Title
An evidence development process for newborn screening
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Pediatrics; New England Newborn Screening Program
Date
3-16-2010
Document Type
Article
Medical Subject Headings
*Evidence-Based Medicine; *Expert Testimony; Health Plan Implementation; Humans; Infant, Newborn; *Neonatal Screening; Patient Advocacy; Rare Diseases; United States
Disciplines
Genetics and Genomics | Medical Genetics | Pediatrics
Abstract
This article describes the background, development, and initial implementation of new procedures for the systematic review of key issues in newborn screening. Building on the work of other systematic review efforts, the Evidence Review Group described here has aimed to develop consistent and transparent strategies for evidence review. This process has helped to strengthen a complex analysis and decision system by providing balanced evidence, taking into account available high-quality data, expert opinion, and other levels of evidence, in a transparent manner. The methods developed and the identification of areas of missing data may also help investigators begin to standardize the clinical and laboratory data they collect pertaining to the newborn screening and diagnosis of rare disorders and their outcomes and focus future research efforts in the most needed areas.
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Citation: Genet Med. 2010 Mar;12(3):131-4. Link to article on publisher's site