Digital crowdsourcing: unleashing its power in rheumatology

The COVID-19 pandemic forces the whole rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases community to reassemble established treatment and research standards. Digital crowdsourcing is a key tool in this pandemic to create and distil desperately needed clinical evidence and exchange of knowledge for patients an...

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Published inAnnals of the rheumatic diseases Vol. 79; no. 9; pp. 1139 - 1140
Main Authors Krusche, Martin, Burmester, Gerd R, Knitza, Johannes
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.09.2020
BMJ Publishing Group
Subjects
Artificial intelligence
Betacoronavirus
Biomedical Research - methods
Biomedical Research - standards
Coronavirus Infections - therapy
Coronavirus Infections - virology
COVID-19
Crowdsourcing - methods
Crowdsourcing - standards
Empowerment
Humans
Musculoskeletal diseases
Pandemics
Patients
Pneumonia, Viral - therapy
Pneumonia, Viral - virology
Quality control
Rheumatology
Rheumatology - methods
Rheumatology - standards
SARS-CoV-2
Social networks
Viewpoint
quality indicators, health care
health services research
outcome and process assessment, health care
outcome assessment, health care
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Summary:The COVID-19 pandemic forces the whole rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases community to reassemble established treatment and research standards. Digital crowdsourcing is a key tool in this pandemic to create and distil desperately needed clinical evidence and exchange of knowledge for patients and physicians alike. This viewpoint explains the concept of digital crowdsourcing and discusses examples and opportunities in rheumatology. First experiences of digital crowdsourcing in rheumatology show transparent, accessible, accelerated research results empowering patients and rheumatologists.
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ISSN:0003-4967
1468-2060
DOI:10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217697