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Lynda Ayiku
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NICE Health Information Specialist (interest in search filter development), mum of 2, live in Ancoats
Reposted by Lynda Ayiku
Geographic filters in literature searches can help limit evidence to specific characteristics, such as country or region. A scoping review aimed to identify validated geographic search filters & evaluate their development & performance measures.
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#EvidenceSynthesis
August 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Very proud to have contributed to this scoping review 😊! Hope that it encourages the development of validated geographic search filters for more locations. #medlibs #ukmedlibs #canmedlibs #ausmedlibs
Geographic filters in literature searches can help limit evidence to specific characteristics, such as country or region. A scoping review aimed to identify validated geographic search filters & evaluate their development & performance measures.
journals.lww.com/jbisrir/abst...
#EvidenceSynthesis
August 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Reposted by Lynda Ayiku
#medlibs we added a Muente C et al. #review that identified validated #geographic #searchfilters and reported on their development and performance measures sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
ISSG Search Filters Resource - Geography
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
sites.google.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Reposted by Lynda Ayiku
What to do if PubMed goes down the drain

Information specialist Siw Waffenschmidt asks @hildabast.bsky.social, author of the blog 'Absolutely Maybe' and former NIH employee, for an assessment of the situation regarding #PubMed and #ClinicalTrials.gov.

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What to do if PubMed goes down the drain
YouTube video by IQWiG
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March 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Reposted by Lynda Ayiku
#medlibs Ayiku L and colleagues have published Ovid #Embase and #MEDLINE filters for #AI medical device interventions sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...
ISSG Search Filters Resource - AI
Inclusion of a search filter on this site is not an endorsement of its validity or a recommendation for its use by the editors of this site, by the InterTASC Information Specialists SubGroup or by the...
sites.google.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Pleased to share our latest validated search filters! The NICE AI medical device intervention filters (MEDLINE & Embase, Ovid) retrieve evidence about the interventions effectively and reliably: cambridge.org/core/journal...

#medlibs #ukmedlibs #canmedlibs #ausmedlibs
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Development and validation of the NICE artificial intelligence (AI) medical device intervention search filters for MEDLINE and Embase (Ovid) | International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health ...
Development and validation of the NICE artificial intelligence (AI) medical device intervention search filters for MEDLINE and Embase (Ovid)
cambridge.org
February 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM