Bashar, Jawaid, Tabinda, Shah, Sahrish, Torres Roldan, Victor, Prokop, Larry, Wang, Zhen, Saadi, Samer Mohir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research 2020
Materias:
Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7833794/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32561147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.05.009
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Sumario:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic requires making rapid decisions based on sparse and rapidly changing evidence. Evidence synthesis programs conduct systematic reviews for guideline developers, health systems clinicians, and decision-makers that usually take an average 6 to 8 months to complete. We present a framework for evidence synthesis programs to respond to pandemics that has proven feasible and practical during the COVID-19 response in a large multistate health system employing more than 78,000 people. The framework includes four components: an approach for conducting rapid reviews, a repository of rapid reviews, a registry for all original studies about COVID-19, and twice-weekly prioritized update of new evidence sent to key stakeholders. As COVID-19 will not be our last pandemic, we share the details of this framework to allow replication in other institutions and re-implementation in future pandemics.

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