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Systematic Reviews: Automating Your Workflows With DistillerSR
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Webinar Recap: Johnson & Johnson and Philips On Their Journey to Streamline Post-Market Surveillance Literature Reviews for EU MDR/IVDR Submissions with DistillerSR
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This article originally appeared in The Ottawa Citizen by James Bagnall. When...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is a hot topic in the literature review world...
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Copyright Considerations in Scientific Research
This Guest Post comes from Kerri Mattaliano, Director, Corporate Product...
Hot Tech: How Technology is Solving Today’s Biggest Systematic Review Challenges
At DistillerSR, we believe in the power of evidence-based research. As a...
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The Systematic Review Research Process: 8 Types of Systematic Reviews You Should Know
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*This post was updated in April 2020 to reflect the postponement of the EU MDR...
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Here’s Why You Should Stop Relying on Spreadsheets for Your Literature Review Process
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You’ve had enough. After months of struggling to collaborate with distant...
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HDE Tables: The Evolution of Hierarchical Data Extraction
During the data extraction stage of a systematic review, you’re typically...
Comparing Systematic Review Tools: Beware the Feature Matrix
Whether you’re choosing your next car or replacing your worn out sneakers,...
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Systematic reviews are viewed as the gold standard for evidence-based...
State of the Art Literature Reviews: Why They Fail
*This post was updated in April 2020 to reflect the postponement of the EU MDR...
No Second Screener? There’s A Robot For That
Dual screening is a best practice for conducting systematic reviews, but...
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Systematic reviews play a pivotal role in the development of clinical practice...
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Want MDR-Ready Literature Reviews? Start Here.
Fun fact: did you know that the word “literature” appears approximately 30...
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So, you’re looking for a systematic review or literature review software and...
2017 Survey on Literature Reviews: 3 Fun Facts Free Infographic
“What’s your biggest literature review challenge?” In August 2017, we asked a...
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New Medical Device Regulations: How Y2K Can Help You Prepare
*This post was updated in April 2020 to reflect the postponement of the EU MDR...
3 Reasons To Use DistillerSR Systematic Review Software For Data Extraction
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Systematic reviewers are prone to experiencing “déjà vu”, that indescribable...
One Simple Way To Speed Up Your Screening Process
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Systematic Review Lifecycle Infographic
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Three New Year’s Resolutions for Systematic Reviewers
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Agreement Settings Quick Reference
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Two Simple Tips for Better Data Extraction Questions
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