SEED: a tool for disseminating systematic review data into Wikipedia

Syst Rev. 2017 Oct 17;6(1):206. doi: 10.1186/s13643-017-0607-3.

Abstract

Wikipedia, the free-content online encyclopaedia, contains many heavily accessed pages relating to healthcare. Cochrane systematic reviews contain much high-grade evidence but dissemination into Wikipedia has been slow. New skills are needed to both translate and relocate data from Cochrane reviews to implant into Wikipedia pages. This letter introduces a programme to greatly simplify the process of disseminating the summary of findings of Cochrane reviews into Wikipedia pages.

Keywords: Automation; Reducing waste; Summary of findings; Systematic reviews; Wikipedia.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Automation*
  • Biomedical Research
  • Consumer Health Information*
  • Humans
  • Information Dissemination* / methods
  • Internet*
  • Systematic Reviews as Topic