Evidence Synthesis Ireland

Healthcare decisions should be based on a synthesis of the global body of evidence rather than relying on the convenient selection of one or more discrete studies. Evidence synthesis methods seek to establish the overall balance of information on a given topic, and are based on identifying, assessing and examining all the available evidence on a given topic to inform health care decisions.

Evidence Synthesis Ireland (ESI) which includes Cochrane Ireland, has a mission to make evidence syntheses more usable in every sense of the word – better designed, conducted and reported, more useable for decision makers and more usable within healthcare policy and clinical practice decision making across the island of Ireland and beyond.

We are building evidence synthesis knowledge, awareness and capacity among the public, healthcare institutions and policymakers, clinicians, and researchers on the island of Ireland.