PROSPERO, the first online facility to prospectively register systematic reviews

posted on: 2011-03-09 22:05
Tags: Cochrane contributors, Cochrane Reviews, Evidence-based health care

PROSPERO launched

We are pleased to announce that PROSPERO, the first online facility to prospectively register systematic reviews, was launched by Health Minister Lord Howe.

PROSPERO is a global initiative led by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York. To find out more, click on the link below:
www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/

David Moher
Bias Methods Group
dmoher@ohri.ca

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Re: PROSPERO, the first online facility to prospectively ...

Submitted by David Field (not verified) on 19. April 2011 - 13:50. CEST

As a healthcare professional I wonder at the waste of time and money this cost. The cost was significantly more than we were first told, and it appears to have underdelivered. Have we learned nothing from years of IT spending waste?

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