Definitions for "Cochrane Collaboration"
An international organized effort to organize all existing clinical studies into systematic reviews easily accessible to practicing clinicians and to otherwise facilitate the process of bringing clinical evidence to bear on decision making in patient care.
The Cochrane Collaboration has developed in response to the need for systematic, up-to-date reviews of all relevant randomised controlled trials of health care. Funds were provided to establish a Cochrane Centre to collaborate with others in the UK and elsewhere to facilitate systematic reviews of randomised controlled trials across all areas of health care (Cochrane website, 2002).
A not-for-profit international organisation that aims to help people make well-informed decisions about health care. This is achieved through the preparation of systematic reviews drawing together information obtained from well-conducted studies. The reviews are published in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews – one of the components of the Cochrane Library. It is a registered charity in the United Kingdom.