Many industries that undertake policy and guideline creation perform some type of risk assessment. It could be identifying and quantifying specific risks relating to a company and its stakeholders, or a broader mandate to assess risk and harm in the general...
*This post was updated in April 2020 to reflect the postponement of the EU MDR deadline. In today’s fast changing regulatory landscape, it’s easy to get overwhelmed. Regulatory bodies are placing manufacturer data and submissions under the proverbial microscope to...
A comprehensive systematic review takes literature and data from a broad spectrum of sources and uses it to answer a clearly-defined, specific question. But one source is making waves in research these days: grey literature. What is it? How do you use it? What are the...
If you ask any research team what their biggest challenge is, chances are it will be the amount of time required to complete their work. When conducting a systematic review, full-text reference procurement can be particularly time-consuming. It can also be an...
The results are in! Thank you to everyone who took the time to answer questions in our 2019 Survey on Literature Reviews. We use this info to identify trends and understand precisely how the literature review community is evolving over the years. Gathering this data...
Systematic reviews are complex, and research teams often struggle with managing all the moving parts efficiently. If you work in the evidence-based research field, chances are you’ll face these common challenges. Logistics and Coordination Systematic reviews require a...
*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...