Dialog Solutions Blog
The latest news, updates, opinions and thoughts from the Dialog Solutions team.
Dialog – an IEEE Milestone Award recipient
Even if you’re a die-hard user of the Dialog platform you may not realise how far back Dialog’s history goes. The first version of Dialog was completed in 1966, just as the earliest form of the...
How to make EU MDR CER literature reviews more efficient
In our first post on literature reviews for medical device clinical evaluation reports (CERs), we looked at the importance of multiple databases and using refined, comprehensive search strategies to...
EU MDR Literature Reviews – best practice for database selection and search strategies
The EU’s Medical Device Regulation (MDR) 2017/745 raises the bar for device manufacturers looking to stay compliant. With its introduction into law now postponed to May 2021, device manufacturers...
Want Faster and More Efficient Patentability Searches? Here’s How [Free Webinar]
Patent attorneys need to search through vast amounts of content when performing patentability (novelty) searches. This research is most effective at identifying novelty when all types of prior art...
New features for Dialog: Saved search area and new header!
We're continually improving the Dialog platform to provide a better, more efficient search experience for all our users. Take a look below at two of the latest features we've brought to Dialog - a...
Precision search and easy full-text access with Dialog Solutions and Research Solutions
At Dialog Solutions, our goal is to simplify the research process for anyone that needs to search and access scientific documents. Research Solutions shares a similar goal – providing one-click...
Why Quality Management and Validation Matter for Medical Literature Monitoring
“It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best”. So said W. Edwards Deming, quality guru and founder of the concept of continuous improvement that transformed...
How to Reduce Missed Drug Safety References with Precision Search
Can a single missed drug safety reference be a billion dollar problem? If it’s been missed in literature monitoring for pharmacovigilance, it can. A missed drug safety reference can have serious...
Doing It Right: The Rigorous Approach to Medical Literature Monitoring for Drug Safety
Correctly identifying adverse events from medical literature is one of the key tasks in pharmacovigilance (PV). It’s also one of the most complex. The sheer volume of information available is...