Evidence/Guidance Community Window

This page is for organizations focused on synthesizing evidence and producing clinical guidance to document best practices, tools, resources, needs, and other aspects of their work. The purpose of the documentation is to facilitate the uptake of high-quality evidence and guidance into clinical decision support and performance measures, to highlight best practice, and to foster inter-agency cooperation and support within the knowledge ecosystem for COVID-19 and beyond. The first set of tables apply broadly to COVID-19 (and other targets), and the second set of tables refer to evidence and guidance specifically related to the Collaborative’s current focus targets; i.e., COVID-19 testing and triage, and anticoagulant use.

Those providing data for these tables should consider, "What do you want those who seek to implement 'living guidance' to know about evidence synthesis and guidance development strategies and tools to make their efforts more successful? Likewise, "What do you want to know about efforts of others working in the knowledge ecosystem to make your efforts more successful?"

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Overarching Description of Evidence Synthesis/Guideline Development Community Best Practices, Tools, Resources

	Identify (Search/Screen) Primary Studies (See this CoP page)	Synthesize Evidence (including Assessing Quality) (See this CoP page)
Current Approach¹
Pearls/Tips Learned/Tools	(From Sara Loree: CDC and WHO are combining their COVID databases; OSF databased of COVID-19 intervention trials; WHO Librarian Reserve Corps)	Resources and tools for researchers considering and conducting COVID-19 evidence syntheses (From COVID-END Synthesizing WG) (from Sara Loree: OSF protocol for living evidence summary)
Desired Approach
Needs to Achieve Desired Approach	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Consistency of outcomes [Details:] __Engagement with primary researchers and upstream stakeholders [Details:] __Engagement with decision makers and other downstream stakeholders [Details:] __Other [Details:]
Support You Can Provide Other Participants

For this row and the next, include URLs/pointers to documents outlining steps to accomplish the tasks, tools that support this work and/or other items critical for others working along the evidence/knowledge to know about to make their work optimally efficient, appropriate and effective.

	Produce Guidance (See this CoP page)	Make Guidance Computable (See this CoP page)
Current Approach
Pearls/Tips Learned/Tools	2011 NAM (IOM) Standards for Guidelines
Desired Approach
Needs to Achieve Desired Approach	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]
Support You Can Provide Other Participants

	Implement Guidance (e.g., as CDS, eCQMs) (See this CoP page)	Analyze Results (e.g., care outcomes) (See this CoP page)	Apply Results (e.g., QI, create evidence) (See this CoP page)
Current Approach
Pearls/Tips Learned/Tools
Desired Approach
Needs to Achieve Desired Approach	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]
Support You Can Provide Other Participants

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Drill Down into Evidence Synthesis/Guideline Development Community Best Practices, Tools, Resources For ACTS Collaborative Focus Targets

COVID-19 Testing/Triage (ED and ambulatory settings)

	Identify (Search/Screen) Primary Studies	Synthesize Evidence (including Assessing Quality)
Current Approach
Pearls/Tips Learned/Tools
Desired Approach
Needs to Achieve Desired Approach	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Consistency of outcomes [Details:] __Engagement with primary researchers and upstream stakeholders [Details:] __Engagement with decision makers and other downstream stakeholders [Details:] __Other [Details:]
Support You Can Provide Other Participants

	Produce Guidance	Make Guidance Computable
Current Approach
Pearls/Tips Learned/Tools
Desired Approach
Needs to Achieve Desired Approach	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]
Support You Can Provide Other Participants

	Implement Guidance (e.g., as CDS, eCQMs)	Analyze Results (e.g., care outcomes)	Apply Results (e.g., Quality Improvement, create evidence)
Current Approach
Pearls/Tips Learned/Tools
Desired Approach
Needs to Achieve Desired Approach	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]
Support You Can Provide Other Participants

Anticoagulation

	Identify (Search/Screen) Primary Studies	Synthesize Evidence (including Assessing Quality)
Current Approach	Rapid Cochrane review on anticoagulation in COVID-19 patients
Pearls/Tips Learned/Tools
Desired Approach
Needs to Achieve Desired Approach	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Consistency of outcomes [Details:] __Engagement with primary researchers and upstream stakeholders [Details:] __Engagement with decision makers and other downstream stakeholders [Details:] __Other [Details:]
Support You Can Provide Other Participants

	Produce Guidance	Make Guidance Computable
Current Approach
Pearls/Tips Learned/Tools	L*VE/Epistemonikos search on antithrombotics; can send email when new study/review/guideline is published.
Desired Approach
Needs to Achieve Desired Approach	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]
Support You Can Provide Other Participants

	Implement Guidance (e.g., as CDS, eCQMs)	Analyze Results (e.g., care outcomes)	Apply Results (e.g., Quality Improvement, create evidence)
Current Approach
Pearls/Tips Learned/Tools
Desired Approach
Needs to Achieve Desired Approach	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]	Check all that apply __Better source/input materials [Details: ] __Common format/terminologies for managing/sharing data [Details: ] __Other [Details:]
Support You Can Provide Other Participants