Applying software engineering principles to address current problems in the systematic review ecosystem

Systematic reviewers are simultaneously unable to produce systematic reviews fast enough to keep up with the availability of new trial evidence while over-producing systematic reviews that are unlikely to change practice because they are redundant or biased. While the transparency and completeness of trial reporting has improved with changes in policy and new technologies, systematic reviews have not yet benefited from the same level of effort, but systematic reviews have not yet benefited from the same level of effort.

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - December 21, 2018 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Rabia Bashir, Adam G. Dunn Tags: Commentary Source Type: research