Yearly Archives: 2013
20/12/2013 D. Riley: The CARE guidelinesWe created a consensus-based set of reporting guidelines for case reports to increase the quality of reporting from patient encounters and lead into a systematic data collection effort
20/12/2013 Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly PublishingThe Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing is a statement drafted in collaboration between the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and the Open […]
18/12/2013 Increasing transparency of clinical trials: EU register to follow clinicaltrials.gov exampleThe BMJ reports on a new European Union legislation on clinical trials that is now being finalised. To enhance transparency the new European trial register will be operated by the European Medicines Agency. All clinical trials in the European Union […]
04/12/2013 EQUATOR Network Newsletter December 2013The December 2013 issue of our newsletter is now available. Contents include
03/12/2013 Support from Cochrane Switzerland and PAHOProfessor Bernard Burnand, director of the Swiss branch of the Cochrane Collaboration expressed his and the Cochrane Switzerland support (PDF) to the work accomplished in the framework of the EQUATOR Network. We also received expression of full support (PDF) to transparent and […]
29/11/2013 Medwave expresses full support to transparent reporting and to the EQUATOR NetworkIn her letter to the EQUATOR Network Dr Vivienne C. Bachelet, Editor-in-chief, Medwave and Executive director, Medwave Group states: “Medwave fully supports transparent and accurate health research reporting and the EQUATOR Network. We express this in our author and reviewer […]
26/11/2013 P. McCulloch: The IDEAL CollaborationThe IDEAL framework outlines a realistic view of how surgical interventions, medical devices and other complex interventions actually develop in practice. Evaluation needs to recognise these stages of development, and both reporting standards and methodology need to be tailored
26/11/2013 Centre for Reviews and Dissemination endorses the work of EQUATORProfessor Lesley Stewart, director of the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination (CRD) at the University of York, UK, expressed CRD’s strong support (PDF) to the EQUATOR Network and its activities. We encourage more organisation to express their commitment to accurate and […]
22/11/2013 NIHR Journals Library joins other journals supporting the “Declaration of transparency”The NIHR Journals Library, which comprises a suite of five open access journals providing an important and permanent archive of research funded by the UK National Institute for Health Research, is currently updating its guidance to express its support to […]
22/11/2013 New Cochrane protocols now on PROSPEROPublishing protocols is a crucial element of the process of producing Cochrane Reviews. PROSPERO, the international prospective register of systematic reviews in health and social care now provides a place to register protocol information for all such reviews. PROSPERO is […]