*This post was updated in April 2020 to reflect the postponement of the EU MDR deadline. Although the EU MDR deadline has been officially pushed back to May 2021, device manufacturers are still facing a dramatically increased regulatory workload. When this is...
Picture it: you’re embarking on a new systematic review. The research question is timely and important, and you’re excited to see what the evidence reveals. However, your heart sinks at the thought of the thousands of papers that you and your team are likely to sift...
* This post has been updated on April 30, 2020 to reflect the extension of the EU MDR deadline due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2017, the European Parliament and Council adopted two new Medical Device Regulations (MDRs). Regulation 2017/745 sets quality and...
People who have never used literature review software often tell us that they don’t need it - they already have a process in place that works just fine. But with regulatory scrutiny increasing on the daily, maybe it’s time to look at ways to do better than“fine”. With...
You’ve had enough. After months of struggling to collaborate with distant colleagues, wasting hours cleaning up data, and feeling like every task is taking way too long, you know you need to find help for your systematic review woes. Systematic review software helps...
We hear it over and over again: there’s not enough time. Demand for evidence has been increasing steadily in recent years, and it shows no signs of stopping. Evidence-based research is informing decisions and policy in a wide range of fields and is increasingly used...
During the data extraction stage of a systematic review, you’re typically dealing with one of two types of data: data that occurs only once in a study (such as the study type, size, and other characteristics), or data that repeats (such as the data collected at each...
Whether you’re choosing your next car or replacing your worn out sneakers, it's generally a good idea to do your research before you pull out your wallet. The same applies when looking for software to help with your systematic review process. The tools available in...
Systematic reviews are viewed as the gold standard for evidence-based research. Used in a wide variety of healthcare fields including health economics outcomes research (HEOR), regulatory compliance, guidelines development, and evidence-based medicine, they are also...
*This post was updated in April 2020 to reflect the postponement of the EU MDR deadline. If you’re involved in the preparation of Clinical Evaluation Reports (CERs) for medical devices, you’re likely to find yourself doing a lot more literature reviews in the near...