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Digital crowdsourcing: unleashing its power in rheumatology
  1. Martin Krusche1,
  2. Gerd R Burmester1,
  3. Johannes Knitza2
  1. 1 Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  2. 2 Department of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany
  1. Correspondence to Dr Martin Krusche, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin D-10117, Germany; martinkrusche{at}gmx.de

Abstract

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.

  • health services research
  • quality indicators, health care
  • outcome assessment, health care
  • outcome and process assessment, health care

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https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217697

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    Footnotes

    • Handling editor Josef S Smolen

    • Contributors MK and JK wrote the manuscript and contributed equally. GRB edited the manuscript and performed medical supervision.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.