Implementing living evidence to inform health decisions

Every day important healthcare decisions are made with incomplete or outdated information about the effects of the healthcare interventions available, what delivers the best value for the health system and where more research is needed. It is necessary to invest in strategies that allow access to re...

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Authors: Rojas-Reyes, Maria Ximena|||0000-0001-5752-7653, Urrútia, Gerard|||0000-0002-8850-0960, Rada, Gabriel|||0000-0003-2435-0710, Alonso-Coello, Pablo|||0000-0002-8001-8504, Rigau, David|||0000-0003-0828-4872, Auladell-Rispau, Ariadna|||0000-0002-0364-4827
Format: article
Publication Date:2022
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:290547
Online Access:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/290547
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.12688/openreseurope.14041.2
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Capacity building
Decision making
Evidence synthesis
Health decisions
Heath systems research
Knowledge transfer
Living evidence
Living evidence framework
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Summary:Every day important healthcare decisions are made with incomplete or outdated information about the effects of the healthcare interventions available, what delivers the best value for the health system and where more research is needed. It is necessary to invest in strategies that allow access to reliable and updated evidence on which to base health decisions. The objective is to develop and evaluate a strategy for building the capacity among different actors of a country's health system to implement the model known as 'Living Evidence' [LE] in the evidence synthesis and dissemination of knowledge transfer [KT] products to inform health decisions. The study will involve professional members of health system organizations in charge of developing KT products to inform health decisions. The project will be developed in three complementary phases: 1) LE-implementation framework development through review of the literature, brainstorming meetings, user testing, and expert consultation; 2) training in LE tools and strategies; 3) developing LE synthesis for KT products by applying the framework to real-life diverse situations. To achieve the capacity-building strategy assessment goal, several surveys and interviews will take place during the process to assess: 1) the LE-implementation framework for the incorporation of LE synthesis in the development of KT products; 2) the training workshops; 3) the whole capacity-building strategy used for health system organizations be able of implementing the LE as part of the KT products they regularly produce. The expected results are an effective capacity-building strategy for health system organizations to implement the living evidence model in different KT products; a LE-implementation framework to be applicable to any country or region to incorporate LE in the KT products; LE synthesis for KT products directly applicable to the real-setting situations; integration of Epistemonikos-L.OVE platform for keeping the LE process in the development and updating of KT products.