Dear Evidence-Based Colleagues

 

City, University of London have created a free mobile app, BestEvidence, for finding health research evidence quickly, when and where you need it. It creates a history of your searches and which papers you view, so you can later go back and easily find studies you liked. You can also keep notes about searches and papers.

 

To get the app:

 

Navigate to www.BestEvidence.Info

using the browser on your mobile phone, tablet or computer.

 

BestEvidence is a web-based app and should work on all devices. However, unlike native apps you download from the AppStore or Google Play, you have to add the icon to your phone yourself. To do so, when the app is on your screen, simply

Open your BROWSER’s menu and select “Add to Home Screen”.

 

(There are lots of YouTube videos showing how to do this with different browsers.)

 

The current app is just the minimum viable product but is already being used regularly by thousands of users in over 100 countries. A more sophisticated version of the app has been developed (that provides further support for EBP such as checklists and calculators) which is currently being tested by users. The MVP will updated when any bugs have been ironed out. (If you are interested in becoming a tester for new versions of the app, or you find bugs or want to make suggestions about functionality you would like to see, please email [log in to unmask]. We would also love to hear of any situations in which it helped you!)

 

For those of you who are interested in how it works - it currently uses the TRIPdatabase API and will soon be using the NHS Evidence API as well.

 

Have fun,

                                                                      

Amanda

 

Amanda Burls

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