Toby Lasserson Senior EDITOR
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TOBY LASSERSONSENIOR EDITOR
The Cochrane Library and new developments for users
Cochrane Editorial Unit
Cochrane Editorial Unit
The Cochrane Collaboration International organization supports production &
maintenance of Cochrane systematic reviews
Charity & government funding for infrastructure
Activity supports global network of volunteer contributors
Society websiteOrganizational structureNews & eventsPoliciesTrainingSummaries & podcasts
Library websiteReviewsTrials Editorials & collectionsOther databases
The Cochrane Library Suite of databases
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Register of controlled trials (CENTRAL) Register of methodological research Abstracts of effectiveness reviews (DARE) HTA database Economic Evaluations (NHS EED) Information about Cochrane entities
Cochrane Editorial Unit
The Cochrane Library Cochrane Reviews evaluate
Effects of healthcare interventions Diagnostic test accuracy & harms Methods used in clinical trials or systematic reviews
Cochrane Editorial Unit
The Cochrane Library Cochrane Review attributes
Independent Methodological rigour Transparent Current Relevant Full-text with structured abstract & plain language
summary Updated to reflect new evidence
How best to develop The Cochrane Library?
Finding information Searching/Browsing
Support disseminationSummary versionsDerivative products
Improve full-text look & navigation, article tools
Full reviews & editorials now organized by theme
Specialty (heart, lungs, wound care etc)
Age (child health)
Diagnostics & Methodology
Predictive text search & synonym search under development
Clinical questions
Answers to important healthcare questions need to be easy to locate Benefits & harms
How much of a difference does an intervention make?
How confident are we in findings?
What do results mean?
Studies of good quality? Excessive variation between results? Precision of results? Study populations/settings of interest to review
question? Publication bias?
Future directions
Cochrane PICO or Clinical Answers
Clinical question answering service?
Qualitative & prognostic reviews?
Cochrane for mobile web?