Diffusion of innovation in systematic review methodology: Why is study selection not yet assisted by automation?

JM Thomas · 2013 · OA Evidence-Based Medicine

Summary. Systematic reviews in evidence-based medicine face a growing problem: reviewers manually assess thousands of titles and abstracts. Automation could solve this, but adoption remains slow despite proven effectiveness since 2006. Using Rogers' Diffusion of Innovations framework, the paper identifies barriers: automation lacks demonstrated advantage in challenging areas like public health, lacks established procedures, appears complex to deploy, and conflicts with existing systematic review practices. Collaboration between reviewers and computer scientists is needed to develop compatible, clearly advantageous solutions.

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DOI

10.13172/2053-2636-1-2-1109

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innovation-theory, general-innovation

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