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ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2024

Reimagining How We Synthesize Information to Impact Clinical Care, Policy, and Research Priorities in Real Time: Examples and Lessons Learned from COVID-19.

Allison M Gustavson, Cynthia D Morrow, Rebecca Jl Brown, Anjum S Kaka, Catherine Sowerby, Timothy J Wilt, Susan J Diem

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Article in Journal of general internal medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Allison M GustavsonVeterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, USA. allison.gustavson@va.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-6401-1230
Cynthia D MorrowMichigan State University, Flint, MI, USA.
Rebecca Jl BrownVeterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Anjum S KakaVeterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Catherine SowerbyVeterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Timothy J WiltVeterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Susan J DiemVeterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Funding

Institutional Career Development CoreKL2TR002492 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI INGBAR, DAVID H · 2018 to 2022
$6.3M
Minnesota Learning Health System Mentored Career Development Program (MN-LHS)K12HS026379 · AHRQ · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BEEBE, TIMOTHY, LINZER, MARK · 2018 to 2022
$2.9M
AHRQ HHS K12 HS026379AHRQ HHS K12HS026379Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research CIN 13-406NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR002492NCATS NIH HHS KL2TR002492Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute K12HS026379Veterans Health Administration, Health Services Research and Development, Evidence Synthesis Program #09-009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Real-time clinical care, policy, and research decisions need real-time evidence synthesis. However, as we found during the COVID-19 pandemic, it is challenging to rapidly address key clinical and policy questions through rigorous, relevant, and usable evidence. Our objective is to present three exemplar cases of rapid evidence synthesis products from the Veterans Healthcare Administration Evidence Synthesis Program (ESP) and, in the context of these examples, outline ESP products, challenges, and lessons learned. We faced challenges in (1) balancing scientific rigor with the speed in which evidence synthesis was needed, (2) sorting through rapidly evolving large bodies of evidence, and (3) assessing the impact of evidence synthesis products on clinical care, policy, and research. We found solutions in (1) engaging stakeholders early, (2) utilizing artificial intelligence capabilities, (3) building infrastructure to establish living reviews, and (4) planning for dissemination to maximize impact.

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COVID-19Biomedical ResearchEvidence-Based MedicineHealth PolicyHumansSARS-CoV-2United StatesUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs

Identifiers

PMID38926318
PMCPMC11436695

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