A new study co-authored by an ESI Fellow, Catherine Bane, shows that over 90% of health screening reviews overlap, with some topics reviewed more than 60 times by different teams. The authors highlight potential research waste due to duplication and call for better coordination and more collaborative, globally inclusive approaches to evidence synthesis. The ESI Fellowship review team was based at the University of Warwick.
Highlights
• First study to systematically quantify overlap in reviews in health screening.
• Over 90% of screening reviews overlapped.
• Some topics were reviewed more than 60 times across multiple teams.
• Lack of coordination leads to missed reuse of evidence and wasted effort.
• More efficient, collaborative, and globally inclusive review processes are needed.
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