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Lynda Ayiku

@layiku12.bsky.social

NICE Health Information Specialist (interest in search filter development), mum of 2, live in Ancoats

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A magnifying glass hovers over a map with various coloured human figurines, symbolising geographic search filters and data analysis in research.

A magnifying glass hovers over a map with various coloured human figurines, symbolising geographic search filters and data analysis in research.

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

20.08.2025 03:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Very proud to have contributed to this scoping review ๐Ÿ˜Š! Hope that it encourages the development of validated geographic search filters for more locations. #medlibs #ukmedlibs #canmedlibs #ausmedlibs

24.08.2025 07:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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...

#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...

23.07.2025 17:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Germany's Plan for an Open and Independent PubMed Safety Net - Absolutely Maybe A few months ago, I wrote about reasons to be concerned about the reliability of PubMed under the new regime at theโ€ฆ

#Medlibs and other #Librarians:
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/05/14/g...

18.05.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
What to do if PubMed goes down the drain
YouTube video by IQWiG What to do if PubMed goes down the drain

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.

youtu.be/fn2paCE6Zco?...

26.03.2025 10:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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...

#medlibs Ayiku L and colleagues have published Ovid #Embase and #MEDLINE filters for #AI medical device interventions sites.google.com/a/york.ac.uk...

04.04.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Argh! Thanks ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘!

12.02.2025 22:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please note: The filters retrieve evidence about medical device interventions with an AI component for digital health technology research topics. The filters are not designed to find evidence about AI in general. Also, AI technologies were not used in their development.

12.02.2025 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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)

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
@ISSG_Filters

12.02.2025 10:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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