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Facilitating Web-Based Collaboration in Evidence Synthesis (TaskExchange): Development and Analysis
Tari Turner1, Emily Steele1, Chris Mavergames2
1School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
JMIR Research Protocols
|December 15, 2018
Summary
TaskExchange is a web platform fostering global scientific collaboration for research evidence synthesis. It connects researchers, speeding up systematic reviews and building a global health evidence community.
Area of Science:
- Health Research
- Evidence Synthesis
- Scientific Collaboration
Background:
- Increasingly open and collaborative scientific research landscape.
- Growing need for Web-based platforms to enable global, multidisciplinary teams.
- TaskExchange designed to facilitate Web-based collaboration in research evidence synthesis.
Purpose of the Study:
- Describe the development, growth, and future of TaskExchange.
- Facilitate collaboration in research evidence synthesis.
- Connect researchers needing assistance with systematic reviews and evidence synthesis tasks.
Main Methods:
- Agile development in 5 phases with user engagement.
- Iterative software deployment and testing for refinement.
- Platform expansion to include guideline development and other evidence synthesis tasks.
Main Results:
- Over 2300 members and 630+ tasks hosted since August 2016.
- Users can search/browse tasks and members, post/respond to tasks, and receive notifications.
- Consistently high response rates (>75%) and positive user feedback.
Conclusions:
- TaskExchange demonstrates technology's potential to support Web-based health research collaboration.
- Simple peer-to-peer platform accelerates systematic reviews.
- Provides an effective pathway for global health evidence community engagement.
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