The global evidence ecosystem: how can better data flows help Cochrane improve its share?

Workshop category: 

  • Knowledge translation and communicating evidence
Date and Location

Date: 

Monday 17 September 2018 - 14:00 to 15:30

Location: 

Kilsyth
Contact persons and facilitators

Contact person:

Jeremy Wyatt

Facilitators:

Wyatt J1, Mavergames C2, Brandt L3
1 University of Southampton, United Kingdom
2 Cochrane Central Executive, Germany
3 Gjøvik Hospital, Inland hospital group, Norway. University of Oslo, Medical faculty, Helse and samfunn, Norway

Acknowledgements:

Olav Vandvik P1
1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway, Norway
Target audience

Target audience: 

All with an interest in improving information flows around the evidence ecosystem

Level of difficulty: 

Intermediate
Type of workshop

Type of workshop : 

Discussion
Abstract

Abstract:

Background:
There is increasing global interest in all stages of evidence production, from publishing RCT results as data for direct incorporation into RevMan to exporting review findings direct to guideline authoring tools like MAGIC or digital health products. Cochrane has made significant progress in using linked data to improve review efficiency and exchange data with other organisations, for example via the PICO ontology. However, other groups are defining standards for exchanging knowledge that originates from data analysis, not evidence synthesis. This workshop will provide a timely non-technical overview of the global evidence ecosystem and discuss how Cochrane can maximise its share.

Objectives:
To introduce the Cochrane community to data and knowledge exchange and discuss what Cochrane can share to enhance the quality of global evidence production and its use.

Description:
The workshop will include the following:

1) An introduction to data exchange concepts, the evidence ecosystem and the Cochrane approach.
2) Discussion of progress on data and knowledge exchange and learning on this within different parts of the ecosystem.
3) Discussion of current and emerging data standards and the principles on which these are based.
4) Discussion of the opportunities all this presents for Cochrane and agreement on next steps.

The workshop will be led by Jeremy Wyatt, professor of digital healthcare at Southampton University and author of an RSM clinical knowledge management textbook (2001), the NESTA report on a knowledge commons for health (2015) and the Lancet clinical knowledge series that prompted the June 1992 McMaster meeting at which Cochrane was founded. He is an experienced workshop facilitator and presenter. Co-presenters and facilitators will include:

- Chris Mavergames, Head of Informatics & Technology Services/Chief Information Officer, Cochrane Central Executive;
- Linn Brandt, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.

Relevance to patients and consumers: 

Muir Gray rightly stated that “Knowledge is the enemy of disease”. However, for patients to benefit from all the knowledge generated by Cochrane activities, it needs to be discoverable and incorporated unchanged into clinical information systems, guidelines and self-care software. Adoption of an appropriate global standard for representing systematic review findings in computer systems will ensure that Cochrane knowledge can be incorporated automatically into guidelines, alert, reminder and self-management tools, which will lead to a step change in the application of this gold standard evidence by health professionals and patients.