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  • Living systematic review series published in Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
    Hot off the press and hot on the tail of the publication of Cochrane’s first living systematic reviews on the Cochrane Library, the LSR Network is pleased to announce that it has published a series of four articles in the September issue of the Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, along with a commentary by Alex Sutton. Here’s a brief overview of…
  • The first ever Global Evidence Summit is welcoming 1400 people from at least 67 countries
    A very warm welcome to Cape Town! We look forward to welcoming more than 1400 people from at least 67 countries to the first ever Global Evidence Summit. The Global Evidence Summit will be the first time that Cochrane, The Campbell Collaboration, Guidelines International Network, International Society for Evidence-based Health Care, and Joanna…
  • Strategies to reduce antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in primary care
    Strategies to reduce antibiotic prescribing for acute respiratory infections in primary care This Cochrane Overview is the first publication produced with the support of Cochrane’s Fast Track service. This service, which is offered by the Cochrane Editorial Unit, supports expedited production of high-quality, high-impact Cochrane Reviews.…
  • LSR
    Cochrane has always envisaged a world where Cochrane Reviews would be updated as soon as new relevant evidence became available. Now, with a new approach to review production and clever application of technology, Cochrane is trialling a way to do just that. Anneliese Synnot of Project Transform’s living systematic review (LSR) team, in…
  • http://heart.cochrane.org/
    The Chicago Satellite of the Cochrane Heart Group will close in September 2017. The Satellite launched in 2013 with a mission to 1) support existing US-based authors to prepare and update their Cochrane reviews; 2) train and support a cadre of new review authors in the methods of the Cochrane Collaboration in collaboration with the US Cochrane to…
  • Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group Priority Setting Report
    The Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group at the University of Oxford in the UK is one of the oldest groups working on Cochrane Reviews. It has produced dozens of these during the last two decades and, in 2016, it embarked on a project to identify the top priorities for future research into tobacco control.  The Cochrane Tobacco Addiction…
  • Ensuring Cochrane Reviews remain trusted, and trustworthy, evidence in an era of fake news
    When it comes to health decisions, we want them to be informed by trustworthy, rigorous and reliable evidence. The current gold standard in providing this evidence are Cochrane Reviews, but with false and sensationalized information surrounding us how do we ensure that they remain trustworthy, efficient and sustainable? Here to explore this issue…
  • 2017 Annual General Meeting: 14 September 2017, Cape Town
    Sept 13 - Voting is closing in 24 hours. Please vote electronically until 19:30 GMT+2, even if you will be attending the AGM in-person. Vote here:  http://agm.cochrane.org/vote    Dear Cochrane Member, It is our pleasure to invite you to attend Cochrane’s 2017 Annual General Meeting. DATE: Thursday 14 September…
  • In memory of Fred Wolf
    It is with deep sadness that we announce to the Cochrane community that Dr. Fredric Wolf PhD died on July 23, 2017 at the age of 71. Fred had been battling two cancers for over a decade. He was a close friend and respected colleague to many of us, and we deeply mourn his loss. As an academician, Fred had a long and illustrious history in both…
  • Governing Board agenda and open access papers now available for the 2017 Global Evidence Summit
    The agenda and open access papers for the Cochrane Governing Board meeting to be held in Cape Town at the Global Evidence Summit are now available. Cochrane's governing body is the Board, comprising 13 members of whom some are elected by Cochrane’s contributors and some are external members appointed by the Board. The Board is…
  • Using patient-important outcomes for systematic reviews
    Heather Bagley (COMET), Sarah Gorst (MRC Hub for Trials Methodology Research), Richard Morley (Cochrane) Bridget Young (COMET) explore how patient-imporant outcomes could be identified for Cochrane Reviews.  An enthusiastic group of healthcare consumers, Cochrane authors,  and researchers joined a workshop jointly run by Richard Morley…
  • Help Cochrane Crowd with the new clinicaltrials.gov task!
    Cochrane Crowd needs your help to identify randomised controlled trials (RCT) from  ClinicalTrials.gov! Today Cochrane Crowd in partnership with Cochrane’s Centralised Search Service launches a new identification task, called ClinicalTrials.Gov identification (or CT ID for short). Don’t know what Cochrane Crowd is? It’s Cochrane’s citizen…
  • Cochrane recommends Covidence for new reviews
    The Covidence platform continues to evolve, with recent product updates advancing the tool towards the vision of a world where answers to questions about health and other fields of human wellbeing are accurate, up to date and accessible. The Covidence team is committed to engaging with the Cochrane community and continuing to make improvements…
  • Cochrane in numbers: April-June 2017
    Cochrane’s organizational Dashboard presents our achievements in key metrics, and our Target Report looks at how we are meeting our Strategy to 2020 targets.   We use these as an excellent tool to reflect on our accomplishments on a quarterly basis.   Here are just a few highlights from Q2 2017 Dashboard: Global usage of Cochrane…
  • Global Evidence Summit's full schedule and sign-up launches Friday 18 August
    The first Global Evidence Summit (GES) is in  Cape Town, South Africa from 13-16 September 2017. The full schedule and sign-up will launch Friday 18 August, giving delegates the opportunity to build their personalized calendar for the event. Delegates will also be given the opportunity to sign-up to the satellite events happening…
  • The Structure and Function of Cochrane Review Groups
    Dear Community colleagues, Following our communication of 10 July on the completion of Cochrane’s Sustainability Review, we are delighted to publish the CRG Transformation Programme implementation plan, entitled ‘The Structure and Function of Cochrane Review Groups: implementation of Networks and Editorial Board’. Following extensive analysis,…
  • Farewell to Julie Wood
    Dear Cochrane community colleagues, I am writing to inform you that after three years as Cochrane’s Head of Communications and External Affairs (CEAD), Julie Wood is leaving us to take up the position of Director of External Affairs with Vivli. Julie has led CEAD since September 2014, developing a team that now oversees Central Executive…
  • Cochrane Scientific Committee call for methods submissions
    The Cochrane Scientific Committee (CSC) is a new body with responsibility for making scientific decisions about the implementation of new methods for Cochrane Reviews. This committee now underway will build up an agenda of priority methods for future implementation. From time to time Cochrane members will have the opportunity to submit…
  • Business meetings at the Global Evidence Summit
    Below is a list of the confirmed Cochrane business meetings that will be held at the Global Evidence Summit, in September. Wednesday 13 September 2017 Cochrane Translations Advisory Group meeting (restricted) - 7:30-8:45 Thomas Chalmers Award Committee meeting (restricted) - 7:30-8:45 Cochrane Finance and Audit Committee meeting…
  • Elections and appointments to the Governing Board
    Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to announce the results of the recent elections and appointments to the Governing Board: Co-Chair: Martin Burton has been appointed by the Board as its Co-Chair for a term of two years. Martin served as a member of the Board until this month, and already has substantial leadership experience in Cochrane as…
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