Horizon scanning, rapid reviews and living evidence to support decision-making: lessons from the work of the Critical Intelligence Unit in New South Wales, Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BMJ Open
; 13(5): e071003, 2023 05 18.
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en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2327081
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen an increase in rapidly disseminated scientific evidence and highlighted that traditional evidence synthesis methods, such as time and resource intensive systematic reviews, may not be successful in responding to rapidly evolving policy and practice needs. In New South Wales (NSW) Australia, the Critical Intelligence Unit (CIU) was established early in the pandemic and acted as an intermediary organisation. It brought together clinical, analytical, research, organisational and policy experts to provide timely and considered advice to decision-makers. This paper provides an overview of the functions, challenges and future implications of the CIU, particularly the Evidence Integration Team. Outputs from the Evidence Integration Team included a daily evidence digest, rapid evidence checks and living evidence tables. These products have been widely disseminated and used to inform policy decisions in NSW, making valuable impacts. Changes and innovations to evidence generation, synthesis and dissemination in response to the COVID-19 pandemic provide an opportunity to shift the way evidence is used in future. The experience and methods of the CIU have potential to be adapted and applied to the broader health system nationally and internationally.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Revisión sistemática/Meta análisis
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Humanos
País/Región como asunto:
Oceanía
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Inglés
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BMJ Open
Año:
2023
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Artículo
País de afiliación:
Bmjopen-2022-071003
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