Wikipedia:Integrating Patient-centered Outcomes Research into Wikipedia/SciScanner

Integrating Patient-centered Outcomes Research into Wikipedia
SCISCANNER

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We have been collaborating with researchers at the Insight Center for Data Analysis at University College Dublin to customize the SciScanner application for patient centered outcomes research (PCOR) research discovery. SciScanner is a free meta-search application for health-related scientific research. This application searches several scientific evidence platforms (like the Cochrane library, Medline, Wikipedia and YouTube) simultaneously, to help users find research and resources relevant to specific health information needs.

PCOR-SciScanner Project Overview

SciScanner searches across 25 million scientific artifacts to help identify content that covers treatment, diagnosis, aetiology, prognosis and clinical prediction. SciScanner can be used to find primary research (including randomised controlled trials), systematic reviews, meta-analyses and consensus articles. The SciScanner App is available on the Apple App store and Google Play store, and has been customized to include a search limited to PCOR and PCORI-funded research. These search options are based on PubMed searches that utilize PCORI in the Literature search hedge.

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August 17 2019, Wikimania: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Health/A_meta-search_engine_for_science:_combining_Wikipedia_with_Pubmed,_Cochrane_and_YouTube_to_fulfil_%E2%80%98information_needs%E2%80%99_in_healthcare.